The city will consider shutting off water to York University’s largest campus after officials say they’ve yet to resolve “significant” unpaid bills. York University is one of the city’s largest water consumers, according to a staff report tabled at that committee. York University spokesperson Janice Walls said in an email that several years ago “York noticed a significant and unexplained increase in its water bills” of 230 per cent. The city charges for water usage using readings electronically transmitted from meters based on actual water usage, city spokesperson Beth Waldman wrote in an email. The onus here is on York University.” York’s sprawling, 457-acre Keele Campus at Steeles Ave. West is a self-contained community with 53,000 students plus faculty.

Source: thestar March 23, 2018 14:48 UTC