WWALS Watershed Coalition advocates for conservation and stewardship of the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds in south Georgia and north Florida through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.
A clean river is what we like to see, and the most recent bacterial tests show the Withlacoochee River clean. You can help us keep determining when it is clean. Photo: Suzy Hall, Nankin Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River, Downstream, Sunday, March 29, 2020. We haven’t seen this in more than three months: zero (0) cfu/100 […]
The water was a bit high at the Withlacoochee River Hagan Bridge Landing, east of Hahira on GA 122. 2020-03-15 On Sunday, March 15, the Skipper Bridge USGS Gauge showed about
2020-03-31: Zero E. coli at Nankin and State Line, Withlacoochee River 2020-03-29. Received 6:57 PM 26 March 2020. For the data on which this decision was based, see Cleaner downstream with no rain 2020-03-24. 03.26.20-Withlacoochee-River-Lifted-Hamilton-Madison-0001 PDF March 26, 2020 HEALTH OFFICIALS IN HAMILTON, MADISON COUNTY LIFT ADVISORY FOR THE WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER Contact:
2020-03-23: Filthy Crooked Creek, clean Okapilco Creek upstream 2020-03-20. Yet again, over alert level of E. coli at Knights Ferry Boat Ramp on the Withlacoochee River, after elevated levels on Okapilco Creek. WWALS will be testing today. You can help. Okapilco Creek and Knights Ferry Most of the week most of the numbers were green, […]
Update 2020-03-20: Again: alert water quality at Knights Ferry, Withlacoochee River 2020-03-18. These results are getting much closer to what we all like to see, yet there is something worrisome. Clean before rain Most of the river results for most of a week have been below the recommended longterm average of 126 cfu/100 mL of […]
Update 2020-03-16: More testing needed to track river pollution –Suwannee Riverkeeper in Gainesville Sun 2020-03-16. No rain for a week (since March 5th) meant not much E. coli washed into creeks and rivers. WWALS is testing upstream this weekend. You can help. WWALS Composite table For context and the entire WWALS composite spreadsheet of data […]
Update 2020-03-09: Bad Withlacoochee Friday, Worse Crooked Creek Saturday 2020-03-07. Update 2020-03-08: Plus Valdosta Wednesday data, which shows contamination rising in Okapilco Creek in Brooks County, Georgia. Valdosta promises their Friday data Monday. WWALS is testing this weekend. Madison Health tested Thursday, and found TNTC, so we know all that rain in Georgia washed something […]
Update 2020-03-19: Earth Day Cleanup Postponed due to pandemic: WWALS, Georgia Power, Valdosta, and Brooks County, GA, Madison County, FL. Update 2020-03-14: Radio TV, and unfortunately the novel Coronovirus may curtail the paddle, but the Cleanup is still on. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (PDF) Earth Day Cleanup at Knights Ferry, Withlacoochee River: WWALS, Georgia Power, and […]
The good news: both Valdosta and FDEP are posting testing results on their websites. There’s a catalog of those and WWALS’ results at wwals.net/issues/testing/. The better news: Valdosta is testing three times a week, FDOH once a week, and FDEP is testing again, after saying it wouldn’t. The really bad news: Thursday test results say […]
Something is still getting into Okapilco Creek, and even more into its tributary Crooked Creek. For last week, we could follow it downstream way into Florida, using data from WWALS, Valdosta, and Florida Departments of Health. Fortunately, Friday the Withlacoochee and Suwannee Rivers were within health limits from US 41 above Valdosta down past Branford. […]
