Thames Water has initially said Estelle Mendoza had consumed the equivalent of one million cups of tea in six months.
Estelle Mendoza used to work for the Ministry of Food, which was set up in World War TwoA bedridden 98-year-old woman whose water supplier said she had consumed the equivalent of one million cups of tea in six months has received £500 as a goodwill gesture.
Her son, Lawrence, said: "It's a joke. If we had been delayed on an aircraft, we would have got more."The spiralling charges were caused by a jump in smart meter readings due to a leak at her house in Gants Hill, east London, which has now been fixed. Mr Mendoza warned "other people are going to go through the same experience that they shouldn't have to".average annual charge for water and sewage of £408 according to WaterUK.
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