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WHEREAS, Wyoming's professional operators protect public health by removing

contaminants from our drinking water, delivering safe drinking water to our taps,

efficiently delivering wastewater to treatment facilities, and correctly treating

wastewater; and

WHEREAS, Wyoming's professional operators preserve the high quality of

Wyoming's lakes, rivers and streams by ensuring the proper treatment of

wastewater; and

WHEREAS, Wyoming's professional operators properly operate and maintain

water and wastewater equipment and facilities, ensuring the longevity of one of the

state's largest infrastructure investments; and

WHEREAS, clean, safe drinking water and our pristine natural environment is

central to our quality of life and Wyoming's future; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting to recognize and honor the work of professional operators

in protecting the public's health, our environment and water resources, and the

water and wastewater infrastructure of Wyoming;

NOW THEREFORE, I, MARK GORDON, Governor of the State of Wyoming, do

hereby proclaim February 6-13, 2023 as,

WYOMING PROFESSIONAL WATER AND

WASTEWATER OPERATOR'S WEEK

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Executive

Seal of the Governor of Wyoming to be affixed this 6

th day of February, 2023.

/J!A--� The Honorable Mark Gordon

33rd Governor of the Great State of Wyoming