CWS News Stories Articles - Clean Water Services

A World Connected by Shared Water and Wisdom

Luckily, given the complexities of managing water resources, all of us in this water-connected world benefit from the knowledge that flows throughout the water sector. 

Ten people stand in a line posing for a photo. In the background is a row of flags and a city scape with buildings and trees.

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.

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 23, 2025.

An aerial view of where water is released from Scoggins Dam. Part of Hagg Lake is visible on the left, with trees and hills in the background.

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.

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.

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