Monthly Archives: April 2016

More Valdosta wastewater spills over the weekend; stay tuned 2016-04-04

Update 2016-04-05: Here are the details, and force main and new WWTP on line by May.

Valdosta spilled more wastewater over the weekend, according to Valdosta City Council Tim Carroll, who called just now. The Withlacoochee River is out of its banks, actually up on the property containing the Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), but “according to the experts” not going to threaten the plant. “But lines are underwater”.

Water is not even close to the new WWTP currently under construction, according to Carroll. And the new force main project should deal with much of the manhole overflow problem on the west side of Valdosta in the Withlacoochee basin, for example into Sugar Creek.

On the east and southeast, in the Alapaha basin, Continue reading →

Ray’s Mill Pond, 2016-04-02

See you 9AM tomorrow morning April 3rd for the WWALS Outing at the 3,500 acre Ray’s Mill Pond, View from boatramp which is open for boating 24/7; just put a dollar in the box. In the evenings Monday thru Thursday, don’t park your boat on the pavement because the restaurant is open then, and it’s very popular, but no worries on a Sunday morning.

You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!

-jsq

You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!

View from boatramp
View from boatramp

Deposit .00 Launch Fee Here
Deposit .00 Launch Fee Here

Launch Fee .00
Launch Fee .00

No Boat Trailers on Paved Lot Thursday Thru Saturday 4PM til 10PM
No Boat Trailers on Paved Lot Thursday Thru Saturday 4PM til 10PM

Busy restaurant parking lot
Busy restaurant parking lot

Cat Creek flooding
Cat Creek flooding

Rays Mill Pond spillway
Rays Mill Pond spillway

View from walkway
View from walkway

Blue Spring and McIntyre Spring, Withlacoochee River, Brooks County, GA, 1903-11

Update: 4610-foot explored cavern under McIntyre Spring.

Blue Spring between Quitman and Valdosta has been known since the settling of Brooks County, when it was used as a reference point in building roads starting in 1859. Here’s an early 20th century report, with a much later picture postcard (probably not the same building) and location map.

A Preliminary Report on the Underground Waters of Georgia, by S. W. McCallie, State Geologist, Continue reading →

Sinkhole Trail on the agenda, Suwannee BOCC, 2016-04-05

Once again, Suwannee County follows Hamilton County’s lead.

Carl McKinney, Suwannee Democrat, 1 April 2016, Suwannee County Commission to discuss Sabal Trail sinkholes,

At its next meeting, the commission will consider sending a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which must issue a permit for the pipeline project.

The letter would mimic one Hamilton County recently voted to send, said Suwannee County Commissioner Wesley Wainwright.

Wainwright asked Continue reading →