H2O Foundation reverses course, says there is money available to help pay bills

The H2O Foundation, a non-profit aimed at helping Birmingham Water Works customers pay their water bills, said in a press release Wednesday that it is “ready and equipped” to help with bill payments, despite its representative saying last month that the foundation was “out of funds for the year.”

The Help 2 Others foundation was established with support from BWWB and the Salvation Army to assist ratepayers who can’t afford their water or Jefferson County sewer bills. This year in particular, many BWWB customers are struggling with bills that are higher than some can afford to pay, often due to well-documented and persistent billing issues that have plagued thousands for more than a year.

Beginning on Nov. 18, however, The Lede was given a very different picture of the foundation’s financial status in a series of email communications as ita story on a Water Works customer who said she asked for and was denied help paying a bill. The Lede published its story on Tuesday, and the same evening Chasiti Shepherd president of BGrace Media, the foundation’s public relations firm asked for a retraction, contradicting both the earlier comment and the customer who first noted that she had been turned down for assistance because H2O was out of money for the year.

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