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Splash Away the Trash Weekend Event

Every Spring and Fall, LHPCW along with many community partners and supporters, host a trash cleanup at multiple locations covering Lake Hartwell.

Help Keep Our Drinking Water Clean on Lake Hartwell

Help us celebrate

National Public Lands Day!

Visit one of our locations to get your supplies, then pick up trash anywhere around the lake!

How does it work?

Choose one of our designated locations and sign-up or...
Know of a location or island that needs cleaning up? You can request supplies for your own location!
- Email: info@lakehartwellpcw.com
- Clean Team Contacts:
  - Ray Felton (rfelton@scprt.com) Sadlers Creek State Park
  - Anaston Porter (portera@clemson.edu)Clemson Cooperative Extension Water Resources Agent
  - Jill Chapman (864-918-9508) BHHS-C. Dan Joyner REALTORS, Inc.
  - Linda Stumberg (lhstumberg@yahoo.com) Lake Hartwell Association
  - Kira Novack (kirahaydn@gmail.com) Lake Hartwell Association
Follow the signs and arrive at your location the day of the event to pick-up your supplies
Clean-up anytime throughout the weekend, drop off trash by Monday morning at the site you picked up your supplies. Have fun, take pictures, and help keep the water that we drink clean!

LHPCW, in partnership with Lake Hartwell Association, has long focused on shoreline clean-ups, hosting bi-annual clean-ups each year since the spring of 2023. There has been a total of three clean-ups organized and hosted by LHPCW, with a total of 53.5 miles of shoreline cleaned and 16,707 pounds of trash (464 bags, 24 dock floats, 25 car tires) pulled from Lake Hartwell since the start of these clean-ups. The lake clean-ups leveraged community volunteers, lake property owners, local businesses, diver groups, county agencies, and SCPRT to remove litter from the lake successfully. A total of 452 volunteers have participated since the start of the clean ups.

South Carolina Sites:

Broyles Recreation Area
- Site Captain: Rachel Parr
- Location Address: Smyzer Road, Townville, SC 29689
Hurricane Creek Helpers
- Site Captain: Jill Chapman
- Location Address: George Smith Mill Road Anderson, SC 29625
Saddlers Creek State Park
- Site Captain: Abby Busby
- Location Address: 940 Sadlers Creek Road, Anderson, SC 29626
Seneca Creek Landing - clean-up site
- Site Captain: Henry Roix
- Location Address: Seneca Creek Rd, South Carolina 29678
Twin Lakes Boat Ramp
- Site Captain: Katie Tillman
- Location Address: 799 Twin Lakes Road, Pendleton, SC 29670

Larry Abernathy Park
- Site Captain: Claiborne Linvill
- Location Address: 207 Keowee Trail, Clemson, SC 29631

Georgia Sites:

Long Point Recreation Area
- Site Captain: Terry Jackson
- Location Address: 3986 Old 29 Hwy, Hartwell, GA 30643
Elrod Ferry Recreation Area
- Site Captain: Linda Stumberg
- Location Address: 1387 Elrod Gerry Road, Hartwell, GA 30643
Rock Springs Boat Ramp
- Site Captain: Ray Felton
- Location Address: The end of Rock Springs Road, Hartwell, GA 30643
Cleveland Boat Ramp (Cleveland Access)
- Site Captain: Larry Cole
- Location Address: 1188 Old Beavon Light Road, Hartwell, GA 30643

CHOOSE YOU OWN LOCATION to pick up trash, OR JOIN US at one of the above locations to help clean up! Get in touch with us and we will provide the supplies you need to make it happen!

Please submit any photos of the clean-up to info@lakehartwellpcw.com.