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COVID relief can be life-changing for thousands of Alabamians

Many of the approximately 1,200 water and sewer systems in Alabama have significant repair and upgrade needs.
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January 27, 2022
Water flow treatment system from the water pump pipe.Motion of water gushing out of the pipe from Koi Pond Carp fish farm for oxygen.Water was drain by tube pvc.Industrial wastewater treatment.

CWS and MWO have merged

The merger creates a 400-employee company providing water and wastewater operations and maintenance services to municipalities and private utilities.
December 29, 2021

State warns reopening businesses to flush water systems to avoid Legionnaires, other diseases

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Alabama  Department of Public Health issued a joint statement today urging businesses that are reopening after the easing of coronavirus restrictions to thoroughly flush and inspect their water and air conditioning systems to avoid creating other potentially deadly health hazards – Legionnaires’disease and other bacterial infections. Legionnaires’ … Continued
April 30, 2020
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Darkness is sunny California

California is plagued by unreliable access to electric power, a situation that will persist for years to come. It’s happening as part of Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), one component of the wildfire prevention plans implemented by electric utilities and approved by regulatory commissioners appointed by the governor. During periods of significant wildfire threat, the … Continued
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December 9, 2019
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The water is poison and there’s no one we trust to fix it

There’s too much lead in the water in Lauderdale County.  The Alabama Department of Environmental Management issued that alert on Thursday, and if ADEM issued an alert, after all of the pollution they’ve kept quiet about, you can bet No. 2 pencils must be falling from the taps.  ADEM has recommended a number of steps … Continued
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September 13, 2019

July hottest global month ever recorded

July was the hottest month since mankind began keeping records more than a century ago, according to a European Union climate program.  Two blistering heatwaves across Western Europe in June and July accelerated the melting of  Greenland’s ice sheet, sending 197 billion tons of water into the North Atlantic in July alone, according to Ruth … Continued
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August 8, 2019
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We need a level playing field for franchise owners in Alabama

 I knew it had happened to me, so I concluded it was happening to others. I’m a small business owner, and for years, I owned and operated small catastrophe-restoration franchises in Mobile and Baldwin counties. If your home or store had fire or water damage, my team and I would come in and restore your … Continued
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April 30, 2019
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In Alabama, money is god

If you have ever participated in an organized cleanup effort of pretty much any piece of land anywhere in this country, you know one thing is true: plastic grocery bags are everywhere. They’re stuck in bushes, half buried, clinging to other trash, in trees, floating in every body of water, and clinging to every barbed-wire … Continued
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April 11, 2019