Upper Bear Creek

BEAR CREEK Beginning March 1, Upper Bear Creek Water Treatment Plant, will discontinue adding fluoride into the water supply, which will affect its three water customers - Haleyville, Bear Creek and Phil Campbell.

WINSTON COUNTY - Upper Bear Creek Water Authority (UBCWA) has raised its water rates by $.40 per 1,000 gallons, resulting in increases for city water customers in Haleyville and Lynn, effective Dec. 1, and perhaps in more towns in the future.

WINSTON COUNTY - The price of city water will increase for residents in multiple towns in Winston County in the coming months.

A main transmission line outage at the Upper Creek Water Filtration Plant during the recent winter weather resulted in a scare of a water shortage for some customers.