SEATTLE -- You might think if you utility bill went from $800 to $8,000, it would be a mistake?

That's what one Seattle family thought when the bill arrived, but it turns out, it was no mistake.

Gloria Sferra is the third generation to run her family's 20-acre horse farm, but now she's worried about losing it.

She can't afford the new increase in the city's drainage tax which pays for water runoff from her property. The tax sky rocketed from $800 a year to $8,000.

"It's been very difficult for us, it's putting a strain on us," she says.

Seattle Public Utilities says for years, land owners paid a flat fee that wasn't fair. The new price structure is based on parcel size.

"I understand where they are coming from -- it's a huge jump," said Cornell Amaya with the Seattle Public Utilities.

The city didn't realize the farm even existed, thinking it was undeveloped property. Now that the city knows, the land may qualify for a discount.

But SPU says the only sure way to bring the tax down is through the Seattle city council.

The Problem Solvers contacted City Council President Richard Conlin, who has proposed two possible solutions: Include the farm as part of a city farm preservation program, or make it law to give city farms a drain tax discount.

It's very, very encouraging," Sferra said.

We'll keep you posted on her progress.

In the meantime, a lot of city residents are happy with the new drain tax rate structure because it lowered taxes for 51,000 city residents.