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Resident appeals large water bill; council committee recommends leak adjustment criteria

Issaquah City Council · October 21, 2025
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Summary

A Grand Ridge resident described a buried irrigation leak that produced an estimated 915,000 gallons and asked the council to reclassify most of the block‑5 charges to a lower rate. The Services, Safety & Parks Committee recommended leak adjustment criteria: a repair within 30 days, adjusting excess consumption to the third tier (not full waiver),

A Grand Ridge resident, Anand (Mr.) Mudd, spoke during public comment on Oct. 20 asking the council to make an equitable adjustment after a buried irrigation leak produced an estimated 915,000 gallons of recorded consumption while the household was away. Mudd said city digital metering logged a large spike weeks before the posted door tag notification and that the household received no timely phone call, text or email to alert them, which eliminated an…

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