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Agenda 05/11/2010 Item # 4B Agenda Item No. 4B May 11, 2010 Page 1 of 2 PROCLAMA TIO and supplies are vital to people: ond, WHEREAS, clean, safe and sustainable water resoun Collier County's economy, environment, and I Collier County Public Ut1'lities hos joined ~t.....h. the Stote of Florida, the Florida Department of Environmentol Pro r:tian, and the South Florida Water Management District in encouragi ,: and promoting water reuse and conservation: and, , : Collier Countys Public Utilities' water reJ1 program IS a leader in the state by treating and returning over fit.. b1'llion gallons of reclaimed water annually to the community for bene cia! reuse as irrigation quality water, thereby saving five billion gallons . f drinking water from being used for irrigation: and, i I I Collier County Public Utilities and the Sout~ Florida Water Management District is calling upon eacJ? citizen and !business to help protect our precious resource by practicing water con~ation and to use reclaimed water in an efficient and effective means. !' i NOW THEREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Board of cokty Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, that the week of May 10 rhrough 16, 2010 be I designated as DONE AND ORDERED THIS 11th Day of May, 2010 I I i BOARD OF CiJ(VNTY COMMISSIONERS CO/.LIER COUNTY, FLORIDA l FRED COYLE, iCHAIRMAN I i I 1 WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, WHER€AS, WHEREAS, WHEREAS, A TT€ST: Floridas water supplies are finite, while 01 population and our need for water resources continues to increase: and ': I ;i ii water reuse provides a means for conse 'Vng and augmenting Florida s precious water resources: and" Florida has established the encouragement ~nd promotion of water reuse as state objectives in Chapters 373 and ~,Florida Statutes: and, Florida s permitted reuse capacity excee " 1.4 billion gallons per doy .'i (over 5B percent of Floridas total permi d capacity for all domestic wastewater treatment faCIlities): and, the State of FlorIda has declared the wee Water Reuse Week in Florida: and, May 10 - 16, 2010 to be i: " WA TER REVSE W€EK i' DWIGHT €. BROCK, CLERK Agenda Item No. 48 May 11, 2010 Page 2 of 2 COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Item Number: Item Summary: 48 Proclamation designating May 10 through May 16, 2010 as Water Reuse Week. To be accepted by George Yilmaz, Wastewater Department Director, Danette Huff, Reuse Manager, Beth Johnssen, Wastewater Operations Manager, and Lisa Kohler from the Big Cypress Basin/South Florida Water Management District. Sponsored by Commissioner Fiala. 5111120109:00:00 AM Meeting Date: Prepared By Paula Springs Executive Aide to the BCe Date BCC BCC 5/4120109:31 :07 AM Approved By Ian Mitchell Supervisor ~ Bee Office Operations Date BCC BCC 5/4/201010:32 AM Approved By Michael Sheffield Assistant to the County Manager Date County Managers Office 5141201010:47 AM