By Gavin Johnson, WCJB TV20 News

Old tires and soda bottles were among the 1-thousand pounds of trash pulled from a local sink hole today. It's in an area that provides drinking water for some residents in south Columbia County.

More than twenty-five volunteers spent their Saturday cleaning and protecting rose sink. The sink hole flows into the Ichetucknee Springs, also a popular spot for swimmers.

Volunteers hope the sink will stay cleaner now, a fence was put up in an effort to stop trash from getting in there.