This is absolutely disgusting in Brookfield:

When Chris Thies bought her Brookfield home in 1997, she was told she wouldn't have to connect to the city water system unless her neighborhood petitioned for that municipal service.

Ten years later, however, Thies faces a mandatory water hookup order - and a bill that she says could be $10,000 to $15,000.
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Thies said she's struggling to keep her home and likely will have to sell it because she can't afford to pay to abandon her private well and connect to city water. She charged that city communication about the project has been horrible and the interest rate the city charges on its 10-year payment plan is excessive and unethical. But most of all, Thies said, she doesn't want or need city water.

City officials say Thies' complaints are not unusual, but they dispute some of her objections and defend the required hookups as necessary for public health and safety.

That's right... it's all for her own good.  After all, it's more important that she have city water than a roof over her head or money to pay for groceries.  I guess the City of Brookfield has a much better grasp on priorities than the woman who actually has to pay the bills, and has perfectly good water already.