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STATEWIDE
Public Works Week CELEBRATED!

City of Germantown provided to our citizens. and water/sewer lines; a traffic lane using
The City of Germantown celebrated Various vendors were sponsors of free markings and signs, and a speed table for
Public Works Week with food and fun. food and drinks for employees as well as folks to ride through on Gators.
They kicked it off on Monday, May 22 the public. Kids of all ages enjoyed the Water-themed information was
with a celebration of Bo Mills, Public event on a beautiful day with just the right in plentiful supply. A microscope
Works Director. Stan Brown, APWA amount of breeze. display provided information about
Past President, was on hand at the May With the assistance of equipment the microscopic organisms used in the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen Meeting professionals, children operated the biological process of treating water. Water
to present the Top Ten Leaders of the Year various displayed equipment and viewed bottles also were handed out to those in
Award to Mills. A barbeque and group the exhibits. They waited their turn to attendance to fill with Kingsport’s very
photo followed later in the week. ride in a bucket truck, climbed up into the own water.
seat of a garbage truck, and flocked to the
“The Amazing Journey of Water – My
Kingsport 2023 Public Works Day painting stations that specialized in “make Water River to Tap” booklets were given
Events: Connecting the World & take” manhole cover signs. Snowplows to all ages explaining where their water
Kingsport Public Works held their and a wooden mini-excavator also were comes from, how it is processed, and how
popular Public Works Day Events on May on site for the kids’ inspection. the people working with the water do
25. Open to the public, the events allowed Exhibits included the sand table their jobs. Displays ranged from “Dave the
the city to showcase the many services replicating the city with photos, streets, Engineer,” various pumps used in the city’s
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