We got quite a bit of trash off of Wainwright Drive, One Mile Branch, and the Azalea City Trail, including near the old trash dump across Hurricane-Helene-damaged fence.

Clean up One Mile Branch, at Azalea City Trail, Wainwright Drive, Valdosta, GA, April 26, 2025

The land beyond One Mile Branch left bank, Azalea City Trail, and the fence is owned by University System of GA Board of Regents.

There were children playing in One Mile Branch, including right below the manholes that have repeatedly leaked massive amounts of raw sewage.

One Mile Branch runs into Sugar Creek into the Withlacoochee River.

Thanks to Sara Squires Jones and Scotti Jay for organizing this cleanup.

For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS outings web page, https://wwals.net/outings/. WWALS members also get an upcoming list in the Tannin Times newsletter.

 -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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Tree violation notice, 10:04:31, 30.8431611, -83.3012148

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Picking up trash near a Wainwright Drive manhole, 10:04:43, 30.8431611, -83.3012148

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Wainwright Drive at One Mile Branch and Azalea City Trail, 10:05:24, 30.8431863, -83.3010314

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Water control structure below new apartment buildings, 10:05:00, 30.8431611, -83.3012148

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Water control chimney feeding into stormwater drain, 10:05:35, 30.8431863, -83.3010314

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Cracks by the notoriously leaky old manhole, 10:16:17, 30.8428924, -83.3016049

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Children playing in One Mile Branch, 10:18:49, 30.8428717, -83.3015484

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Barbed wire over bent chainlink fence, Azalea City Trail, 10:27:23, 30.8429134, -83.3000878

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Sara reaches through the fence, 10:29:10, 30.8429016, -83.3000425

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Approaching the bridge, 10:34:32, 30.8431357, -83.2989664

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One Mile Branch, 10:36:56, 30.8433566, -83.2986465

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Under the barbed wire to get trash, 10:39:44, 30.8430773, -83.2987196

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jsq Selfie, 10:42:39, 30.8431280, -83.2979938

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Maybe something lives here, 10:42:45, 30.8431280, -83.2979938

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Movie: Sara crosses to retrieve a beer can, 10:43:25, (73M) 30.8431280, -83.2979938

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Bamboo, 10:44:28, 30.8431362, -83.2979285

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Down to One Mile Branch, 10:51:42, 30.8431222, -83.2985194

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Movie: Sara as Spiderman, 10:52:04, (20M) 30.8431222, -83.2985194

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Movie: Old dump site by Azalea City Trail, 10:55:28, (35M) 30.8431222, -83.2985194

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One Mile Branch Wainwright Drive double culvert, 11:00:18, 30.8428926, -83.3003456

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Six children playing by the notoriously sewage-spilling manhole, One Mile Branch, 11:02:12, 30.8426742, -83.3014042

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Old pillow retrieved, with roots and vines growing through it, 11:10:01, 30.8430014, -83.3010162

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Getting trash along Wainwright Drive, 11:10:10, 30.8430014, -83.3010162

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Sara got a bucket by the construction site, 11:13:07, 30.8431126, -83.3009935

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Construction fence, 11:13:12, 30.8431126, -83.3009935

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Movie: Banner and bags of trash, 11:17:52, (652K) 30.8430921, -83.3010381

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Azalea City Trail, 11:30:42, 30.8427480, -83.3012193

 -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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