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Glenview, Niles, Still Clashing Over Water Bill
Glenview and Niles are fighting in court over payment for water Niles supplies to a Glenview-owned water utility. Niles, Glenview State Cases In Water Wars
The villages of Glenview and Niles have a legal fight going on over payments for water that Niles supplies to a Glenview-owned water utility company called North Maine Utility.
A Cook County judge recently ruled Niles overcharged Glenview from April 2010 to July 2011; Niles acknowledges overcharging Glenview about $1.1 million, bringing the amount Niles says Glenview still owes to about $8.2 million, Chicago Tribune reported.
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The villages have an agreement that says Glenview should pay the lowest rate that Niles charges but a judge ruled on March 12 that Niles breached a clause in the contract when it offered 74 Niles residents a 19 percent rebate to cover past sewer charges; Niles is still trying to recover payments that Glenview stopped in 2011, Chicago Tribune reported.
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