Tualatin River - Clean Water Services

Critical Infrastructure Meets the Natural Landscape

When you kayak along the river or take a stroll through your neighborhood park, you may not realize the critical infrastructure just below the surface, hiding underground and carrying wastewater to a treatment facility or stormwater to a nearby waterway.

Fireworks: Keep the Spectacle Out of Storm Drains

We encourage people to have safe and joyous celebrations, but we also want to protect our slow and sensitive Tualatin River, which is a vital resource to our region. The Tualatin River provides drinking water, agricultural irrigation, and recreation. It’s also home to native wildlife like beavers, turtles, salmon, newts, egrets, and more. Keep these critters in mind when you clean up after using fireworks.

An image of leftover fireworks on the streets.

Clean Water Services Board Adopts Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget

The Clean Water Services (CWS) Board of Directors voted unanimously on June 17 to adopt the proposed Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget and rates and charges, including a 3% rate increase.

Clarifiers help clean used water at a water resource recovery facility

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.

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.

An Aerial view of Butternut Creek, a tributary to the Tualatin River, with heavy vegetation along the banks of the creek and houses backing up to the water.

Wapato Lake: A Wetland Restored, and Now a Refuge

Years of Working in Partnership Pays Off at Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

Wapato Lake, viewed from above, showing vibrant colors of green and blues

Innovation Meets Regulation: A First-in-the-Nation Approach to Protecting Our Water

Ensuring the health of the Tualatin River Watershed and its inhabitants is about more than just following the rules.