Keeping these surface areas clean will prevent litter from entering the creek. KKB is also maintaining this website. Knox County - Provides a major grant to Keep Knoxville Beautiful for conducting litter prevention education for the whole community. Tennessee Valley Authority - TVA is providing management oversight of the project and some funding to some of the partners to carry out specific project activities. This center provides technical support for all the partners on water quality issues and supervises the CAC Americorps Water Quality Team.
Litter is cause by people.
The solution if individual responsibility. If we all create less waste, recycle everthing possible, reuse items as long as we can and dispose of everything else properly the litter problem will be solved. Until then, we must clean up after our messy neighbors. Please consider cleaning your property on a regular basis and volunteer to clean a public area. Excess nutrients, like nitrogen and phosphorus, from overly fertilized lawns that deplete creek water oxygen levels.