Water Environment Services
Clackamas Water Environment Services is excited to host the Milwaukie Porchfest. Come to Kellogg Creek Park, next to our Kellogg Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility, and enjoy music from Danda Marimba, an acoustic band with eight handmade marimbas and percussion that plays songs from Zimbabwe. We’ll have light refreshments for everyone. This is a fun event, and the band puts on a great show!
Clackamas Water Environment Services (WES) is launching a project in the Rose Creek Natural Area to improve water quality, stabilize the stream channel, restore habitat, and enhance community amenities.
In the Sunnyside Village neighborhood of Clackamas County, Rose Creek flows through the natural area owned by WES, then into Sieben Creek and eventually to the Clackamas River. The natural area is bound to the east by SE 152nd Drive, to the south by the Frontier Estates neighborhood, to the west by Sieben Park, to the northeast by Oregon Trail Elementary School, and to the northwest by commercial properties on SE Hines Drive.
Stormwater runoff from surrounding development has degraded and eroded Rose Creek over time. This erosion has created steep, unstable streambanks and impacted wildlife habitat and overall stream health. Stabilizing and restoring the stream and improving stormwater management will prevent further stream channel degradation, reduce downstream flooding, and improve habitat and water quality. Currently, some stormwater detention pipes in the project area sit in private backyards, making maintenance challenging for WES. WES is exploring opportunities to relocate these facilities to support long-term sustainability and improve maintenance access. Other items under consideration include education opportunities and interpretive features along the Rose Creek trail since the natural area attracts pedestrians and has hosted collaborations between Oregon Trail Elementary School, Friends of Trees, and North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District. These trail routes may be adjusted as needed to accommodate other improvements with the intent to maintain equivalent access to the area long-term.
Existing conditions including project boundaries, contours, tax lots, trails, the pedestrian bridge, stream, wetland, and storm pipe. Image also shows a potential trail reroute, stormwater reroute, new stormwater treatment and detention areas, and stream stabilization that WES is considering.
WES identified this project in the Storm System Master Plan (SSMP) in 2022, which prioritized stormwater system improvements and stream restoration for Rose Creek. The project is currently at the beginning of the design process, which includes site investigation, conceptual planning, development of alternative concepts, and selection of a preferred design concept. Following existing condition surveys of the stream, wetland, trees, and vegetation this spring, the project is entering the preliminary design phase this summer.
The current conceptual design phase of work will conclude by the end of 2026. Future phases would begin soon after and include full design, permitting, and construction of the proposed improvements.
A public meeting of the Water Environment Services Board will be held on Thursday, June 25, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. During the meeting, the Board will consider a supplemental budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.
The proposed supplemental budget would transfer $450,000 from Contingency to Materials and Services within the Water Environment Services Sanitary Sewer Operating Fund to provide additional appropriations for labor and utility expenses. The proposed transfer does not change the total budget for the fund.
Clackamas Water Environment Services (WES) is awarding $330,000 in grants through its RiverHealth Stewardship Program to 12 organizations dedicated to protecting local watersheds.
The grants will support a variety of activities that restore habitat, manage invasive plant species, organize community volunteer events, provide landowner education, and remove trash from waterways while enhancing water quality.
The following organizations will receive a combined total of $330,000 in grant funds:
Join the Historic Milwaukie Neighborhood Association, Clackamas Water Environment Services & SOLVE for a cleanup. We'll meet at Milwaukie Bay Park before spreading out into the Historic Milwaukie neighborhood, picking up litter and waste from McLoughlin Blvd to the Milwaukie Expressway.
Do you value the birds and pollinators that visit your yard? Looking for ways to lower water bills and garden sustainably? Interested in learning more about native plants?
Spills and leaks from contaminants, can be dangerous if left unattended. In addition, spilled chemicals can also pollute our streams and underground drinking water supplies, as well as harm pets, plants and wildlife. Help us prevent polluting our streams and underground drinking water supplies.
Report sewer or stormwater problems or concerns, such as a sewer spill or illegal dumping into a storm drain.
Thank you for helping us to protect public health and the environment!
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