Complaints Around The Birmingham Water Works Board Intensify

| February 9, 2017 

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One frequent target of criticism by the public is the Birmingham Water Works Board. But complaints hit a new level in recent months after some residents received unusually high water bills. Others had difficultly paying or didn’t receive a bill for several months after a new billing system came online. We hear about the situation from Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald, who says he’s never seen this amount of anger aimed at the board.

 

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