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City outlines Clean Creeks program, reports years of litter removal and plans for digital coordination
Summary
Austin Resource Recovery and Watershed Protection briefed the committee on the Clean Creeks program, which includes litter crews, partnerships and plans for a digital cleanup-tracking platform; staff said operations remove creek debris and coordinate with encampment outreach.
Austin Resource Recovery and Watershed Protection updated the Climate, Water, Environment and Parks Committee on municipal efforts to remove trash from creeks and reduce litter entering waterways.
Richard McHale, director of Austin Resource Recovery, and Amy Slagle, assistant director for litter abatement, described the Clean Creeks program developed after a 2020 council resolution. The program was operationalized in 2022 and currently includes six full-time staff dedicated to creek cleanup. Crews clean approximately 50 sites twice monthly; operational and partner teams also remove litter as part of encampment cleanups, street sweeping and special-event services.
McHale told the committee that crews…
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