CWS News Stories Articles - Clean Water Services

Public Works: Advancing Quality of Life for All

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?

Workers fill a trench in the street where pipe work was completed. A piece of heavy machinery, houses, and cars are in the background.

‘Water Is Kind of a Big Deal’: CWS Education Team Calls on All of Us to Protect It

Our education programs help people understand how they are connected to water, how they impact it, and how they can help protect it.

An educator speaks to a group of students by a pond.

Shower Our Watershed With Love

There are plenty of ways you can show your love for the river, to help keep this symbiotic relationship healthy and strong.

An aerial shot of people kayaking on the Tualatin River in late evening as the sun shines over the trees.

Be Water Wise as You Winterize

Get your home winter-ready with tools and tactics that will keep you, and our water, safe this season.

Clean Water Services Seeks Applicants for Advisory Commission

The CWS Board of Directors is seeking applicants to serve a four-year term on its Clean Water Services Advisory Commission (CWAC).

Members of CWAC, the CWS Board, and CWS staff , some holding kayak paddles, stand in two rows by the Tualatin River.

Fire in the Belly: Water Treatment Powered by Digestion

These flames are there for a very good reason and are part of normal operations.

A flame burns excess methane out of a digester, against a night sky.

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.