Free utilities for residents of the City of Detroit?

[Igel]

11. Most citizens of Detroit can pay for water.

Less than 1% (closer to 0.5%) had their water turned off in May. The #s that are cited for warnings are 10x that. The size of the water bills show that a lot of the people getting warnings have been gettings warnings for months.

Part of the fee increases this year were to recoup unpaid bills from last year. So low-income people who could pay last year now have higher fees.

Then there are odd reasons for really high water bills. I've never seen a page like this before: http://www.dwsd.org/downloads_n/customer_service/customer_information/dwsd_fees_charges.pdf

The water rates seem not out of line with where I've lived--Baltimore, Newark (NJ), Oregon, Los Angeles, Rochester, Houston.

The sewage rates are what's really high, if I'm reading this right: http://www.dwsd.org/downloads_n/customer_service/rate_schedules/2013_suburban_individual_retail_sewer_rates.pdf .