Ohio River Set For Cleanup This Weekend

Associated Press

Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission has announced that the 31st annual Ohio River Sweep is scheduled for this Saturday.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Ohio River is set to get a scrubbing this weekend.

Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission has announced that the 31st annual Ohio River Sweep is scheduled for this Saturday.

Volunteers from 11 Indiana counties will be among 21,000 people who will remove trash and other debris from the river's banks and tributaries.

Participants from West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania are also joining in on the effort to clean up the entire length of the river. Locations and other details are available online.

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