Monthly Archives: November 2014

Avoid karst and water and demonstrate need for the Sabal Trail pipelne –Dougherty County Commission to FERC

A county commission is representing its people and the waters of Georgia in a resolution Dougherty County sent to FERC which says in part:

300x391 Resolution page 2, in Resolution No. 14-019 pipeline and compressor station, by Dougherty County Commission, for SpectraBusters.org, 5 November 2014 SECTION II Thus, we are in opposition to the construction of the proposed pipeline in Dougherty County and request that FERC give serious consideration and analysis to alternative routes (1) that avoid unstable geologic areas such as karst and sink-hole prone areas, (2) that minimize impacts to drinking water and agricultural water supplies, (3) that minimize impacts to wildlife habitat, forest, wetlands, streams and rivers and (4) that do not compromise socio-economic and cultural issues.

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Valdosta rerouting sewer main away from Withlacoochee River

300x232 Map, in Force Main and Pump Stations, by City of Valdosta, 8 November 2014 Not only is Valdosta putting in a new force main to stop the manhole overflows in neighborhoods near the Withlacoochee River, it plans to abandon the current trunk main next to the river once that project is finished. An update on Valdosta’s sanitary sewer projects by Tim Carroll led to this map of the projects, on which you can see that rerouting: Continue reading

WWALS at Alapaha Celebration Days

WWALS will have a booth at the annual Alapaha Celebration Station in Alapaha, Georgia, tomorrow, Saturday Nov. 8th 2014. The festival theme this year is Alapaha River Days. See you in downtown Alapaha tomorrow, at 245 NE Railroad Street, 31.381532,-83.223416, just east of Main Street, US 129.

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Alapaha River water levels

300x655 Example 2014-11-03, in Alapaha River Water Levels, by John S. Quarterman, for WWALS.net, 3 November 2014 Update 2016-12-23: graphs from water.weather.gov.

Update 2016-05-31: See sea level gage reports.

Update 2015-04-28: Added flood stages and tentative highest safe and lowest boatable water levels, both above the charts for each gauge and in a summary table. If you have data, please let us know.

Here are water level gauges for the Alapaha River in Georgia and Florida, north to south. The graphs should show the current levels at this time, in feet, plus for most of the gauges a bar graph of selected historic levels.

This is a draft of a concept for use with the Alapaha River Water Trail. See also Alapaha River Rainy Season.

It is also a companion to the similar set of graphs for the Withlacoochee and Little Rivers.

See below for the current Alapaha River water level graphs. Continue reading