(The Center Square) – Jacob Fried told a state House study committee on Wednesday that he wasn’t prepared for the sticker shock he experienced when opening his car wash three and a half years ago.
The rates from Piedmont Water, a private water company in Eatonton, forced him into bankruptcy.
“The first sticker shock was when the builder called for our sewer tap and four our water tap, and it was over $50,000 just for the privilege of tapping onto the two systems,” Fried told the House Study Committee on Private Water Systems…