Mary Garvelink graduated from the College of Education and Human Services in 1972. She taught at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak Community College, and Colorado Springs Public School District.
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WASHINGTON, March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ President Joe Biden Thursday in a letter to Tom Bigley, chairman of the World Plumbing Council and former IAPMO Board of Directors member, recognized World Plumbing Day, acknowledging the essential service plumbers and those in our industry provide to people worldwide to ensure their access to clean, healthy water and safe sanitation.
In the letter extending greetings to all observing World Plumbing Day March 11, Every Year, Everywhere the president wrote:
Today, we honor the hardworking plumbers and other trained professionals who work tirelessly to bring water trickling down from our highest mountains and up from our deepest aquifers into our homes and offices. These workers stitch communities together and help connect all people to this precious natural resource.
While a lot of water-industry education has to do with biology, chemistry, and physics; pumps and piping; or instrumentation and information networks, there is also a broader need to educate consumers on the value of water and their role in protecting it in an ever-changing world.
The following industry-association, advocacy-group, government, and non-government-organization reference links offer numerous opportunities for municipal utilities, private water companies, and industrial water users to do a better job in serving their own needs. They also help in raising the profile and performance of the water industry as a whole.
Utility-management, internal-operation, customer-service, and PR personnel, as well as industrial-water users and other water professionals, can benefit by using them to: