Every Spring and Fall, LHPCW, along with Lake Hartwell Association (LHA), host a trash cleanup at multiple locations covering Lake Hartwell. Help Keep Our Drinking Water Clean on Lake Hartwell. Our 2025 Spring Clean-Up date is April 12th from 9 am – 12 pm. Visit one of our locations to get your supplies, then pick up trash anywhere around the lake!

LHPCW, in partnership with Lake Hartwell Association, has long focused on shoreline clean-ups, hosting bi-annual clean-ups each year since the spring of 2023. There has been a total of three clean-ups organized and hosted by LHPCW, with a total of 53.5 miles of shoreline cleaned and 16,707 pounds of trash (464 bags, 24 dock floats, 25 car tires) pulled from Lake Hartwell since the start of these clean-ups. The lake clean-ups leveraged community volunteers, lake property owners, local businesses, diver groups, county agencies, and SCPRT to remove litter from the lake successfully. A total of 452 volunteers have participated since the start of the clean ups.