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Detroit Shuts Off Water to Residents but Not to Businesses Who Owe Millions

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More than 15,000 households have had their taps turned off for being past due. Yet the bankrupt city hasn’t touched 40 businesses who owe $9.5 million in total.

Mary M. Chapman
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