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RWA Employees Have a 'Rid Litter' Day in Branford

RWA Employees Have a 'Rid Litter' Day in Branford

Oct 13, 2023

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Oct. 13, 2023 — Armed with garbage bags and trash-grabbing tools, about 30 employees of the Regional Water Authority (RWA) descended on Hosley Avenue in Branford Thursday (Oct. 12) to pick up roadside litter in the water company’s Lake Saltonstall watershed.

There was no shortage of trash. Over the course of approximately two hours, the employee volunteers, including RWA President and CEO Larry L. Bingaman, netted enough garbage to fill three large pick-up trucks, including an old couch, a discarded bedframe and mattress, and too many “nip” bottles to count.

Roadside garbage poses a potential threat to water quality, introducing contaminants that get picked up by rainwater and snowmelt as they drain into the reservoirs and aquifers that provide the water we drink. That increases the work that the RWA’s water treatment plants must do to remove those contaminants. The RWA encourages consumers to properly dispose of waste and recyclables, and to remove roadside waste when they can safely do so.

 

Clean-Up Event
An old couch sits in the bed of an RWA pickup truck after employees removed it from the side of Hosley Avenue in Branford. It was taken to a transfer station for disposal.
Clean-Up
RWA employees load up a truck with office furniture and other debris picked up along Hosley Avenue in Branford.
Clean Up 3
RWA President & CEO Larry L. Bingaman scours the roadside along Hosley Avenue in Branford, picking up trash along the way.
Clean Up 4
Nearly 30 RWA employees participated in the Oct. 12 trash cleanup in Branford. They’re pictured at RWA headquarters in New Haven before heading out.