Update 2023-05-04: High Springs small sewage spill, Santa Fe River 2023-05-04.

Nankin Boat Ramp came back really filthy. Everything else was clean, in the WWALS tests for Thursday on the Little, Withlacoochee, and Alapaha Rivers.

It rained a lot on Thursday, so more contamination has probably washed into the rivers, while that Nankin contamination washed downstream into Florida.

For paddling this weekend, I’d go far upstream or try the Suwannee or Ichetucknee Rivers; also for swimming or fishing.

No new sewage spills have been reported in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida.

Chart, River, Swim Guide Map 2023-04-27

By bad at Nankin we mean really bad. As in Too Numerous to Count (TNTC), which is usually more than 25,000 cfu/100 mL of E. coli, where 1,000 is the alert limit. You really don’t want that on you.

The most recent results we have from Valdosta are for Monday upstream and downstream. They concur with previous WWALS results.

Chart: Bad Nankin Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River 2023-04-27
For context and the entire WWALS composite spreadsheet of water quality results, rainfall, and sewage spills, see:
https://wwals.net/issues/testing

Thanks to Jacob and Michael Bachrach for their results for Troupville Boat Ramp on the Little River and Nankin and State Line Boat Ramps on the Withlacoochee River, and to Jeanie Bachrach for sending in the results.

Thanks to Kimberly Tanner for her two Alapaha River test sites: Naylor Park Beach and Lakeland Boat Ramp. And thanks to the Jones family for helping her again.

Thanks to Suzy Hall for herding the testing cats, and to Gretchen Quarterman for training them and delivering supplies.

Except for red Nankin, I’ve marked green all the WWALS “beaches” for which we have recent data, on

Map: Bad Nankin Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River, Swim Guide 2023-04-27

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

There are more images below.

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/

LBR

Lakeland Boat Ramp, Alapaha River @ GA 122 2023-04-27

NPB

Naylor Park Beach, Alapaha River @ US 84 2023-04-27

TBR

Plates, Troupville Boat Ramp, Little River @ GA 133, 2023-04-27

NBR

Plates, Nankin Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ Clyattville-Nankin Road 2023-04-27

SLBR

Plates, State Line Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ GA 133 2023-04-27

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/

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