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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0304</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2011-12-01</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001350593</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Mueller Water Products, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MWA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001463989</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Rogowski Gregory</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1200 ABERNATHY RD., SUITE 1200</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30328</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>President, Mueller Co.</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Series A Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2011-12-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4596</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>2.10</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>279448.12</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares were withheld to cover the tax liability on the lapse of the restrictions on restricted stock units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Acquistion is pursuant to a grant of restricted stock units under the Mueller Water Products, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Incentive Plan.  Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Mueller Water Products, Inc. Series A Common Stock when the restrictions lapse.  The lapse occurs on December 1, 2010.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Kevin Maxwell, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-12-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
