2021-03-02 Proclamation - Water Reuse Week 2021.
Office of the Mayor, Okeechobee, Florida
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WHEREAS, safe, clean, and sustainable water resources are essential to Florida's environment, economy,
citizens, and visitors; and
EAS, although Florida's water supplies are finite, the state's population and need for water
resources continue to increase; and
EAS, water reuse provides a means for conserving and augmenting Florida's precious water
resources and is key to the state's sustainable water future; 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 is more than 1.7 billion gallons per day (approximately 67
percent of Florida's total permitted capacity for all domestic wastewater treatment facilities); and
WHEREAS, the City of Okeechobee has joined with the Water Reuse 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 City of Okeechobee has implemented a water reuse program and encourages efficient and
effective use of reclaimed water
NOW THEREFORE, I, Dowling R. Watford, Jr., by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the
City of Okeechobee, Florida, do hereby proclaim May 16-22, 2021 as "Water Reuse Week" in the
City of Okeechobee.
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In witness whereof, on March 2, 2021, I have set
my hand and caused this seal to be affixed.
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Lane Gamiotea, CMC, Cit� Clerk
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