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In Majority-Black Camp Hill, a Young Mayor Fights for Water

Inside Climate News · By Lee Hedgepeth · last updated
An Alabama town is at risk of losing water access after it disputed rate rises and recent charges by a neighboring water board. The mayor says customers are being “bamboozled.”

By Lee Hedgepeth

CAMP HILL, Ala.—A dispute over soaring water bills for this town’s 1,000 residents has ended up in court this summer after Mayor Messiah Williams-Cole said that his town’s water contract has been violated by its neighbors in Dadeville, who control the flow.  

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