Update 2023-10-13: Filthy creeks and Withlacoochee River 2023-10-12.

Kim Tanner sampled for WWALS the last two weeks on the Alapaha River at Lakeland Boat Ramp at GA 122 (on the left) and at Naylor Park Beach at UA 84 (center). She got clean results both weeks.

Two clean weeks on the Alapaha River

For last Thursday she got zero E. coli at both locations: can’t get better than that. For this Thursday she got 230 cfu/100 mL at Lakeland and 33 at Naylor. 230 is above the 126 preferred monthly mean, but well below the 410 one-time sample limit.

She did note that there is still no trash can at Naylor Beach (see right picture). Presumably Hurricane Idalia did away with it.

As reported yesterday, there has been no rain since Tuesday, and no new sewage spills have been reported in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida in the last two weeks.

So happy boating, swimming, and fishing this weekend on the Alapaha River.

If you want to get trained to be a WWALS water quality tester, please fill out the form:
https://wwals.net/?p=47084

For context and the entire WWALS composite spreadsheet of water quality results, rainfall, and sewage spills, see:
https://wwals.net/issues/testing

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/

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Lakeland Boat Ramp, Alapaha River @ GA 122 2023-09-28

Plates, Lakeland Boat Ramp, Alapaha River @ GA 122 2023-09-28

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Naylor Park Beach, Alapaha River, 2023-09-28

Still no trashcan, Naylor Park Beach, Alapaha River, 2023-09-28

Plates, Naylor Park Beach, Alapaha River, 2023-09-28

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Lakeland Boat Ramp, Alapaha River @ GA 122 2023-09-21

Upstream, Lakeland Boat Ramp, Alapaha River @ GA 122 2023-09-21

Plates, Lakeland Boat Ramp, Alapaha River @ GA 122 2023-09-21

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Naylor Park Beach, Alapaha River @ US 82 2023-09-21

Plates, Naylor Park Beach, Alapaha River @ US 82 2023-09-21

 -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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