Stop Coal Mine Pollution from Contaminating a Birmingham Drinking Water Source
The Birmingham Water Works Board Mulberry Intake, looking upriver. Photo courtesy of Black Warrior Riverkeeper.
The Alabama Surface Mining Commission (ASMC) is considering a renewal application from Mays Mining for the No. 5 Mine. The 506-acre surface coal mine would discharge wastewater into the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River at 23 locations upstream of a drinking water intake for 200,000 people.
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