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    Press Release - BWWB Statement On 01.09 Petition

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    The Birmingham Water Works Board has filed a temporary restraining order and injunction in circuit court to stop a petition and proposed ordinance from being submitted to the city council that would reclaim water works assets for the city of Birmingham. The proposed ordinance is similar to two previous ones that were ruled illegal and struck down in court. As an independent entity, the water works board cannot be controlled or dissolved by outside groups like the city. The board will continue providing high quality drinking water to nearly 800,000 people across five counties while maintaining fiscal and operational stability.

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    The Birmingham Water Works Board has filed a temporary restraining order and injunction in circuit court to stop a petition and proposed ordinance from being submitted to the city council that would reclaim water works assets for the city of Birmingham. The proposed ordinance is similar to two previous ones that were ruled illegal and struck down in court. As an independent entity, the water works board cannot be controlled or dissolved by outside groups like the city. The board will continue providing high quality drinking water to nearly 800,000 people across five counties while maintaining fiscal and operational stability.

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    The Birmingham Water Works Board has filed a temporary restraining order and injunction in circuit court to stop a petition and proposed ordinance from being submitted to the city council that would reclaim water works assets for the city of Birmingham. The proposed ordinance is similar to two previous ones that were ruled illegal and struck down in court. As an independent entity, the water works board cannot be controlled or dissolved by outside groups like the city. The board will continue providing high quality drinking water to nearly 800,000 people across five counties while maintaining fiscal and operational stability.

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    The Birmingham Water Works Board has filed a temporary restraining order and injunction in circuit court to stop a petition and proposed ordinance from being submitted to the city council that would reclaim water works assets for the city of Birmingham. The proposed ordinance is similar to two previous ones that were ruled illegal and struck down in court. As an independent entity, the water works board cannot be controlled or dissolved by outside groups like the city. The board will continue providing high quality drinking water to nearly 800,000 people across five counties while maintaining fiscal and operational stability.

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    Rick Jackson
    Rick.Jackson@bwwb.org

    MEDIA STATEMENT
    BIRMINGHAM WATER WORKS BOARD

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (January 10, 2023) – The Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham
    (BWWB) has filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court both a Temporary Restraining Order and an
    Injunction to stop a Petition for a Proposed Ordinance to Reclaim the Water Works Assets for
    the City of Birmingham, and submission of the same to the City Council. Tuesday, the Circuit
    Court entered a Temporary Restraining Order enjoining the Petition from moving forward. The
    Proposed Ordinance by a group of Birmingham citizens is the same as two prior proposed
    ordinances that have been ruled illegal and struck down by the Circuit Court and the Alabama
    Supreme Court. The Water Works Board is a separate and distinct entity from the City of
    Birmingham and the Alabama Supreme Court has held that it cannot be controlled or dissolved
    by outside third parties. As such, the Petition and Proposed Ordinance are invalid and cannot
    legally be submitted to the Council or the public for vote and any such process would be both
    an unlawful use of taxpayer money as well as a waste of public resources.

    Our mission is to continue bringing the highest quality drinking water to nearly 800,000 people
    in dozens of municipalities across five counties every day of the week. We do so by being
    fiscally and operationally sound. Birmingham Water Works has a Aa2 Rating from Moody’s and
    AA Rating from Standard & Poor’s which designates the system as having a stable outlook on its
    operations and finances.

    ABOUT BIRMINGHAM WATER WORKS BOARD: Founded in 1951, the Birmingham Water Works Board serves
    770,000 people in Jefferson, Shelby, Blount, St. Clair, and Walker counties. The BWWB operates four filtration
    plants, a certified testing laboratory, and has more than 4,000 miles of pipe in its distribution network. For more
    information about the Birmingham Water Works Board, media inquiries, or tours of our museum, please call 205-
    244-4225 or visit www.bwwb.org.

    Media Contact: publicrelations@bwwb.org | 205-244-4225

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