Hillsboro, OR — June 6, 2003 —
The Pacific Northwest Section of the American Water Works Association (PNWS-AWWA) presented Clean Water Services two Excellence in Communications awards at the Association’s 2003 regional conference in Boise, Idaho on May 15, 2003.
AWWA awarded top honors to Clean Water Services’ internet home page and the District’s video–“Oregon’s Tualatin River: A watershed restored.” AWWA said both projects “captured the skill, imagination and innovation to effectively increase customer awareness of drinking water issues.”
Clean Water Services’ web site www.CleanWaterServices.org receives an average of 12,000 hits per month and has more than 300 pages of content on water resource management issues in the Tualatin Basin; utility billing and permitting; maps; and educational resources on what the public can do to protect their local streams to ensure that every drop of water becomes cleans water.
The video—“Oregon’s Tualatin River: A watershed restored”—tells the story of clear successes and continued challenges facing Oregon’s Tualatin River. It shows how the river is managed today to protect water quality, wildlife habitat and meet the water resource needs of our growing community. The video was premiered at the Tualatin Valley Water Quality Endowment Fund Conference in February 2003 and is available at local libraries, the OSU Extension Service and on Tualatin Valley Television.
Clean Water Services, in partnership with local cities, water districts and the US Bureau of Reclamation, is coordinating the Tualatin Basin Water Supply Feasibility Study. The Study is evaluating reliable, safe and sustainable water supply options to meet the long term drinking, agricultural irrigation and instream flow water needs in Washington County.
PNWS-AWWA provides leadership to drinking water professionals in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington in the areas of drinking water quality, water resource policy, and water-related planning issues.
Clean Water Services is water resource management utility for more than 460,000 people 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.