After considering a 4% rate increase, the Birmingham Water Works Board voted 6-3 to increase rates by 2.9% in 2018.
Continue reading “UPDATE: Birmingham Water Works Board approves rate increase for 2018”
With the temperature on the rise, what better way to cool off than on the water? However, parents must be on the lookout, especially since drowning is the second leading cause of death among children. Children’s Hospital wants you to stay safe and enjoy the summer! So, check out this interview about water safety with Debbie Coshatt, RN, and nurse educator in Patient Health and Safety at Children’s Hospital.
Continue reading “7 Water safety tips from Children’s Hospital educator Debbie Coshatt”
Citizens are complaining, attorneys fired, lawsuits filed and maybe even a grand jury investigation is in the works.
What, exactly, is going on with the largest water system in Alabama?
Continue reading “Birmingham Water Works still boiling with controversy”
The Birmingham Water Works Board deemed the drought to be so severe, that a stage 4 warning was set in place, creating surcharges for those residents who exceeded certain amounts of water usage…
As of yesterday, surcharges do not apply!
Continue reading “From Stage 4 to Stage 2 – Surcharges no Longer Apply”
If you live in Forest Park, the historic residential section surrounding much of Highland Golf Course, you might wish you had cooked your Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. Oh, and taken an extra long shower.
A water main line broke today on Glen View Rd and flooded the street for hours. The Birmingham Water Works was alerted early on, but reportedly said there were several breaks around Birmingham which delayed their appearance until late this afternoon.
As of 9pm, the faucets are all dry. We’re starting to feel like the Cahaba River.
Today, Birmingham set a new record for the longest dry spell in recorded history marking the 53rd consecutive day with no measurable rain. The former record was set in 1924 with 52 consecutive dry days. Below is a picture of an active fire along I-65 north between Warrior and Blount Springs.
Continue reading “Keep Your ‘Butts in Your Seats’ and Other Ways to Help Our Drought.”
By: Bill Finch
Wouldn’t it be great if you could train your yard to be more resistant to drought?
Expecting our modern lawns and gardens to weather a drought is like expecting a hopeless couch potato to run a marathon. The way we water our yards has actually created weak and breathless plants that can’t survive under normal conditions, much less when things take a turn toward drought.
Continue reading “Train Your Yard to Defeat Drought. You can do it. Yes, you!”
By: Bill Finch
Trickle down politics may not have helped your pocketbook, but trickle-down watering will make all the difference in how your plants survive this drought.
Trickle-down watering is simple: You simply set the end of your hose on the plant you want to water, and you let the water trickle out, drip, drip, drip. Sort of like a leaky faucet. And it affects your water bill about like a leaky faucet: You’ll barely notice.
Water, a commodity no one can live without (I know, captain obvious over here), is reaching peak demands, but the supply simply cannot sustain the usage.
Photo By: WBRCContinue reading “BWWB Plans Surcharges for Excessive Water Usage…”
On the heels of the most recent sewage spill in the Black Warrior River, some people have asked a great question ‘How does this happen?’. So, I went to my resources and here’s what I found.
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/08/alabama_water_park_closed_due.html
Clean water is vital to our health. Help keep our rivers, lakes and swimming holes clean by getting involved with your local river organizations including Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Coosa Riverkeeper, Cahaba Riverkeeper and Cahaba River Society and the Alabama Rivers Alliance.
