Meanwhile, the amount of past due water and sewer bills owed to the City of Vandalia by the State of Illinois is at nearly a half a million dollars. City Clerk Peggy Bowen says the state now owes $378,251.07 for water and $103,283 for sewer for the Vandalia Correctional Center—and that adds up to better than $481,000. Bowen says the last payment made on the bills by state was on March 17th, and that was for just a little better than $30,000.