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The Macon Water Authority is appealing to Macon-Bibb County for $72 million in 2025 SPLOST proceeds if the referendum is approved by voters in March.

MWA seeks $72M from Macon-Bibb SPLOST to fix levee, stormwater issues

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 9, 2025
Macon Water Authority Customer Service representatives will learn details of the pending rate increase to be able to answer the public's questions after Jan. 1.

2025 Macon water rates higher than expected with future hikes pending

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
November 15, 2024
Macon Water Authority Chairman Gary Bechtel signs a supplemental bond resolution Thursday to fund $113 million in capital improvement projects for the utility.

Rate hikes pending even after Macon Water Authority inks $113m bond deal 

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 4, 2024

This Week At The Macon Newsroom (August 21st, 2023 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 21, 2023

This Week At The Macon Newsroom (July 31st, 2023 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 31, 2023
MWA's Director of Water Services Gary McCoy, right, explains to the board how the entry for "Best of the Best" tap water in North America got stuck in Canadian customs and missed the competition.

MWA ends up dry in contest, but still may have best tasting water

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 7, 2023
Macon Water Authority executives review plans to correct flooding problems in south Bibb County near Nowell Estates.

MWA knows how to fix south Bibb flooding, but here’s why it still may take years

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 3, 2023
The Macon Water Authority board and the utility's employees are under new ethics rules passed by the Georgia General Assembly.

Macon Water Authority’s new ethics rules take effect. Here’s what that means

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 21, 2023
Macon Water Authority members could be removed for ethics violations under proposed changes to its charter.

MWA asks legislature to allow removal of authority member for malfeasance

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 3, 2023
Macon Water Authority Chairman Sam Hart began an October called meeting by sharing concerns about a report of possible board member misconduct.

2023 Preview – Part 3: MWA probes, school planning, going green, new affordable housing and riverfront development plans

Liz Fabian and Laura Corley
December 28, 2022
The Macon Water Authority held its last meeting of the year Thursday amid a strained atmosphere over the District Attorney's investigation into the alleged board misconduct of four members.

Judge halts MWA grand jury probe of what chairman calls ‘bully group’

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 2, 2022
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections held a hybrid in-person and online meeting broadcast on YouTube.

Macon-Bibb wants 3 early-voting sites, preps for possible Saturday vote

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
November 18, 2022
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