The Birmingham Water Works Board Wednesday approved a preliminary budget plan that includes a 4.9% rate increase, a change in the utility’s rate structure, and $10 million to begin buying the new meters required to move the utility to automated meter reading as early as 2028
The Birmingham Water Works Board announced Monday it’s hired General Ron Burgess (ret.), former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency and most recently Auburn University’s Chief Operating Officer, to lead the BWWB’s search for a new GM and a top-to-bottom review of its operations.
A second Birmingham Water Works Board member is asking to join a lawsuit against the utility’s board chair concerning not paying some board members their monthly allowance.
The Chairwoman of the Birmingham Water Works Board confirmed WBRC’s reporting that two of the nine board members haven’t been paid in over a year, and defended the board’s self-governance policy as an effort to reform years of board meddling in BWWB daily business.
The Birmingham Water Works Board’s Chairwoman Wednesday promised to take a “hard look” at the utility from top to bottom as they begin the search for a new leader.
Another Birmingham church is fighting a Birmingham Water Works bill that tops $1,000 for one month, the second church to face the same problem in the last week.
The Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB) voted Wednesday, Jan. 24, to rehire one of its former lobbying firms at a higher rate as part of a shakeup of its lobbying team and contracts ahead of the 2024 Legislative Session in Montgomery.
The Birmingham Water Works Board is looking at a new pledge by board members to receive additional training on ethics, open meetings/public records law, operational issues, and promise to avoid conflicts of interest.
The BWWB is assuring customers that your drinking water is safe, but is also suing chemical companies alleging they've contaminated the utility's water supply.
The Birmingham Water Works Board approved more than $19 million in infrastructure improvement projects that will help provide water source backup and redundancy in the system and support economic development
The Birmingham Water Works Board appears to have been the victim of financial fraud after someone was able to alter a check from the utility and divert almost $130,000.
A Jefferson County judge has granted the Birmingham Water Works request to block an effort by a group of voters to force the city to take over control of the utility board.
Several BWW customers shared similar frustrations, saying they don’t want to see a rate increase right now and many claim to be overcharged and overbilled.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall calls for major changes at the Birmingham Water Works Board following the public release of an audit showing the utility's billing problems started earlier than first thought, and affected almost half of its residential customers.
Two state lawmakers from Jefferson County said Wednesday the new Birmingham Water Works Board audit of its billing problems raised troubling questions about the utility’s direction and leadership.
A new audit of the billing problems plaguing the Birmingham Water Works Board finds the backlog of unread meters or unissued bills began much earlier than previously thought, affected more customers than previously publicly acknowledged,
After public pushback from ratepayers and public officials, the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB) appears to be considering a smaller rate increase for 2023 than the 8.3 percent rate increase initially recommended by the utility’s consultants and executive staff several weeks ago.
New audio from inside a Birmingham Water Works personnel hearing shows a former BWWB employee warning in December 2021 of issues in the billing department, issues this now-former employee claims persist.
The Birmingham Water Works Board is considering raising rates by an average of 8.3% for 2023, but the rate increases could be much higher for some customers if the Board approves the recommendations of consultants and the BWWB staff presented to the Board’s Finance Committee Wednesday.
Two former Birmingham Water Works employees say they warned management for months of problems in the utility’s billing department, well before thousands of customers began going months without getting a bill.
On Sept. 1, Birmingham’s mayor applied new pressure to the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB) in the wake of our reporting on several issues there including overdue and incorrect bills.
Sources tell WBRC several Birmingham Water Works Board employees are suddenly gone in the wake of improper purchasing activities and alleged kickbacks in the purchasing department.
