Couple sued by Hamilton County WWTA for trying to pay bills with cash loses in court

Friday, May 23, 2014

photo Rick Carpenter, 48, puts another protest sign in front of his East Ridge duplex in this file photo. Carpenter and his wife, Anna Grace, 35, have no running water after their meter was removed for failing to pay sewer fees on their water bill.

Chancellor Jeffery Atherton has ruled against an East Ridge couple sued by the Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority for nonpayment of bills.

Rick Carpenter, who has not paid a sewer bill for two years because the WWTA has refused his cash, says he intends to appeal the matter to a higher court.

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