Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey today signed into law legislation that re-shapes the Birmingham Water Works Board and takes it out of majority control of the City of Birmingham. The new law regionalizes the Birmingham Water Works Board and would give more power to suburban areas.

Multiple sources tell WBRC that the Birmingham Water Works Board will seriously consider selling itself back to the City of Birmingham at a special-called board meeting Wednesday night.

Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law a bill that the city of Birmingham is actively trying to stop from reorganizing its water department. Ivey signed SB330 into law on Wednesday, her office confirmed, effectively taking the Birmingham Water Works Board mostly out of the city’s hands and restructuring it to