DENVER, April 12, 2002 -- Colorado Governor Bill Owens has proclaimed the week of April 14-20 "Wastewater Worker Recognition Week" statewide.
The proclamation honors the work of about 4,000 certificated wastewater treatment plant operators and thousands of engineers, maintenance personnel, laboratory workers, scientists, biosolids workers, sewer maintenance workers, industrial waste pretreatment workers, administrative staff, and suppliers to the industry.
The proclamation notes that water is a "valuable economic, environmental and recreational resource that should be protected."
It says, "Colorado's streams, rivers and lakes are getting cleaner because of the job being done by Colorado's wastewater treatment workers."
The Metro Wastewater Reclamation District in Denver and the Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association asked the governor to make the proclamation.
