Water Reuse Week ProclamationPROCLAMATION
VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
WATER REUSE WEEK
WHEREAS, safe, clean, and sustainable water resources are essential to Florida's environment,
economy, citizens and visitors; and
WHEREAS, Florida's water supplies are finite, while our population and our need for water
resources 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, Florida's permitted reuse capacity exceeds 1.5 billion gallons per day (more than 62
percent of Florida's total permitted capacity for all domestic wastewater treatment facilities); and
WHEREAS, Florida leads the nation in reusing 667 million gallons of reclaimed water each day
to conserve freshwater supplies and replenish our rivers, streams, lakes and aquifiers; and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida has declared the week of May 15-21, 2011 to be Water Reuse
Week in Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Village of North Palm Beach has joined with the State of Florida, the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection, and the South Florida Water Management District in
encouraging and promoting water reuse and conservation; and
WHEREAS, the Village of North Palm Beach has implemented a water reuse program and
encourages efficient and effective use of reclaimed water; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Darryl C. Aubrey, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the
Village ofNorth Palm Beach, do hereby proclaim May 15-21, 2011 as
WATER REUSE WEEK
in the Village ofNorth Palm Beach, Florida, and call upon each citizen and business to help protect
our precious resource by practicing water conservation and to use reclaimed water in an efficient
and effective means.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Village of North
Palm Beach to be affixed this 15th day of March, 2011.
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MAYOR