Koreen Crawford says her water bill has become so high that she and her family are unsure how they will make ends meet next year.
The 83-year-old has lived on a family compound in the small community of Lang Bay on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast since 2009. The compound has three houses: one in which she lives with her son, while her adult granddaughters and their families live in the other two.
Before 2016, Crawford was charged $276 per year for water usage for the entire compound. When the owners of her local private water utility changed hands that year, they began charging