April 30, 2015

Washington River Festival Trash Tally!

Washington River Festival and Missouri River Clean-up

Rennick Riverfront Park, Washington, MO
Rivermile 68.3
April 18, 2015

Check out complete event results here. 

Clean-up Results Snapshot


Augusta Arts Alliance created this catfish from river trash and
stuff picked up from the parking lot!
Volunteers - 168
Boats - 5
Rivermiles - 7 (mm 64.3 – 71)
River Level - 6.2 ft. on Washington gage
Tires - 46 (estimated .8 tons)
Landfill Trash - 3.6 tons (est.)
Scrap Metal - .3 tons
Recyclables - .6 tons
Total Tonnage - an estimated 5.3 tons

Agencies & Groups involved - Missouri River Relief Crew, Missouri River Relief Crew, Kohl’s, Walmart, Brentwood High School National Honor Society, Missouri Stream Teams 1, 211, 4660, 3419, 1875, Kayak Swarm, Washington University

Clean-up Team Names - River Dawgs, River Trolls, Swear Bears, Largemouth Bass, Crushers, Cobras, Mighty Unicorns, Pink River Dolphins, Morels, Trash Trolls, Unerstall Family

Trash Tally!!!


193 Bags Trash!!
plus…
Hot Water Heater...the hard way. 
39 tires on wheels
4 tires w/out wheels
1 fat tire tricycle
2 motorcycle tires
1 half dolly
16 glass medical injection vials
1 10’ antenna tower
1 propane tank
1 Freon tank
1 hot water heater
9 coolers
1 30 gallon water tank
Medicine vials found on the river. 
2 Corps of Engineers dike markers: REV2865STA 11+31 & END OF ROCK PILE #2
1 guy wire anchor
1 refrigerator
1 hot water heater
1 bed spring frame
17 very large chunks of Styrofoam
1 large sheet corrugated metal
11 plastic bins (2 with lids)
1 half jet ski
6 chairs
1 basketball
1 football
3 softballs
Message in a bottle!
1 baseball bat1 1” thick heavy duty PVC pipe, 4 feet long
1 buoy
9 50-gallon plastic barrels (3 with lids)
3 50-gallon metal barrels
17 5-gallon plastic buckets
5 5-gallon metal buckets
7 2-gallon plastic jugs
1 2-gallon metal oil can