Heights Water Board: Help or hindrance to development? and last updated 2021-03-05 09:20:05-05 BILLINGS - After a relative obscure existence for more than six decades, the Heights Water District - the small government entity that runs the Heights Water system - finds itself in the headlines. From a $4 million overdue bill with the city of Billings, to revelations that the Water Board has never held an election, to new accusations that the board's policies and fees are stifling growth in the Heights. "The more we ask and the more we talk with developers, investors and realtors, this frustration that the Heights Water District is impeding development in the Heights," said Jennifer Owen, chair of the Heights Task Force.