HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-149RESOLUTION N0. 09-149
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF
MAY 10 THROUGH MAY 16, 2009, AS "WATER
REUSE WEEK" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has
made the following determinations:
1. Safe, clean, and sustainable water resources are essential to Florida's
environment, economy, citizens and visitors.
2. Florida's water supplies are finite, while our poputation and our need for
water resources continues to increase.
3. Water reuse provides a means for conserving and augmenting Florida's
precious water resources.
4. Florida has established the encouragement and promotion of water reuse as
state objectives in Chapters 373 and 403, Florida Statutes.
5. Florida's permitted reuse capacity exceeds 1.4 billion gallons per day (over
58 percent of Florida's total permitted capacity for all domestic wastewater treatment
facilities).
6. The State of Florida has declared the week of May 10 through May 16, 2009
to be Water Reuse Week in Florida.
7. St. Lucie County 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.
8. St. Lucie County has implemented a water reuse program and encourages
efficient and effective use of reclaimed water.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St.
Lucie County, Florida:
1. This Board does hereby proctaim the week of May 10 through May 16, 2009
as "WATER REUSE WEEK" in St. Lucie County, Florida.
2. St. Lucie County is calling 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.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 28th day of April, 2009.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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