Tour the new Clean Water website
Looking for information about wastewater, stormwater and much more? Well look no
further, Clean Water Services' new website is here! All you ever wanted to know
about the treatment process, our facilities, customer services and clean water
tips are just a click away. Visit www.cleanwaterservices.org
and check out our user-friendly layout and design.
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Scouts save fish, protect local streams
 Members of scout troop 548 took action in August to
help protect fish in Beaverton Creek and the Tualatin River. To complete his
Eagle Scout project, Southridge High School freshmen Solomon Rosen led an
effort at the Beaverton Transit center to install storm drain markers with the
bilingual message, "No Dumping, Drains to River." Rosen and his fellow scouts
partnered with Clean Water Services, the city of Beaverton and TriMet to help
remind people that what goes into storm drains in Washington County enters the
nearest river or stream.
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Clean Water Heroes
 Aloha residents Robin Wendlant and Barbara
McDonald have a vested interest in their watershed. The neighbors re-vegetated
their adjoining backyards using nearly 100 percent native plants. As
stream-side homeowners, their decision to eliminate invasive plants helps the
overall health of their watershed by filtering pollutants from their stream and
reducing the amount of chemicals they use in their yard. Clean Water Services
donated 40 native plants including Douglas Spirea and Red-flowering Currant.
"The only fertilizer we use on our lawns is compost," said Robin Wendlandt and
Barbara McDonald. "We used almost completely native plants like Sword Fern,
Bleeding Heart and Evergreen Huckleberry. Native plants require minimal care,
are suited to the natural surroundings and are drought tolerant."
Do you know a clean water hero? Tell us about it. Email:
debakerk@cleanwaterservices.org.
Native Plant Finder
 We've taken the headache out of finding the right Pacific Northwest native
plants for your yard. Go to our Native Plant Finder and choose your soil type, sunlight needs, growing rate,
plant and foliage type. The Native Plant Finder will do the work to suggest the
right plants for your landscape.
Native plants need less watering and chemicals and are resistant to pests and
diseases. They also attract birds, butterflies and beneficial wildlife to your
yard. You'll also reduce water pollution and filter pollutants from your yard
for clean rivers and a healthy watershed.
The Native Plant Finder features 50 common native plants. There are
approximately 450 native species in the Pacific Northwest. We are continually
adding more plants in order to give you a larger representative sample.
Get your free Gardening with Native Plants poster by calling (503) 681-3663 or
by emailing debakerk@cleanwaterservices.org.
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