Picture pages

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is a video worth? Check out the new Video Center on our updated Clean Water Services website. Short streaming video clips feature key projects and and information that help us better communicate with our customers.

August and everything after

Summer's wrapping up but there are still a few events left to help you transition into fall.

• 9th Annual Bugfest
  Sat., Aug. 29, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  THPRD Nature Park

Drop by the Tualatin Hills Nature Park for a day that highlights tiny critters like ants, beetles, butterflies, bees, slugs and spiders. Bring in a bug to be identified by an expert. Admission is $2.

• Free Rain Garden Workshop
  Sat., Aug. 29, 9 a.m. - noon
  St. Paul Lutheran Church Portland, OR

Learn the how to assess your site, choose the best location, size your rain garden, choose plants and maintain your new rain garden.

Mark your calendar for free Basic Naturescaping Workshop November 7 and Site Planning 1 Workshop December 5 in Tigard. Registration details to come.

Are you a water hazard?

Take a three-question quiz and be entered to win a prize at cleanriversandstreams.org. Entrants are eligible for a monthly gift certificate and the grand prize of a mulching lawnmower or one year's worth of oil changes and detail car washes.