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This resolution designates July 16, 2025, as "Water Utility Worker Appreciation Day" in Pennsylvania, recognizing the critical role of water utility workers in maintaining safe drinking water and wastewater systems. The resolution highlights that Pennsylvania is home to approximately 5,200 highly trained water utility workers who operate in challenging and potentially dangerous conditions 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The date of July 16 was chosen because it commemorates the day in 1763 when Alexander Schaeffer and his wife Anna conveyed ownership of a spring that would eventually become the Schaefferstown Water Company, which is considered the first public water system in the United States. The resolution emphasizes the importance of these workers in providing the only consumable utility essential for public health, and acknowledges the risks they face, such as working in busy streets, open pits, and responding to extreme weather events that cause water main breaks and wastewater system overflows.

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