June 30 is the Virginia Drinking Water and Wastewater Professionals Appreciation Day!
Thank someone you know for taking care of our water resources:
- waterworks installers/operators
- wastewater installers/operators
- septic system installers/operators
- plumbers, drain cleaners, maintenance techs
- pump and control technicians
- water/sewer/stormline camera and cleaning crews
- administrative personnel
We’ve re-canned the State House bill below. If you want to check out the primary source, see the full resolution here.
Why do Water and Wastewater Professionals Matter?
- Before the implementation of reliable drinking water and wastewater treatment, thousands of people in the United States died of waterborne diseases like cholera, dysentery, typhoid, polio, and hepatitis each year.
- The World Health Organization estimates that unsafe water supplies in developing nations still cause approximately 1.8 million deaths annually.
- Technological advances by water and wastewater professionals have improved the treatment of both drinking water and wastewater in the Commonwealth, the United States and the world.
- Access to clean drinking water is crucial to the health and safety of more than 8.3 million Virginians.
- Treatment of the Commonwealth’s average of more than 620 million gallons of wastewater each day plays a critical role in reducing toxic chemicals and nutrient buildup in Virginia’s surface waters, such as the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay.
- Much of the drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in the United States is located underground in millions of miles of pipes, unseen by the public.
- Thousands of water and wastewater industry professionals in the Commonwealth dedicate their careers to keeping drinking water and treated wastewater clean and free of disease-carrying organisms that can harm both humans and the environment
The work we do is important.
We’ve been The Water and Wastewater Professionals since 1947. If you’d like to become a water or wastewater professional, click here!
