Ahead of the Curve on Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Water
Clean Water Services is working to protect Tualatin Basin water resources from pharmaceuticals and other commonly used personal care products that could affect water quality, in keeping with its reputation as an innovative public water resources utility that operates some of the nation's best advanced wastewater treatment facilities and surface water management programs. Clean Water Services (the District) collaborated with U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 2002 on a recently released study that found only trace levels of commonly used drugs in Fanno Creek and also concluded the Durham Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility efficiently removed most of the 21 pharmaceuticals targeted in the study. Furthermore, the District worked to ensure passage of the 2007 Oregon Senate Bill 737 that aims to protect waterways from "bioaccumulative persistent toxic pollutants" by implementing strategies set by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and funded by Oregon's largest wastewater treatment facilities.
Drug drop-off locations
Have you been wondering about the best way to dispose of unwanted or expired
medications? Bring your prescription and over-the-counter medications to a free disposal site to help reduce prescription drug abuse among kids and teens, avoid accidental consumption by pets and children and keep our waterways clean. The locations below have permanent disposals:
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