Don't pay your water bill for at least six more months

That's the soonest they think it might be accurate.

Ghassan Korban, the Sewerage & Water Board's executive director, said Monday that the utility has hired the Baton Rouge-based consulting firm Utiliworks to evaluate the billing system and provide recommendations for what to do going forward. As for when the utility might be able to assure the public that its billing system is entirely fixed, Korban said he expects to be in that position within the next six months.

"We will finally have the timely and accurate billing system that our customers deserve," said Korban, who started on the job last month