1. Planning Underwater Cleanup Events
Community Service Project
Joel Silverstein, Taylor Harrison, Travis Foley
PHI 360
ASU – Spring 2013

2. Lake Havasu City is dependant economically on its waterways.
The tourists spend millions of dollars in our community each year due to lake activities
Unfortunately, a lot of their trash ends up on our lake bottom.

3. Project Overview
The team planned and executed a small- area underwater clean up.
This process can help others produce future clean up events on a larger scale.
We show how to plan, organize, and execute a successful underwater clean up.

4. Identifying clean up sites Organizing volunteers Planning operations:
We will discuss:
Identifying clean up sites
Organizing volunteers
Planning operations:
underwater teams
topside support
How to organize, sort, and document recovered trash
Reporting results
Expanding projects
Summary

5. London Bridge Resort Docks
Easy Access
2,500 square feet
2-15 feet deep
silty mud bottom
High foot traffic
manageable for sample clean up
Taylor

6. Clean Up Crew Joel Capt. John – Boat Lynn, Dave, Stephen
Organizer Principle Diver
Capt. John – Boat
Lynn, Dave, Stephen
LHDA Volunteer Divers
Travis & Taylor
ASU Sorters
Capt. Kathy Weydig
Safety Coordinator
Jane & Joey
Sea Scout Volunteers
Data Recorders and Sorters
Jona
Cute kid to attract people who ask questions !

7. U/W Site Survey
video

9. Reachable from Surface
Travis

10. Sorting

11. What we found! Items Quantity Aluminum 76 Glass 11 Plastic 28 Total
Anchor 1
BBQ Grill
Camera
Fish in Can
Flashlight
Shot Glass
Student ID
Swim Mask
Towels
Traffic Cone
Items
Quantity
Aluminum 76
Glass 11
Plastic 28
Total
125

14. Expanding Clean Up
This was a small area clean up with limited time and crew.
What happens when the crew and time are expanded to a larger area?
Increase Time to 4 hours / Divers to 60
Increase potential collection to 8,500 items
Joel

15. Summary
Underwater clean up projects have a significant ecological and environmental impact.
Volunteers need to be excited about projects for their own reasons.
Make it fun, keep it safe.
Set realistic goals.
Stay organized
More than 75% of the earth is covered with water. Imagine how much trash is down there!

16. Report Document
Loaded to drop Box

17. Questions ?
Jerry the Fish

18. References
Barnea, N. (2013, feb 13). Smart handling of marine debris. Retrieved from
Kuruvilla, C. (2013, march 12). Magazine ranks the 15 trashiest places to spend spring break read more: break-destinations-article