Clean Rivers and some dirty creeks 2023-10-26

Update 2023-11-03: Clean rivers, dirty Sugar Creek 2023-11-02.

This was another week with no rain, and the rivers were mostly clean: the Withlacoochee, Santa Fe, and Suwannee Rivers. Not clean were Franks Creek that runs into the Little River and Sugar Creek that runs into the Withlacoochee River. Crawford Creek of the Withlacoochee was just below the E. coli one-time test limit. That’s 11 WWALS test sites on three rivers and three creeks in two states.

No rain is predicted for this weekend.

In the last week, no new sewage spills were reported in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida.

So happy swimming, boating, and fishing this weekend!

[Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide Map 2023-10-26]
Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide Map 2023-10-26

Joanne Tremblay got clean results at High Springs Ramp @ US 41 and at US 27, both on the Santa Fe River.

Reina Lingle got very clean results at Ivey Metropolitan Park in Branford and at Royal Springs, both on the Suwannee River.

New WWALS tester Debbie Smith got too-high results for Franks Creek at GA 122 just west of Hahira. Which is interesting, because that is upstream of Hahira’s Land Application Site.

Cindy Vedas got good results at Franklinville, Crawford Branch (well, OK results there), Staten Road, and Langdale Park, on the Withlacoochee River. She photographed the trash still at Langdale Park Boat Ramp from at the WWALS Langdale Park Withlacoochee River Cleanup of last Saturday. I will nudge Lowndes County Public Works to pick it up.

WWALS Testing Committee Chair Suzy Hall tested Sugar Creek, and got too-high results. She also double-checked everybody else’s results. And the other testers cross-checked each others’ results.

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

The most recent Valdosta results we have are for Monday upstream, which were good. As usual, Valdosta’s last week upstream results corroborated what WWALS saw Thursday last week.

And, as previosly noted, Valdosta’s last downstream tests were September 1, 2023.

[Chart: Clean Rivers, dirty creeks 2023-10-26]
Chart: Clean Rivers, dirty creeks 2023-10-26
For context and the entire WWALS composite spreadsheet of water quality results, rainfall, and sewage spills, see:
https://wwals.net/issues/testing

So I’ve marked green for all the WWALS “beaches” for which we have recent data, on Swim Guide map.

[Map: Clean Rivers, Swim Guide 2023-10-26]
Map: Clean Rivers, Swim Guide 2023-10-26

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/

franklinville

[Franklinville, Withlacoochee River @ Frankinville Road 2023-10-26]
Franklinville, Withlacoochee River @ Frankinville Road 2023-10-26

FC

[Report, Franks Creek @ GA 122 2023-10-26]
Report, Franks Creek @ GA 122 2023-10-26

crawfordbranch

[Crawford Branch @ Skipper Bridge Road 2023-10-26]
Crawford Branch @ Skipper Bridge Road 2023-10-26

staten

[Staten Road, Withlacoochee River @ Staten Road 2023-10-26]
Staten Road, Withlacoochee River @ Staten Road 2023-10-26

LPBR

[Langdale Park Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ North Valdosta Road 2023-10-26]
Langdale Park Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ North Valdosta Road 2023-10-26

SC

[Plates, Sugar Creek 2023-10-26]
Plates, Sugar Creek 2023-10-26

HP

[Holly Point, Withlacoochee River @ NE Withla Bluffs Way 2023-10-26]
Holly Point, Withlacoochee River @ NE Withla Bluffs Way 2023-10-26

sf41

[High Springs Ramp, Santa Fe River @ US 41 2023-10-26]
High Springs Ramp, Santa Fe River @ US 41 2023-10-26

sf27

[US 27 Ramp, Santa Fe River @ US 27 2023-10-26]
US 27 Ramp, Santa Fe River @ US 27 2023-10-26

RS

[Royal Springs Ramp, Suwannee River @ 157 Drive 2023-10-26]
Royal Springs Ramp, Suwannee River @ 157 Drive 2023-10-26

IR

[Ivey Memorial Park Ramp, Suwannee River @ US 27 2023-10-26]
Ivey Memorial Park Ramp, Suwannee River @ US 27 2023-10-26

 -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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