By Ryan Storz
Leasburg’s usually quiet board meetings transformed into 45 minutes of cross-talk, bickering and accusations by two Leasburg residents who complained to the board that their water meters are being read incorrectly.
The complaints were that their water usage was inexplicably high in some months despite their claims that they had not changed any of their habits.
One man insisted that his water bill had been too high at different points throughout the year and there was no way he was using as much as it read. The board asked him why he had waited so long to bring it up, but no clear answer was given.
It was asked if the man would like to have Jared Boast, who reads Leasburg’s water meters, knock on his door and go out with him when the meter is read, but the man said no. He said that he just wants the meter read properly.
A woman told the board that she had an excessive bill and asked if there was anyway they could help her out down the line. The trustees said they would like to, but cannot.
Boast explained to the room that toilets can use up a lot of water, and it’s possible that the toilet runs all night unknowingly.
Another woman at the meeting said that a black ring is forming around the bowl and wanted to know what it was. She said that it has been happening at a few residences.
Boast said that he did not know what it was, but would take a sample of it, send it to a lab and have three different possibilities at the board’s next meeting.
No action was taken on the matter of possibly incorrect readings. The board was firm that the meters were being read correctly.