In 2009, Puget Soundkeeper won successful Clean Water Act cases totaling $367,357. These funds were directed to environmental projects including:
- $20,000 — Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Development of Benthic Community Condition Indicators for Puget Sound
- $5,000 — Cascade Land Conservancy, Eagle Point Property Project
- $35,000 — People for Puget Sound, North Wind Weir Project
- $20,000 — Georgetown Community Council, 8th Avenue Stormwater Filtration Pilot Project
- $29,000 — Cascade Land Conservancy, Duwamish Riverbend Hill Preserve Addition & Habitat Restoration Project
- $3,500 — Cascade Chapter Sierra Club, School Rain Garden Project
- $20,000 — Friends of the Hylebos, West Milton Nature Preserve Restoration Project
- $9,678.50 — Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
- $9,678.50 — Washington State Department of Ecology, Development of Benthic Community Condition Indicators for Puget Sound
- $30,000 — Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, Duwamish River Cleanup & Vision Project
- $35,000 — Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Development of Benthic Community Condition Indicators for Puget Sound
- $21,000 — Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association, Bellingham Steward Projects in Squalicum & Whatcom Creeks
- $12,000 — Wild Fish Conservancy, Watertype Assessment Puget Sound Project
- $30,500 — Adopt a Stream Foundation, Puget Sound Coastal Streamkeepers
- $40,000 — Stilly-Snohomish Fisheries Enhancement Task Force, Snohomish Basin Project Development and Outreach Program
- $10,000 — RE Sources for Sustainable Communities, Endangered Rivers Project
- $2,000 — Wild Fish Conservancy, Watertype Assessment in the Pilchuck River Watershed
- $35,000 — Mid-Puget Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group ($32,868) & Southern California Coastal Water Research Project ($2,132), MPSFEG Mill Creek Non-Native Plant Abatement & Planting Project; SCCWRP, Development of Benthic Community Condition Indicators for Puget Sound