White River Clean-Up

The White River Clean-Up happens every year in September and  is a state wide public service event stretching most of the entirety of the White River.  Many counties inlcuding Delaware, Hamilton, Monroe, Madison and Morgan Counties participate in cleaning up the White River on or near the same date in September.  People come together from all communities to help clean the White River and thousands of pounds of trash are removed every year including large amounts of tires.

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In Delaware County alone, close to 30,000 pounds of trash and nearly 250 tires have been pulled from the White River in 2008 and 2009's White River Clean-Up.  The Clean-up has also brought close to 900 volunteers from the local community together to participate in the past two years.  The 2009 White River Clean-Up cleaned close to 15 miles of river from the Old Indiana Steel and Wire Plant all the way to Canoe Country in Daleville.

Volunteers walk the bank, river and land where possible removing debris from and around the river.  When that is not possible, volunteers use canoes to navigate through the water filling them up along the way with the debris they find.  In the past volunteers have cleaned from the Randolph County/Delaware County line all the way to Morrow's Meadow in Yorktown covering 30.5 miles of river when combining the past two years.

Many sponsors and partners come together to make this event one of Delaware County's most accomplishing community work days.  Such partners include; Indiana American Water, Muncie Sanitary District, Muncie Delaware Clean and Beautiful, Muncie Delaware County Stormwater Management, Town of Yorktown, Minnetrista Cultural Center, MITS,  Ball State University, White River Watershed Project, Normal City Fly Fishers Club, Canoe Country, Union Chapel Church, Alpha Water Conditioning, Mid States Concessions and Walmart.

The White River Clean-Up would never be possible without the major contributions and sponsorship of Indiana American Water, Muncie Delaware Clean and Beautiful, Muncie Sanitary District and Muncie Delaware County Stormwater Management and the Town of Yorktown.