Clean Water Services Seeks Applicants for Advisory Commission
Leadership
The CWS Board of Directors is seeking applicants to serve a four-year term on its Clean Water Services Advisory Commission (CWAC).
Fire in the Belly: Water Treatment Powered by Digestion
These flames are there for a very good reason and are part of normal operations.
Native Plants: Get to the Root of their Beauty and Benefits
At Clean Water Services, our favorite plants are native plants. Local birds, bees, and butterflies agree. Native plants are vitally important to protecting and supporting a healthy watershed. They are adapted to our climate, soils, and ecosystems.
Septic or Sewer? Keeping the Watershed Free of Sewage
When you flush your toilet, everything in the bowl should (hopefully) be sent away from your bathroom and your home. For many people in Washington County, those contents head to a water resource recovery facility operated by Clean Water Services. For others, it is held in a septic tank.
Water Releases Make Tualatin River a Year-Round Resource
The arrival of warm and dry weather and a hot forecast ahead prompted Clean Water Services to begin releasing cool water on May 31, 2023.
Public Works: Connecting Communities Worldwide
How often do you consider where water (and everything you flush along with it) goes after you “go,” or where it flows when it falls as rain, melts as snow, or runs down your driveway from a hose?
Practical, Proactive, People-Centered: Our Blessedly Boring Budget
Drama and excitement can be fun, but not when it comes to budget and rates planning. You want to know the folks tasked with tackling our region’s long-term water challenges are being as clear-eyed and careful with your hard-earned rate dollars as they are when protecting public health and the environment.
