Rivers clean again 2023-08-17

Update 2023-08-25: Clean Withlacoochee River 2023-08-24.

2023-08-23: Valdosta spilled 15,000 gallons of wastewater into Knights Creek 2023-08-22.

After Valdosta’s sky-high Wednesday upstream Withlacoochee River results, WWALS got much better results upstream and down for Thursday samples on the Withlacoochee River plus the Little River. Even the usual problem creeks, Crawford and Sugar, were pretty clean. WWALS Alapaha River Wednesday results were very clean.

We are still short-handed for WWALS volunteer water quality testers. Maybe you’d like to become one. There’s a testing training coming up August 25th at Suwannee River State Park:
https://wwals.net/?p=47084

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

There has been no rain today to wash more contamination into the rivers and creeks.

We already rescheduled tomorrow’s Withlacoochee River paddle: Re-reschedule Retry Sugar Creek to Troupville Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2023-09-02.

But so far as we can see in the test results, happy swimming, fishing, and paddling on the rivers this weekend.

Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide Map 2023-08-17

The most recent results we have from Valdosta are for Wednesday upstream and Friday before last downstream.

For Wednesday Valdosta got way too-high results for US 41, GA 133, and US 84.

Thanks to WWALS testers Cindy and David Vedas for testing Franklinville, Staten, and North Valdosta Roads (US 41) on the Withlacoochee River, as well as Crawford Branch.

Thanks to WWALS Testing Committee Chair Suzy Hall for testing Sugar Creek, and for herding the testing cats.

I tested Troupville Boat Ramp on the Little River, and on the Withlacoochee River GA 133 and Knights Ferry, Nankin, and State Line Boat Ramps.

Thanks to Kimberly Tanner for her Wednesday tests of Lakeland Boat Ramp and Naylor Beach on the Alapaha River.

Thanks to WWALS Testing Trainer and Executive Director Gretchen Quarterman for delivering supplies and for scheduling new training.

Chart: Clean Rivers and Creeks 2023-08-17
For context and the entire WWALS composite spreadsheet of water quality results, rainfall, and sewage spills, see:
https://wwals.net/issues/testing

Thanks to Gretchen Quarterman for training the testers and delivering supplies.

I’ve marked US 84 red, and green for the other WWALS “beaches” for which we have recent data, on

For unknown reasons, GA 133 is still showing up as red, but it should be green.

Map: Clean Rivers, Swim Guide 2023-08-17

Here’s a live Swim Guide Map.

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

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

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/

-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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WWALS Watershed Coalition (WWALS) is Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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