Florida Water Reuse Week—3rd Full Week of May
The third full week of May is recognized as Florida Water Reuse Week – a
time to bring awareness to Floridians about the importance of reusing
this valuable resource. Water Reuse Week is planned to be recognized
May
19-25, 2013. However, in the meantime please see last year’s
proclamations and information provided below.
Reuse is Responsible Use
Did you know that?
- Floridians produce billions of gallons of wastewater every
day.
- Water reuse reduces the demands on valuable surface and
ground waters used for drinking.
- Reclaimed water is used to maintain hundreds of Florida golf
courses and thousands of private residences.
- Florida ranks number one in the country in the amount of
wastewater reused for beneficial purposes every year.
Florida Water Reuse Week highlights the importance of Water Reuse—the utilization of
highly treated wastewater effluent for beneficial purposes—to the
sustainability of Florida’s water supply and ecosystem. Water Reuse Week
was first celebrated in Florida in 2007, the year after DEP’s Reuse
Program was recognized by the EPA as a Leader in Water Efficiency. The
Board of Trustees of WateReuse Florida in partnership with Water
Environment Federation and FDEP supported the Florida’s Governor for the
last three years in celebrating Florida Water Reuse Week around the
third week in
May.
Join in the Celebration
City and county governments, water and wastewater utilities, water
management districts, state agencies, engineering firms, and other
organizations are invited to join in the celebration. Simply adopt a
proclamation declaring and
supporting Water Reuse Week. Feel free to modify the draft proclamation
to suit your organization’s activities, interests, and needs, and adjust
for the appropriate year.
Please, don’t forget to provide a copy of your proclamation to
Florida’s Water Reuse
Coordinator so that we can list you among the supporters on this
webpage.
Supporters Water Reuse Week 2013
Supporters Water Reuse Week 2012
Florida Water Reuse Trail
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, WateReuse
Florida, and the Florida Water Environment Association’s Water Reuse
Committee is developing the Florida Water Reuse Trail--a route around
and through Florida designed to feature exemplary water reuse projects
in Florida.
2012 State of Florida