DC water board jokes about shutting off water to White House amid shutdown

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Members of the board of directors at DC Water, the water authority for the city of Washington, D.C., joked Tuesday during a meeting about the possibility of shutting off plumbing to the White House amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Pointing to a notice DC Water had received from the General Services Administration (GSA) concerning delinquent pay due to the shutdown, members of the utility’s board of directors joked that the city could consider cutting off water to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, according to WAMU.

“We received an email Wednesday, January 2, from an individual at the bureau of fiscal services at the treasury,” DC Water CFO Matthew Brown reportedly said at the meeting, before explaining that the federal government had informed the company it would be late on approximately $5 million of its $16.5 million due water bill.

The board’s chairman, Tommy Wells, responded with an inquiry about shutting off the government’s water, apparently in jest.

“That brings up an interesting question,” said Wells, according to the news outlet. “Is there a time from nonpayment when we cut someone’s water off?”

“1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, is that what you’re talking about?” another member joked, according to WAMU. – READ MORE

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