Update 2022-12-09: Almost clean rivers 2022-12-08.

All test results good, no rain, no sewage spill reports: happy fishing, swimming, and boating this weekend!

Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide

I hate to be right, but when I warned last Friday that the rain the day before would probably wash contamination into the creeks and rivers, Valdosta’s testing that Friday caught the contamination. US 41, GA 133, and even US 84 showed far too much E. coli, with Fecal coliform at US 41 and GA 133 ten times the E. coli. Knights Ferry also showed E. coli higher than the one-time test limit.

By the time WWALS tested Sunday, most of that had already washed downstream or gotten diluted. We did still see high results at Franklinville and Langdale Park on the Withlacoochee River, and at several creek locations.

Clean Rivers, Charts 2022-11-17
For context and the entire WWALS composite spreadsheet of water quality results, rainfall, and sewage spills, see:
https://wwals.net/issues/testing

For this Thursday, thanks to new tester Kimberly Tanner for her results at Naylor Beach on the Alapaha River, just upstream from US 84. Thanks to WWALS E.D. Gretchen Quarterman for training her and accompanying her on her first in-the-field test.

Thanks to Elizabeth Brunner for her usual three GA 122 locations: Folsom Bridge on the Little River, Hagan Bridge on the Withlacoochee River, and Lakeland Boat Ramp on the Alapaha River.

Thanks to Michael and Jacob Bachrach for their three sites: Troupville Boat Ramp on the Little River, and Nankin and State Line Boat Ramps on the Withlacoochee River.

Thanks to WWALS Testing Committee Chair Suzy Hall for herding the testing cats.

For all the WWALS “beaches” for which we have recent results, I have marked green on

Map: Clean Rivers, Swim Guide 2022-11-17

Thanks to Joe Brownlee and Georgia Power for a generous grant for water quality testing equipment and materials.

You or your organization could also donate to the WWALS volunteer water quality testing program.

Or maybe you’d like to become a WWALS water quality tester; please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/DzWvJuXqTQi12N6v7

FBL

Folsom Bridge Landing, Little River @ GA 122 2022-11-17

TBR

Troupville Boat Ramp, Little River @ GA 133 2022-11-17

LBR

Lakeland Boat Ramp, Alapaha River @ GA 122 2022-11-17

NPB

Naylor Park Beach, Alapaha River @ US 84 2022-11-17

HBL

Hagan Bridge Landing, Withlacoochee River @ GA 122 2022-11-17

NBR

Nankin Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ Clyattville-Nankin Road 2022-11-17

SLBR

State Line Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ GA 133 2022-11-17

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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