Clean Water Services’ 11th Annual Leaf Disposal and Food Drive:
A Record-breaking success

Hillsboro, OR — December 10, 2002 — More than 1,200 people participated in Clean Water Services’ 11th annual leaf disposal and food drive.  Residents donated a record-breaking 3,261 pounds of food for needy families and cleared 1,506 cubic yards of leaves from neighborhood streets. 
     
"This is a terrific partnership," said Clean Water Services’ Public Affairs Manager Mark Jockers. "The leaf disposal helps to control localized flooding caused by leaf-clogged storm drains and the food drive helps feed hungry families in Washington County." 
    
Clean Water Services and the Tualatin Valley Chapter of the Oregon Food Bank have sponsored the popular leaf disposal and food drive for the past 11 years in the parking lots of Aloha and Sunset High Schools. The food drive and leaf disposal were held on November 23 and December 7, 2002. It is funded by Clean Water Services’ $4.00 per month Surface Water Management (SWM) fee. The SWM fee pays for flood management and water quality protection and improvement programs including street sweeping, 24-hour emergency flood response, catch basin cleaning, water quality monitoring, watershed planning and public education.  
    
Clean Water Services is the sanitary sewer and surface water management utility for more than 455,000 customers in urban Washington County and small portions of Multnomah County, Clackamas County, Lake Oswego, and Portland. Clean Water Services operates four wastewater treatment plants, constructs and maintains flood management and water quality projects and manages flow in the Tualatin River to improve water quality and protect fish habitat. Although Clean Water Services maintains a close working relationship with Washington County government, it is a separately managed and financed public utility.

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