Clean Water Commission

The Clean Water Commission is a nine-member volunteer resident board serving in an advisory capacity to the Clark County Council and County Manager on issues related to the Clean Water Division. The Clean Water Commission works with staff to review the program budget in detail, implement stormwater treatment improvements, bolster water quality monitoring, and enhance public education and outreach. The Clean Water Commission bylaws are here. For more information about the commission, please email cleanwater@clark.wa.gov.

Meeting Information

Meetings are scheduled for the first Wednesday of every other month (February, April, June, August, October, and December) and start at 6:30 pm. The meeting agenda will be available below, under the heading Meetings

How to Provide Comments and/or Attend Hybrid CWC Meetings

The public is encouraged to participate in the following ways:

  • Attend in person at the PSC Conference Room #698.

  • Submit comments to cleanwater@clark.wa.gov by 12pm on the day of the meeting.

  • By phone: (408) 418-9388 and enter access code: See meeting agenda for unique code.

  • By computer: See meeting agenda for unique link.

Please let us know if you need language assistance, Title VI CWC meetings. We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to hearing from you. 

Annual Report

The Clean Water Commission presented their 2022 annual report to the Clark County Council and County Manager at a work session on August 23, 2023 . Here is the link to the annual report. 

2023 Lacamas Watershed Symposium

On behalf of the Clark County Clean Water Commission, thank you to everyone who joined us at the Lacamas Watershed Symposium on Wednesday, Oct. 25.

PowerPoint Presentation Slides (PDF)

Symposium recordings

Due to the length of the symposium and subsequent large size of the video recordings, the recording is presented in two videos (part 1 and part 2; both below).

 

 

 


Commissioners

NameTerm Expires Watershed
Matthew Jones, Chair12/31/25East Fork Lewis River
Bob Trost, Vice Chair12/31/24Burnt Bridge Creek
Alejandra Cortes12/31/26Salmon Creek Watershed
Rudy Salakory12/31/26Vancouver Lake / Lake River Watershed
Phil Struck12/31/26Salmon Creek Watershed
Jeffrey Kessenich12/31/24Burnt Bridge Creek
Sandra Martin-Boehm12/31/24West Slope
Kate Perkins12/31/25Lewis River
Ted Gathe12/31/25Burnt Bridge Creek

 


Meetings

Meeting notes for years 2019-2022 are available below. For prior years, contact Clean Water Division Staff Liaison Alice Millward at 564.397.5267.