WHAT: Waterways Clean Up

WHY: Look around. Our trash is all over our streets and side avenues. It flows heavily through our storm water runoff system.


A significant amount of our trash flows along our storm water ditches, drains, creeks, and lakes that flow directly into the Lynnhaven River. These waterways serve to protect our neighborhoods from flood and excessive rain by carrying the water out into the river. A negative side-effect of their utility is that these waterways also carry significant amounts of trash and debris. Effective water run-off channels are designed trap most of refuse before it makes its way out. But what happens next? Who cleans it up?

What happens next is we go out there and take care of our neighborhood!

HOW:

1. Sign Up:

1. Send email to kmcurry AT gmail DOT com, subject: “King’s Grant Waterways Clean Up,” and tell us how many in your group
2. All minors must be accompanied by an adult

2. Show Up: Meet at the Triangle in front of 7-11 at 8:45 AM

3. Clean Up:

1. You will be provided with equipment; gloves, trash bags, orange safety vests…that sort of thing

2. You will be assembled into clean teams and given a clean up route

3. Your team will walk your route filling up trash bags

4. We will come around and collect the trash bags and take them to the dump and/or recycling center

WHEN: Saturday June 7, 2008, 9 AM to 12 NOON (Clean the Bay Day)


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