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Clean Water Services leaders brief commissioners on cybersecurity, West Basin plan and large planting season
Summary
Clean Water Services leadership reported a contained cybersecurity incident, previewed a West Basin master plan presentation, and described a major native-plant distribution (about 730,000 plants and 1,900 pounds of seed) and upcoming outreach dates; staff said a budget 'navigator' and reader's‑digest summary will be provided April 18.
At the start of the meeting Clean Water Services (CWS) leadership provided a brief set of leadership communications, describing a recently contained cybersecurity incident, a long-range engineering plan for the West Basin, and the completion of the agency’s native‑plant distribution season.
CWS staff informed the board they had worked with a state agency that experienced suspicious emails; CWS’s cybersecurity systems detected the messages and staff said the other agency was back online. The agency also reported that the West Basin master plan — a 20‑year plan for treatment and conveyance infrastructure serving more than 400,000 customers in the Rock Creek basin including Hillsboro, Forest Grove, Gaston, North Plains, Cornelius, Banks and portions of Beaverton and unincorporated Washington County — was presented to the water‑advisory committee and will progress through a final review in June with a recommendation later in the year.
CWS's Natural Systems Stewardship program reported it coordinated a large planting season, arranging storage in refrigerated facilities for hundreds of thousands of bare‑root plants; staff said approximately 730,000 plants and about 1,900 pounds of seed were distributed over the season and that the program handled about 600,000 bare-root trees and shrubs in cold storage between October and March. CWS staff also noted an upcoming spring plant giveaway on April 26 as part of a community celebration in Cornelius.
On budget materials CWS staff said commissioners would receive the full budget and an accompanying "navigator" or reader's‑digest style summary on April 18; the summary was described as an aid to point commissioners to key changes rather than a replacement of the full budget.
The board asked for clarification about the budget summary and other items; CWS staff confirmed commissioners would receive both the full budget document and a condensed navigator document when the budget is distributed.
