Burlington overbilled University of Vermont $2M for water
BURLINGTON — The University of Vermont has been shelling out extra for water.
Because of an issue with a water meter at UVM’s University Heights dorms, the school has overpaid the city of Burlington about $2 million in water costs over about a decade.
A UVM physical plant worker recently noticed an uptick in water costs and notified the city, said Joe Speidel, the college’s director of local government and community relations. University officials didn’t catch the error because the overages were spread out for so long and were a small part of UVM’s nearly $250,000 monthly water expenses, according to Speidel.
Another factor obscuring the overages was the fact that the affected dorms were an addition to campus. UVM expected to see an uptick in water use with the new buildings, Speidel said.
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