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Friday, April 27, 1979
University Dally Kansan
Trouble won't recede in water bill dispute
BY ROBIN SMITH Staff Reporter
Last month a KUstudent received an abnormally high water bill of $118
This month, the student's water bill was $27.
However, Ralf Amati, Kaechai, Pakistan, graduate student, can explain neither why he is on the first place in the first place.
"It has been a month since this situation started and I don't know any more than I knew in the beginning," she said.
Two weeks ago, Ansari said he thought his high water bill could be the fault of a leaky toilet in his apartment at Stouffer Place, a married student house complex owned by the University, on the corner of 19th and Iowa streets. The problem also could be a faulty water meter; he said.
"NOW I REALLY don't know what the problem is."
Ansari said. "There is something unexplained going on, because neither Stouffer nor the water department can find out where this water went or how."
Employees at Souffre Place said they had found no leak in the apartment, and employees of the water department said they checked the meter twice and found it was in proper working order.
"When they took out the meter the first time, the water department employees that they had installed a new meter," Ansari said. "Now they tell me how much it costs with a temporary meter, then put my old meter back."
However, Ansari判命 that his meter has been changed since it was checked the first time.
"Even on this month's bill, there is a note that states 'meter:' changed. So if my meter was changed, what good would it have done to recheck the meter with me present? It would have been new and correct anyway."
Ansari said, however, that the water department is "trying to hide something."
"THE FIRST TIME that the meter was checked, I didn't witness the test." Ansari said. The water department has a policy that requires the owner of a possibly faulty meter to be present during the testing.
"The meter was checked a second time about two weeks ago and I witnessed that testing." Ansari said.
"But it was funny because a water department employee just appeared at my apartment door and told me. You have to go now to check your water meter—if you don't, the plumber will come in and call me to inform me that someone was coming over."
but the mail checked out.
Gene Wgo, director of utilities, said that because the
"But the meter checked out OK."
"We have delivered our product to this consumer and the meter proved this," Vogt said. "Because the met
metered checked out, the water department was no longer involved in the situation.
"Now, the student is to pay his bill or the water will be turned off."
Vogt did not say when Ansari's water might be turned off.
ASANRI SAID he would pay this month's bill but
would not pay the bill for $118 until the situation was
done.
Darryl stone, director of public relations for consumer affairs, said he had recommended laic aid for Assani
"I have been advised by the consumer affairs people not to pay the water bill until I find out where the water went and how." Ansari said. "Because I haven't discovered anything new in the situation, consumer affairs has recommended that I seek legal help. I guess that is the next step."
I think that Anarzi would have a difficult time if he tried to handle this alone. "Stone said." If he works with the students, it should be possible.
Stone said he had discussed the case with Vogt and Stone recommended that Stone talk to the city manager's office.
Stone met with Mike Wilden, assistant city manager, and two water department employees last Wednesday to
"At the meeting, we discussed two important positions of the water department," Stone said. "One was that the water meter reading was correct, and the other was that there was no leak."
Denil Maray, supervisor for Stouffer maintenance, said that since the meter was checked a second time, it did not need replacement.
"I WAS SATISFIED with the answers that I got, but that still doesn't resolve the issue. I still don't know any answers."
"We have checked the meter for the past six days and it hasn't been erratic," Milray said. "It seems to be in perfect working order. And there isn't a leak near the water, unless it can not know where the water went, unless it was the toilet."
However, Joe Mater, maintenance man for Stouff, said he had never found a leak in Ansari's apartment.
Ansari said that he no longer called the water department because they would not listen to him and that it was time to change.
"The water department used to be sympathetic toward me," Ansari said, "but now they behave coldly.
"I'm very frustrated about this entire matter. And I am slowly becoming an innocent victim."
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