CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Volunteers are needed for River Sweep 2012 scheduled for Saturday, June 16, along the shoreline of the Ohio River and its many tributaries.

River Sweep is a riverbank cleanup that extends the entire length of the Ohio River and beyond.  More than 3,000 miles of shoreline will be combed for trash and debris.  This is the largest environmental event of its kind and encompasses six states.

 “The Ohio River Sweep is very important because for a few hours on one day volunteers can help make a difference in the appearance of this great natural resource,” said Jeanne Ison, Project Director.  “The Sweep has grown so much in the past few years, we’ve been able to expand the project to tributaries and feeder streams of the Ohio River.”

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - MSD is hosting an open house to discuss potential sewer improvement projects in the Bloody Run Watershed.  The open house is from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Thursday, February 9, at Woodward Career Technical High School, 7005 Reading Road in Bond Hill. 

It is open to the community.

The Bloody Run watershed includes portions of Amberley Village, Columbia Township, Golf Manor, Norwood and three Cincinnati neighborhoods (Bond Hill, Pleasant Ridge and Roselawn).

Each year, about 600 million gallons of sewage – mixed with stormwater – overflows from the Bloody Run combined sewer through Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) 181 into Bloody Run, a tributary of Mill Creek.  The combined sewer overflows because its capacity is exceeded during heavy rains, mainly due to large volumes of stormwater entering the system.

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste District’s free yard trimmings drop-off sites will open on Saturday, January 7 and Saturday, January 14 from noon to 3 p.m.

They will recycle Christmas trees and other yard trimmings. Please remove all decorations, tinsel, ornaments and tree bags from holiday greenery.

The locations for the yardwaste drop-off sites are:

East: Bzak Landscaping, 3295 Turpin Lane (off Rt. 32) in Anderson Township

West: Kuliga Park, 6717 Bridgetown Road in Green Township

North: Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, 3800 Struble Road (and Colerain Avenue) in Colerain Township

The Bzak Landscaping site (East location) is also open for free yardwaste drop-off during regular business hours Monday, January 9 through Friday, January 13 from 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. in addition to the above hours of operation.