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CWS Board Names Rick Shanley Acting CEO/General Manager

Shanley has over 30 years of experience as an environmental engineer, including experience with research, planning, design, and construction of infrastructure for wastewater conveyance and treatment.

Rick Shanley wearing glasses and a button-up shirt, sits at his desk smiling.

Clean Water Services Budget Committee Moves Proposed Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Forward with Requests for Further Review

CWS Board of Directors will next hold a public hearing and consider adoption on June 17 as part of a multi-phase budget process.

A river within the Tualatin river watershed with lush vegetation shading the water and the edges. Community members paddle on the river on a sunny day.

Clean Water Services Board of Directors Announces CEO Resignation

CWS Board thanks Diane Taniguchi-Dennis for her service and assures ratepayers, organizational partners, employees, and community of continuity of operations

Clean Water Services Budget Committee to Review Proposed Budget at Two Public Meetings

Proposed FY 2025-26 investments tackle aging infrastructure and new regulations while ensuring customer rates remain predictable

An aerial view of kayakers on the tree-lined Tualatin River.

‘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.

A Clean Water Service employee guiding children through the Jackson Bottom Wetlands

Statement by CEO Diane Taniguchi-Dennis

I take the recent media coverage about executive spending seriously. As CEO, I should model accountable executive spending to avoid an appearance of impropriety.

Statement by the CWS Board of Directors

All members of the Clean Water Services (CWS) Board of Directors are committed to being good stewards of public resources and trust.