WATER BILL that tenant never paid

[Fred Gonzalo]

Hello ALL

Ive had a tenant that hasnt paid her water bill since february of last year.  she is no longer living there for the last 3 months. The city sent me a bill to pay the water bill for a few hundred bucks which shocked me because i was never aware she wasnt paying her water bill. I use a property management and they would take care of the place since im over 2 hours away. Theyve been great but my question is..whos fault is this and can i do anything about it by not paying this? I wouldve loved to get aware of the fact that she wasnt paying her bill at least the first 1 or 2 months delinqeunt that way it wouldnt add up to so much. 

Has anyone else dealt with this? like i said there is a new tenant now since novermber and thats fine but the preivous tenant that never paid her water bill... now falls on me.  

Any tips or info what i can do would be great. I appreciate it. 

Thanks