After spending $133.6 million on upgraded equipment and a raft of consultant reports, Baltimore City and County still possess a water billing system that fails to collect millions of dollars of revenues and is plagued by over 22,000 non-functioning meters.

The lion’s share of the spending since 2011 – $129 million – was footed by Baltimore City residents, whose home water rates have nearly tripled over this period, according to a joint report issued today by the city and county office of inspector generals (OIGs).

Despite substantial investments “to make water and sewer bills more accurate,” the report says, “there remain significant [problems] with the city’s water billing system, which are costing the city and the county millions of dollars in revenues.”

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