Update 2024-09-20: Clean Alapaha and Withlacoochee Rivers 2024-09-19.
The Withlacoochee River tested clean for Wednesday and Thursday, and the Alapaha River for Thursday. Valdosta got high results for Franks Creek at Inner Perimeter, upstream of Mud Swamp Creek, the Alapahoochee River, and the Alapaha River.
No new sewage spills were reported in the past week in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida.
There was some rain Wednesday and Friday, but mostly far upstream, so probably not much contamination washed into the river. As always, we can merely report what test results we have. Actual conditions may vary.
The weather prediction shows high chance of storms today through most of the week, but mostly in the afternoon.
Only the lower Ichetucknee River and the New River (of the Santa Fe) at Lake Butler are in Action Stage, and nothing is in flood.
The Withlacoochee and Alapaha Rivers have come back up a bit.
So if you can avoid the rain, happy fishing, swimming, and boating this weekend.
Clean Withlacoochee and Alapaha Rivers, Bad Knights Creek at Inner Perimeter 2024-09-12