Clean Up
Keep It Clean!
10 Ways to Help Keep Herrington Lake Clean
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Pick up trash around the lake. Organize road or neighborhood cleanups.
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Maintain your septic system, including tank pump-outs every 3 to 5 years.
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Protect your shoreline with trees, shrubs and other vegetation.
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Avoid new construction at or near the lakeshore to reduce erosion to lake.
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Create contoured or curving pathways to the lake (rather than straight, downhill pathways). This reduces storm water runoff and erosion.
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Minimize boat wakes and slow down near shore.
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Clear fallen trees (not living trees!) from the banks to prevent them from washing into the lake.
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Don’t flush sewage from boats into the lake. Use holding tanks and have them pumped out.
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Minimize livestock access to the lake. Also, clean up after your pets. Livestock manure and pet waste can run off into the lake, adding to nutrient and fecal contamination.
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Report spills or trash dumping to local or state authorities.
If you notice a severe hazard in the water, you should text, email or call ASAP!
Clean-Up Request Form
The purpose of HLCL is to clean the lake of man-made debris and trash!
If you are a homeowner on the lake, you can hire us to assist in cleaning your bank. Our crew cuts and stacks wood and removal of dead docks. Homeowners will need to burn any stacked wood on their property! This will help keep costs down. This allows our crew to assist more members. Our crew will not clear vegetation, including cutting down any trees that are standing, or assisting with the removal of any trees that have fallen above the high-water elevation (760').
We cannot touch an old dock that has broken loose unless the owner surrenders the dock to HLCL!
If you have any questions about cleanup around the lake, please email Beth Boursaw at HLCLcleanup@gmail.com.
Whether you are a member or not, you can hire us by completing the Clean-up Request Form. Also to help with the cost, we require more than one request in an area. Our crew is an independent contractor paid by your donations. Our service areas are from Bryant’s Camp to the Dix Dam and everything between.
Thank You to our cleanup crew!
Our cleanup crew CANNOT respond to direct requests for assistance.
HLCL has 4 dumpsters: 2 at Pandora and 1 at Kamp Kennedy, and 1 at Mid-lake for the use of disposing of man-made debris and trash from the lake. Please note: cutting open foam loose in the water is not acceptable.
Additional Resources
If you need some additional resources, please don't hesitate to reach out to the following:
Boyle County Solid Waste Department
(859) 238-1116
Garrard/Lincoln County Solid Waste Department
(859)326-1909 or
garrardlincolnsolidwaste@gmail.com
Mercer County Solid Waste
(859)734-6310
Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection
(502)564-3410 or (502)564-3358 for general complaints or concerns
Environmental Response Team
(502)564-2380 or 1-800-928-2380 (24 hrs, 7days/week) for environmental emergencies, such as spills of oil, gas or other substances
