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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #191655

Water Utility Billing Problems:

Other: Hello - We are submitting a complaint against the City of Bloomington Utilities for the following reasons: 1. We were notified in February 2024 of a 40 g/h increase in our flow, while we were out of the state on vacation, via a door tag, not a notice to our email or even a phone call, which are on our account, a door tag. 2. We have called Customer Support three times to get this resolved, as we have not identified a leak inside the house nor outside the house between the reader and the house, which we utilized Aim To Please as our contractor to check everything in the house. 3. The number of times we were told to check our toilets and got brushed off was disrespectful and patronizing, as we utilized Aim to Please to check the toilets via a Dye test and there was no dye leakage after 20 minutes in any toilet. 4. Our March (5), April (4), May (7), and June (4), and July (5) are higher than all the months prior a full year to date. However, it's not a constant leak, they are sporadic. I.e. - while I was putting my kids to bed at 9pm on Friday, June 14th, there was a spike of 400 g/h for under an hour and then it went back down. There was nothing running in terms of faucets or outside spigots. 5. Even with all of our work on our end, and the conversations with CBU Customer Support, the fact that CBU won't consider that we have a malfunctioning reader, is simply astounding. To not even consider the possibility of it, and have a denialist mentality does not, to me, show customer support or attention. We would appreciate a review and investigation of our reader and our usage reports to better understand these spikes. Additionally, we would appreciate a review of our billing because we are now paying quite a bit more for water than we did for the first two years of our ownership of this house. Please contact me for further conversation and happy to meet someone at the property.

Assigned to
James Hall

History

7/12/2024 07:54:43 Closed by James Hall

Meter was tested and failed. CBU has installed a new meter and is in the process of generating a refund based on past usage.

Sent notification to James Hall, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=191655 Closed by James Hall Meter was tested and failed. CBU has installed a new meter and is in the process of generating a refund based on past usage.

7/9/2024 14:49:15 James Hall contacted Anonymous

Mr. Kappas, You can access and sign up for meter notifications at this link, https://bloomington.in.gov/utilities/smart-meters. This way you can watch your meter and set your own alarms. We have had our service people come and investigate your meter and have found no issues. I'm going to have them pull your meter and bring it back to our facility to test. We will let you know the results of those test.

Sent notification to James Hall, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=191655 James Hall contacted Nicholas Kappas Mr. Kappas, You can access and sign up for meter notifications at this link, https://bloomington.in.gov/utilities/smart-meters. This way you can watch your meter and set your own alarms. We have had our service people come and investigate your meter and have found no issues. I'm going to have them pull your meter and bring it back to our facility to test. We will let you know the results of those test.

7/9/2024 14:46:32 Michelle McGregor assigned this case to James Hall

Sent notification to James Hall, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=191655 Michelle McGregor assigned this case to James Hall You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

7/9/2024 14:45:17 Opened by Michelle McGregor

Reassigning to James Hall

Sent notification to Michelle McGregor, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=191655 Opened by Michelle McGregor Reassigning to James Hall

7/9/2024 13:30:37 Closed by Michelle McGregor

Spoke with meter services, meter is in working order. Usage does not show a continuous flow. Emailed the customer at the address on their account. Provided a 3 month detailed usage report to help them determine where they may have an issue. Also gave them information on how to sign up for the customer portal to help monitor their usage.

Sent notification to Michelle McGregor, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=191655 Closed by Michelle McGregor Spoke with meter services, meter is in working order. Usage does not show a continuous flow. Emailed the customer at the address on their account. Provided a 3 month detailed usage report to help them determine where they may have an issue. Also gave them information on how to sign up for the customer portal to help monitor their usage.

7/9/2024 10:50:14 Anonymous assigned this case to Michelle McGregor

Sent notification to Michelle McGregor, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=191655 Anonymous assigned this case to Michelle McGregor You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

7/9/2024 10:50:14 Opened by Anonymous

4778 E Donington DR

CityBloomington
StateIN
Zip47401
Latitude39.152050018311
Longitude-86.463272094727
TownshipPerry

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