Due to the weather forecast, the cleanup has been postponed (from Sep 27) and rescheduled to Saturday, October 4.
Volunteers Needed to Clean the Occoquan River – The water supply for most of Eastern Prince William & Fairfax Counties. On Saturday, October 4, 2025, from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m., we will conduct our 16th annual clean-up of the upper Occoquan River, from nine different sites along 25+ miles of the Occoquan River. The cleanup ranges from Cedar Run/Broad Run, through Lake Jackson, and from the base of Lake Jackson Dam to Hooes Run (south of Lake Ridge Marina).
Please register for the cleanup on the river here
For those who have already registered for the cleanup on land, please note this change about location:
For the land cleanup, volunteers should go directly to the actual cleanup site which is the commuter lot at the corner of Minnieville Rd and Old Bridge Rd in Lake Ridge, near Tackett’s Mill. The check-in table and cleanup supplies will be there. Trash will be collected around the stormwater pond and the wooded area at that site. After check-in, some volunteers will also be directed to an additional cleanup site nearby, the stormwater facility at the corner of Mayflower Dr & Clipper Dr. See map below.
Previous instructions were to check-in at Lake Ridge Park, but check-in on Oct 4 will be at the commuter lot cleanup site.
During the 2024 cleanup, over 80 volunteers on both water and land collected nearly 4,000 pounds of trash, putting in over 320 hours of volunteer time.
Homeowners’ associations, civic associations, and businesses are encouraged to help in this effort.
Experienced kayakers, canoeists, Jon boaters, and pontoon boaters are needed for the on-the-water portion of this conservation effort. Boaters are expected to put-in and take-out at the same access point. If you put in one location and take out at another, you must make transportation arrangements (no shuttle service is available).
A map showing the access points for the river cleanup is posted here
Clean-up points of contact: Bill McCarty (wmccarty@manassaslawyers.com) and Veronica Tangiri at waterquality@pwswcd.org
