Inalsa has sent two water bills worth 607 euros to a family that only uses that meter "three or four times a year." This was reported by one of those affected, José Cabrera, who assures that this family home in Uga is only occupied on New Year's Eve, Christmas Eve, and "two more days a year."
Normally, the public water company's bills did not exceed ten euros, until the scare came in the summer. Thus, from January 13, 2010, to March 3 of that year, the bill was 4.80 euros, while from April to June the water bill amounted to 7.36 euros.
However, from June to August "a huge bill" arrived. Inalsa was demanding 257 euros from this family. From August to October, the same thing happened again, when this family received a bill for 350 euros. "In the summer, we only go down to the house for two days, it is impossible for us to have spent this amount of water," says Cabrera.
After receiving these two bills, the following Inalsa bills did not exceed 6 euros. Cabrera assures that his mother, the owner of the meter, does not have more meters, so Inalsa has not been able to change the domestic rate to the industrial or tourist rate, as happened to many citizens of Lanzarote this summer.
José Cabrera has gone to Inalsa to report these two bills, but they have not yet given him a solution. "I don't plan to pay those bills, because we haven't consumed that much water. Let them cut off the water if they want, because with what rained last week, I have the cistern full for the whole year," says this Lanzarote resident.
