Owasco water and sewer problems have managed to surface again, but this time the town hopes to flush the issue sooner than later.

Property tax bills for 2008 were nullified because the wrong water and sewer levy was sent to the Cayuga County assessment office.

Town Supervisor John Klink said officials noticed the mistake after receiving a phone call Thursday when a constituent reported a water and sewer payment much lower than 2007.

“The bookkeeper simply pointed at and sent the wrong number,” Klink said Monday. “It was human error, it was a mistake that we made.

“We acknowledged it and corrected it.”

The levy used to determine all water and sewer customer charges based on assessment was about half of the intended amount, which is around $300,000.

As a result, every Owasco property tax bill was skewed.

The town called the county about the correction and printed post cards to tell taxpayers about the mistake on Friday, Klink said.

Officials also notified home mortgage companies and placed an ad in The Citizen on Sunday for good measure.

“We realized it was a mistake and started working on it right away and hopefully now the problem is fixed,” said Klink, who praised the county staff for its help.

The error-free tax bills will be printed on different color paper and arrive in town taxpayer mailboxes by the end of the week. Klink said there were no other problems with the tax bills.