Mueller Water Products Announces Quarterly Dividend

ATLANTA, Jan. 28  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE:MWA) announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of 1.75 cents ($0.0175) per share, payable February 22, 2010 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 10, 2010.

Safe Harbor Statement

Except for historical information  contained herein, the statements in this  release  are forward- looking and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results in future periods of Mueller Water Products to differ materially from forecasted results. Those risks include, among others, changes in customer orders and demand for our products; changes in raw material, labor, equipment and transportation costs; pricing actions by the Company and its competitors; changes in law; the ability to attract and retain management and employees; the inability to successfully execute management strategies with respect to cost reductions, production increases or decreases, inventory control, and the integration of acquired businesses;  and  general  changes  in  economic  and  financial  conditions,  residential  and  non- residential construction, and municipal spending. Risks associated with forward-looking statements are more fully described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mueller Water Products assumes no duty to update its forward-looking statements as of any future date.

About Mueller Water Products, Inc.

Mueller Water Products, Inc. is a leading North American manufacturer and marketer of infrastructure and flow  control products  for  use in water  distribution networks and treatment facilities.  Its broad product portfolio includes engineered valves, fire hydrants, ductile iron pipe and pipe fittings, which are used by municipalities, as well as the residential and non-residential construction, oil & gas, HVAC and fire protection industries. With latest 12 months net sales as of September 30, 2009 of $1.4 billion, the Company is comprised of three operating segments: Mueller Co., U.S. Pipe and Anvil. Based in Atlanta, Georgia,  the Company employs approximately 5,300  people.  The  Company's  Series A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the  ticker symbol MWA.  For  more  information about Mueller Water Products Inc., please visit the Company's Web site at http://www.muellerwaterproducts.com/.

  Investor Contact: Martie Edmunds Zakas
  Sr. Vice President - Strategy, Corporate Development & Communications
  770-206-4237
  
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  Media Contact: John Pensec
  Director - Corporate Communications & Public Affairs
  770-206-4240
  
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DATASOURCE: Mueller Water Products, Inc.



CONTACT:  Martie Edmunds Zakas, Sr. Vice President - Strategy, Corporate

Development & Communications, [phone], ; John

Pensec, Director - Corporate Communications & Public, Affairs,

[phone], 



Web Site:  http://www.muellerwaterproducts.com/ 

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