Agenda 05/13/2013 Item # 4B5/14/2013 4.B.
PROCLAMATION
safe and sustainable water resources and supplies are vita/ to Collier County's
h :REAS, clean ,
economy, environment and people; and,
Florida's water supplies are finite, while our population and our need for water resources
WHERE AS ,
continues to increase, and,
WHEREAS,
water reuse provides a means for conserving and augmenting Florida's precious water
resources, and,
WHEREAS,
Florida has established the encouragement and Promotion of water reuse as state
objectives in chapters 373 and 403, Florida Statutes; and.
WHEREAS, F/ori
da's total reuse capacity exceeds 1.5 billion gallons per day (over facr62 percent
and of
Florida's total permitted capacity for all domestic wastewater treatment
WHEREAS,
the State of Florida has declared the week of May 19 -25, 2013 to be Water Reuse
Week in Florida; and,
WHEREAS, tion and the South the Florida
Collier County Public Utilities has joined with the Stoteloo�aFl� deg Management
Department of Environmental Protec
District in encouraging and promoting water reuse and conservation, and,
Collier County Public Utilities' Irrigation Quality (IQ) Water program is a leader in the
WHEREAS, water annually to the
state by treating and returning over 5. a�rill /5.8 billion gaf llo(s of drinking water from
community for beneficial reuse, thereby 9
being used for irrigation; and,
WHEREAS,
Collier County Public Utilities and the South Florida Writer M resource by District
practicing water
ter
upon each citizen and a reclaimed to help Ovate protect m an efficient and effective means.
conservation and to us
NOW THE REFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida,
that May 19 -25, 2013 be designated as
WATER REUSE WEEK
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 14"' Day of May, 2013-
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
6E0R6IA A. HILLER, CHAIRWOMAN
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 4A.B.
5/14/2013 4.B.
Item Summary: Proclamation designating May 19 -25, 2013 as Water Reuse Week in
Collier County. To be accepted by G. George Yilmaz, Ph.D, P.E., P.H., Public Utilities
Administrator; Beth Johnssen, Wastewater Department Director; Danette Kinaszczuk, Reuse
Manager, Wastewater Department; Lisa Koehler, Big Cypress Basin Administrator, South Florida
Water Management District. Sponsored by Commissioner Coyle.
Meeting Date: 5/14/2013
Prepared By
Name: BartlettKristi
Title: Executive Aide to the BCC
4/22/2013 11:41:15 AM
Submitted by
Title: Executive Aide to the BCC
Name: BartlettKristi
4/22/2013 11:41:17 AM
Approved By
Name: SheffieldMichael
Title: Manager- Business Operations, CMO
Date: 4/24/2013 12:11:54 PM
Name: SheffieldMichael
Title: Manager- Business Operations, CMO
Date: 4/30/2013 9:17:38 AM
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