Proposed for the WWALS January 2014 outing: the river most people know nothing about, from the convergence of Mud Swamp Creek where Grand Bay Creek forms the border between Lowndes County and Echols County in Georgia east of Valdosta, about 14 miles through Echols County between Lake Park and Statenville, to the Alapaha River in […]
The Lowndes County Commission started the process of taking over two flooded private roads, they adopted a fire department millage rate for all real and personal property in the unincorporated parts of the county, and they discussed how that millage was to aid population growth in the unincorporated areas, apparently including building closer to and […]
Update 2025-02-28: Clean Franks Creek 2025-02-26 and Alapaha and Withlacoochee Rivers 2025-02-27. We do not have any updates on Sugar Creek, but the recent rains probably washed more contamination into it. Valdosta Utilities got too high E. coli downstream on the Withlacoochee River at GA 133 for Wednesday. But OK results farther down at US […]
The state-required five-year update process for the Echols County Comprehensive Plan has started, with a kick-off meeting December 5, 2024. The first Workshop appears likely to be January 25, 2025, most likely in Statenville. Stay tuned for updates from the Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC). https://www.sgrc.us Or ask SGRC Planner II Alexandra Arzayus, aarzayus@sgrc.us, 229-333-5277. […]
Update 2024-09-28: Probably clean rivers before Hurricane Helene, but please stay home 2024-09-25. The Withlacoochee River tested clean for Wednesday, and the Alapaha River for Thursday. Valdosta got high results for Franks Creek at Inner Perimeter, upstream of Mud Swamp Creek, the Alapahoochee River, and the Alapaha River. No new sewage spills were reported in […]
Update 2024-09-20: Clean Alapaha and Withlacoochee Rivers 2024-09-19. The Withlacoochee River tested clean for Wednesday and Thursday, and the Alapaha River for Thursday. Valdosta got high results for Franks Creek at Inner Perimeter, upstream of Mud Swamp Creek, the Alapahoochee River, and the Alapaha River. No new sewage spills were reported in the past week […]
Update 2024-08-02: Three more Ashburn sewage spills reported more than a week late 2024-07-20. Update 2024-07-24: Downstream dozen Florida counties task force reactivated after raw sewage spills across Georgia state line –WUFT 2024-07-23. The Santa Fe River tested clean at the spot it didn’t last week, Wanamake (Butler) Ramp, a tenth of a mile up […]
Update 2024-06-21: Clean Withlacoochee, Alapaha, and Santa Fe Rivers, problem on One Mile Branch 2024-06-19. With no rain for a week, four rivers tested clean, except the Santa Fe River at US 129 (Guy Lemmon) Ramp was above the one-time limit for E. coli. No sewage spills were reported in the past week in the […]
Update 2024-03-30: Excerpt from the Rules. Hahira, Georgia, March 29, 2024 — On April First, really, no fooling, submissions are open for the 2024 Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest. WWALS President Sara Jay Jones said, “Musicians, don’t wait until the deadline to send in your song. Also, we could use more volunteers to help at the […]
Update 2024-03-22: Ashburn and Rochelle sewage spills 2024-03-09. We got good results for Wednesday for the Santa Fe and Withlacoochee Rivers and for Thursday for the Alapaha River. Valdosta’s recent upstream Withlacoochee River results through Wednesday are good. Chart, Clean Rivers, Map 2024-03-13 There are no Valdosta Monday results, because, according to Acting Utilities Director […]
