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{{Infobox
| name = Clean Water Services
| logo = [[Image:Clean Water Services Logo.jpg|180px]]
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Clean Water Services is a special service district that serves as a separately managed and financed public utility. The [http://www.co.washington.or.us/BOC/ Washington County Commissioners] serve as the board of directors for Clean Water Services.<ref name=ponds/>
As a wastewater utility, Clean Water Services cleans more than {{convert|60|e6USgal|m3}} of wastewater a day. The watewater treatment process uses physical, biological, and chemical treatment to clean wastewater to some of the highest standards in the nation. The cleaned wastewater is then released into the Tualatin River.<ref name=cons>Griffin, Jeff. Overcoming pipebursting challenges--on time, under budget; Rehabilitation TECHNOLOGY. ''Underground Construction'', February 1, 2007. Pg. 49(2) Vol. 62 No. 2 ISSN
[[File:Henry_Hagg_Lake_-_Oregon.JPG|thumb|Hagg Lake looking south]]
Ten percent of the wastewater treated by Clean Water Services is used for irrigation and in area wetlands during the summer months.<ref>Mayes, Steve. Two-pipe system with fresh, recycled water taps into future. ''[[The Oregonian]]'', August 29, 2005.</ref> [[Biosolids]] recovered through the treatment process are sold to farmers in the region as fertilizer.<ref name=bio/> Additionally, the [http://www.cleanwaterservices.org/AboutUs/WastewaterAndStormwater/Ostara.aspx Durham Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility] is the first in the nation to recover fertilizer from a natural byproduct of wastewater treatment.<ref>Smith, Kennedy. Tigard treatment plant turns waste into fertilizer. ''Daily Journal of Commerce'', June 1, 2007.</ref> In 2007 the Durham facility began working with [http://www.ostara.com Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies] to construct a $2.5 million multi-reactor plant <ref>Smith, Jill Rehkopf. Kennedy lauds sewage plant's green setup. "[[The Oregonian]]", June 11, 2009.</ref> that allows the Durham facility to run part of its waste stream through special reactors that transform potentially damaging nutrients into environmentally friendly fertilizer, which Ostara sells commercially.<ref>Renfroe, Don. Clean Water Services to extract nutrients from waste for fertilizer. "[[The Oregonian]]", November 13, 2008.</ref>
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As a surface water management utility, The District’s Stormwater Management (SWM) program improves water quality, protects fish habitat and manages drainage by operating and maintaining the stormwater conveyance system, establishing design and construction standards, regulating activities that can impact the watershed and enhancing streams and floodplains. Clean Water Services is the regional SWM utility for urban Washington County. In cooperation with Washington County and the 12 member cities Clean Water Services maintains and enhances the public drainage system to meet public needs and to comply with strict water quality regulations set for the Tualatin River drainage area by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).<ref name=cons/>
Clean Water Services offers a classroom educational program called [http://www.cleanwaterservices.org/Residents/ToolsAndTips/RiverRangers.aspx River Rangers] geared toward 4th-grade students.<ref>Sherman, Barbara. Durham students learn how to protect Tualatin Watershed. ''Tualatin Times'', December
==Tualatin River==
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