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Squirrel Point residents press council over doubled sewer bills, city officials promise review
Summary
Squirrel Point residents told the City Council they were billed an outside-city sewer flat rate after a billing-system correction, raising monthly charges from roughly $75–$85 to about $166 and prompting the city to promise follow-up.
Residents from the Squirrel Point area urged the Shreveport City Council on Monday to review a billing change that raised their monthly sewer bills after a computerized billing update exposed and corrected an earlier undercharge.
Multiple residents and homeowner association representatives described receiving letters and higher bills after the city audited accounts and applied a flat outside-city sewer rate for customers who receive sewer service but not city water. Speakers said the new monthly charge was about $166.34; several recalled prior bills of roughly $75–$85. Residents said their actual metered water use was commonly 2,000–3,000 gallons per month and objected to a flat 6,500-gallon billing assumption used to compute sewer charges for customers in this billing class.
Homeowner and resident speakers said they have paid a lower rate since at least 2019 and were…
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