09/08/2026
Xylem has a great volunteer program called Watermark. Employees can perform a range of activities which count towards volunteer hours. In an event that's now become annual, Benjamin Goodin took a Xylem crew out on his boat to plog a section of the Grand River near Eastmanville. This year's crew consisted of Katie Penna, Jade Buress, Jordan Triemstra, Justin Workman, McKenzie Krauss, and Kaitlyn White. They launched at Bass River Recreational Area and worked their way about five miles towards Grand Haven!
They found chairs, barrels, road cones, old clothes, water toys, totes, tires, trash/debris and, disturbingly, a half dozen containers with muriatic acid and other harsh chemicals - some still full! Everything was responsibly disposed of. Nice job, Goodin crew!
Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce, The City of Grand Haven, Michigan Department of Natural Resources