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Water Reuse WeekPROCLAMATION 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 1.7 billion gallons per day (more than 67 percent of Florida's total permitted capacity for all domestic wastewater treatment facilities); and WHEREAS, Florida leads the nation in reusing 725 million gallons of reclaimed water each day to conserve freshwater supplies and recharge our freshwater resources; and WHEREAS, the State of Florida has declared the week of May 18 -24, 2014 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 of North Palm Beach, do hereby proclaim May 18 -24, 2014 as WATER REUSE WEEK in the Village of North 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 24th day of April, 2014. L- Qj2�� MAYOR