Come help us clean up more trash jams we found last time.
Most of it is legacy trash from Valdosta.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 10 AM, end 3 PM, Saturday, August 5, 2023
Put In: Knights Ferry Boat Ramp, 6499 Knights Ferry Rd, Valdosta, GA 31601, in Lowndes County.
GPS: 30.71205, -83.45554
![[Floating trash jam 2023-04-08 and on-land trash 2022-12-17]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-08-03--kf-nankin-withlacoochee-cleanup/many.jpg)
Floating trash jam 2023-04-08 and
on-land trash 2022-12-17
The Little and Withlacoochee Rivers tested good for Thursday.
River water levels are well within boatable range.
There was rain today, and more is expected tomorrow, so contamination could wash into the rivers.
No sewage spills have been reported in the past week in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida.
So fish, swim, and boat at your own risk this weekend.
Maybe you’d like to join us tomorrow, Withlacoochee Springs and Slough, Sullivan Launch 2023-07-15.
![[Chart, River, Swim Guide Map 2023-07-13]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-07-13--wq/many.jpg)
Chart, River, Swim Guide Map 2023-07-13
Valdosta’s major spill of 2023-07-06 still has not shown up in the GA-EPD Sewage Spills Report.
The Valdosta Williams Street One Mile Branch sewage spill of June 21st still has not shown up in the GA-EPD Sewage Spills Report. The Valdosta City Manager two weeks ago promised to look into that.
Ashburn had three spills two weeks ago, one of them major, all finally reported this Wednesday. We’ll post a writeup on those later. Continue reading