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Child-care provider raises sudden water-bill spike; city staff points to intermittent on-site use and recommends inspections
Summary
At a Nov. 25 Gardner City meeting, a childcare program told the council it received multi-month water bills that jumped into the thousands; city utility staff reviewed meter reads, suggested intermittent toilet or fixture failures as the likely cause, and said the town lacks a real-time alert system to flag spikes.
A representative of a Gardner City childcare program told the council on Nov. 25 that the facility has seen a months-long rise in water charges culminating in two bills totaling about $3,000. The center asked the city for help investigating and for alerts to prevent future surprises.
Utility staff reviewed meter history for the property (addresses referred to in the discussion included 838 West Barnard and 38 Foster Court) and read individual use figures into the record: "On December 2, you used about a 109 cubic feet per day," the staff member said. Staff said subsequent reads showed averages near 63 cubic feet per day then jumps to 133…
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