Test results continue to show high Fecal coliform and E. coli in Sugar Creek after the weekend’s sewage spill, even though the bypass pump has been running normally since Sunday. It can take many days for sewage to wash downstream, especially without much rain.
The spill was too small to have much effect on the Withlacoochee River downstream, and probably none on the Suwannee River.
This is the bypass pump yesterday. Continue reading
Well, after watching lightning strike straight down onto Banks Lake, expedition leader Turtleman Chris Adams called it off, the Full Buck Moon Paddle, 2025-07-10. Nobody paddled onto our watery living room near Lakeland, Georgia.
![[Full Buck Moon Paddle, Banks Lake NWR 2025-07-10, Called off because of lightning]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-07-10--full-buck-moon-banks-lake-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
Full Buck Moon Paddle, Banks Lake NWR 2025-07-10, Called off because of lightning
So many people had requested boats that I had brought one of the WWALS canoes and an extra kayak. As you can see, few people showed up, because of the weather.
Here is a video WWALS Outings Committee Co-Chair Kimberly Godden Tanner took
of us with banners.
You can see lightning flashes and hear thunder.
https://youtu.be/TB-PWP_Zauo?si=fKcaYfYaQgGs1tRx Continue reading
![[Update: Valdosta Sugar Creek Sewage Spill Testing 2025-07-16, Still high, even upstream at Baytree Road]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-07-17--valdosta-sugar-creek-update/fbmany.jpg)