Water Environment Services

Water Environment Services

Science in the Park

Join us at Mill Park for our Annual Science in the Park event!

This is a family-friendly environmental education event that is great for elementary-age kids. You can expect a short presentation from a local educator, time to visit various hands-on activities, and a chance to splash in the creek looking for critters

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Clackamas Water Environment Services is proud to support events like this that help protect water quality.

Annual Johnson Creek Clean-up

Remove trash from Johnson Creek! 

Get in the water or stay on land and help remove tons of trash from in and around the creek. Stick around afterward for FREE lunch, award ceremony and time to connect with your watershed community.

About a dozen sites throughout the watershed will be cleaned up! 

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Clackamas Water Environment Services is proud to support events like this that help protect water quality.

22nd Annual Down the River Cleanup

How clean can a river get? Let’s find out!

The Clackamas Down the River Cleanup is the largest and longest-running on-water cleanup event of its kind in Oregon. After we clean the river, we gather at Barton Park for a BBQ celebration.

This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy floating down the Clackamas River while also joining your community in removing litter and debris that accumulate over the busy summer season.

National Night Out in Happy Valley

Clackamas Water Environment Services (WES) is partnering with Happy Valley on Tuesday, August 5, for National Night Out — a community celebration dedicated to strengthening neighborhood spirit and fostering relationships between residents, police, first responders, and key service providers. The WES team will showcase the TV truck that inspects sewer pipes and share how it and WES serve the community. Stop by and say hi. It's a family-friendly fun event with great food, interactive safety exhibits, and live music! 

Milwaukie Porchfest Live Music

Do you like live music? Bring the entire family and join us for Milwaukie Porchfest on Friday, July 18 at the Kellogg Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. African marimba band, Danda, will perform in Milwaukie Bay Park just below the Kellogg Creek facility. Enjoy refreshments alongside Milwaukie community members; you won’t want to miss this 9-member band playing uplifting dance music with their own acoustic handmade instruments!

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