Update 2023-02-12: From bad to worse: Cherry Creek 2023-02-12.
Valdosta had a small sewage spill Saturday, next to a branch of Cherry Creek. It was probably too small to have much effect on the creek and even less on the Withlacoochee River. WWALS sent water quality testers out to sample anyway.
Boys & Girls Club Lift Station, Lake Laurie Drive, The Dip, Lake Cleve, Cherry Creek 2023-02-12
Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson texted me yesterday. He says the spill was first reported to Valdosta Utilities about 7:30 PM and “stopped discharging about 11:00p last night.” He was referring to Saturday, February 11, 2023.
The amount is estimated to be 2,800 gallons. That’s a minor spill (less than 10,000 gallons).
The spill was from Valdosta’s Boys and Girls Club Lift Station, 3658 Lake Laurie Drive, Valdosta, GA 31605. That’s in Valdosta City Council District 5, Tim Carroll.
Boys and Girls Club Lift Station, 2023:02:12 17:39:58, 30.8975867, -83.2799718
That’s upstream from the Withlacoochee River.
Map: Cherry Creek to Withlacoochee River
in the WWALS
map of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail.
I tested four locations: Cherry Creek’s South Branch just below and downstream from the spill, Lake Laurie Drive upstream from the spill, Cherry Creek Road, and The Dip, i.e., the spillway of the dam of Lake Cleve, commonly known as Cherry Lake.
Four water samples from Cherry Creek, 2023:02:12 19:01:12, 31.0126730, -83.2699180
Another WWALS tester tested upstream and downstream on the Withlacoochee River.
WWALS water quality test results will be available this evening.
Plated water samples from Cherry Creek, 2023:02:12 19:14:01, 31.0126826, -83.2698898
More pictures are below.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
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CCSB
Cherry Creek South Branch below Napa Drive, 2023:02:12 17:06:26, 30.8972512, -83.2796953
NDDP
Napa Drive Detention Pond, 2023:02:12 17:03:47, 30.8963082, -83.2794055
Exit Grate, Napa Drive Detention Pond, 2023:02:12 17:18:43, 30.8967560, -83.2799840
Outlet Pipe, Napa Drive Detention Pond, 2023:02:12 17:18:52, 30.8967560, -83.2799840
LLD
Cherry Creek Culverts, Lake Laurie Drive, Sallas Mahone Elementary School in distance, 2023:02:12 17:27:50, 30.8949575, -83.2825453
Cherry Creek at Lake Laurie Drive, 2023:02:12 17:27:59, 30.8949575, -83.2825453
Upstream, Cherry Creek at Lake Laurie Drive, 2023:02:12 17:28:21, 30.8949575, -83.2825453
Movie: Lake Laurie Drive and Cherry Creek, 2023:02:12 17:28:21, (43M) 30.8949575, -83.2825453
LLDLS
Movie: B&G Club Lift Station, (56M) 30.8949575, -83.2825453
Boys and Girls Club Lift Station, 2023:02:12 17:39:58, 30.8975867, -83.2799718
Sign: Boys and Girls Club Lift Station, 2023:02:12 17:40:12, 30.8975867, -83.2799718
Movie: Cherry Creek Road and Lake Cleve, Cherry Creek, 2023:02:12 17:40:12, (65M) 30.8975867, -83.2799718
CCR
Lake Cleve @ Cherry Creek Road
Upstream @ Cherry Creek Road, 2023:02:12 17:53:35, 30.9095848, -83.2913540
Downstream @ Cherry Creek Road, 2023:02:12 17:53:58, 30.9095848, -83.2913540
Context, Cherry Creek Road Bridge, 2023:02:12 17:54:41, 30.9096112, -83.2913672
Cherry Creek Road Bridge, 2023:02:12 17:54:44, 30.9096112, -83.2913672
CCLS
Cherry Creek LS#2 Station, 2023:02:12 18:01:37, 30.9044666, -83.3019691
TD
Movie: The Dip, Lake Cleve, Cherry Creek, 2023:02:12 18:01:58, (71M) 30.9044973, -83.3020226
CCMB
Cherry Creek Mitigation Bank, 2023:02:12 18:12:05, 30.9044701, -83.3019675
LC
Path to Monument: Lake Cleve, 2023:02:12 18:12:56, 30.9044701, -83.3019675
WQ
Four water samples from Cherry Creek, 2023:02:12 19:01:12, 31.0126730, -83.2699180
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
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