Allegheny River & Watershed Clean-up

Welcome to the Allegheny River & Watershed Clean-up website!

Since 2005, almost 5,700 volunteers have donated more than 45,000 hours and have removed about 1,000 cubic yards of trash from the watershed. They have pulled out television sets; microwave ovens; lawn chairs; refrigerators; 55-gallon drums; more than 18,000 tires and recycled more than 142,000 pounds of recyclable metal (that’s more than 70 tons!). Countless bags have been filled with recyclable metal, glass, plastic and aluminum.

2025(17th Annual) Allegheny River Clean-up!

Allegheny River

The 2025 (17th Annual) Allegheny River Clean-up was a great success!!! Three days of beautiful weather and more than 150 volunteers. Together we removed 40 tires (many of them the huge, tractor trailer size), more than 27 cubic yards of garbage from the riverr. Definitely much better where it is now than where it was a week before!

Watch for news about the 2026 Allegheny Reservoir CleanUp. That will happen on May 9, 2026.