Tag: MAWSS

A bomb found under water at a dam in Mobile’s only water supply was detonated on Wednesday by the Gulf Coast Regional Maritime Bomb Squad.

State Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle) presented a bill to the Alabama House Committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure on Wednesday that would remove reservoirs on public waterways from the state’s list of critical infrastructure facilities.

The Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS) announced it intends to release a request for proposal to allow outside concessionaires to run limited boating and fishing operations on Mobile’s Big Creek Lake.

A bill to prohibit utilities from closing public waters has effectively died, and the Homeland Security Agency has recommended keeping recreation off the water supply.

Matthew Frazier will announce his candidacy for the Mobile City Council from a sinkhole in his neighborhood. He is the leader of the citizen group fighting to reopen Big Creek Lek.

A bill to re-open Mobile's Big Creek Lake advanced in a House committee and heads for the full House. A companion bill is moving in the Senate.

Mobile water board approves plan to partially reopen Big Creek Lake. Sportsmen say "not enough."

The MAWSS board that closed Big Creek Lake to boating and fishing meets April 7, likely to consider compromises to their ban.

A house committee hearing was held Wednesday on a bill to prevent water systems from closing public lakes to boating and fishing. A committee vote could come next week.

Mobile County Commissioner Connie Hudson has requested info about why Big Creek Lake was ordered closed to public boating and fishing.

A committee will hold a public hearing on HB473 on April 2 but will not vote on it until a future meeting. The bill would reopen Mobile's Big Creek Lake.

A legal opinion from the Department of Conservation has held Big Creek Lake "public." It does not carry the effect of law.

Citizens favoring the reopening of Mobile's Big Creek Lake will hold a public meeting March 30. They will organize a lobbying trip to a Montgomery hearing April 2.

HB437 to prevent water systems from closing public lakes is the subject of a public hearing April 2 at the State House in Montgomery.

A bill to prevent closures of public lakes by water systems was filed in the State House by Rep. Shane Stringer.

Fishermen and boaters have been barred from a favorite fishing place in Mobile County -- Big Creek Lake. They meet Tuesday in a fight to reopen it.