DC Water Board Officials shared a laugh together during their first meeting of the year, joking about shutting off water to the White House amid the ongoing shutdown. The federal government is the largest paying customer for the capital’s water authority and the temporary closure has left a hefty water bill unpaid.
During their meeting on Jan. 3, the water authority’s Chief Financial Officer Matthew Brown they received an email a day prior from an individual at the Bureau of Fiscal Services at the Treasury.
