water/sewer bill covered by home insurance claim?

[Neel Shah]

Hello everyone,

I recently had water damage due to a pipe burst in my rental house.  I submitted an insurance claim and it was fully covered by the insurance. 

About 2 months later, I received my water/sewer bill.  It turns out many cu. ft. of water was wasted when the pipe burst and the bill is over $3500 just for one quarter.   Will this water/sewer bill be covered by the insurance??

I had not accounted for this big of water bill charge - looking for way to minimize/cover this.

Any help/insight will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Neel

[Matt Clark]

Neel Shah in our area the water authority will decrease the amount charged upon presentation of documents that prove the leak and repair. Essentially they charge for the water that was lost, but not the corresponding sewage treatment cost since they didn’t treat the leaked water as sewage.