Even better news! The Alapaha, Withlacoochee, and Santa Fe Rivers tested even better this week.

No new sewage spills were reported in the Suwannee River Basin in Florida or Georgia.

According to the results we have, happy paddling, swimming, fishing, and boating.

Maybe you’d like to join WWALS for Statenville to Sasser Landing, Alapaha River 2026-06-13.

https://wwals.net/?p=70464

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Clean Alapaha 2026-06-07, Withlacoochee 2026-06-08, Santa Fe 2026-06-10, Happy paddling & swimming

Follow this link for the WWALS composite spreadsheet of water quality results, rainfall, and sewage spills in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia and Florida:
https://wwals.net/issues/testing/#results

The image below is a current excerpt from that spreadsheet.

Chart: Clean Alapaha Withlacoochee Santa Fe Rivers 2026-06-10 –WWALS Composite Spreadsheet of Water Quality Results
For context see:
https://wwals.net/issues/testing
 
Previous WWALS water quality reports are here:
https://wwals.net/issues/testing/#results
 
Also follow that link for the underlying spreadsheet of water quality, sewage spills, and rainfall from Georgia and Florida sources for the Suwannee River Basin.

The numbers in the chart boxes indicate E. coli levels as colony-forming units per 100 mililiters (cfu/100 mL), according to Georgia Adopt-A-Stream bacterial monitoring protocols:
Zero (0) is what we want to see and often we do on the Alapaha and upstream on the Suwannee Rivers.
From 1-125 is within long-term average limits according to U.S. EPA and Georgia and Florida state agencies.
From 126-409 long-term is not good, and is likely to make some people sick.
From 410-999 is likely to make some people sick; try not to get that water on you.
From 1,000 and up: high alert; best not to get close to that water without gloves; wash clothes afterward.

The letters before the numbers indicate the source of the datapoint, as in W100 means 100 cfu/100 mL found by a WWALS tester.

W: WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS) Suwannee Riverkeeper
V: Valdosta, GA
L: Lowndes County, GA
Q: Quitman, GA
SGRC: Southern Georgia Regional Commission
SRWMD: Suwannee River Water Management District
FDOH: Florida Department of Health
FDEP: Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Rain: From USGS and UGA and other gauges.

Alapaha River

For Sunday, June 7, 2026, Heather Brasell got zero cfu/100 mL at the outflow creek from the Town of Alapaha wastewater treatment settlement ponds. Can’t get better than that.

Alapaha Settlement Pond Stream, Alapaha River @ US 82 2026-06-07 –Heather Brasell for WWALS

And she got 67 for the Alapaha River just above Sheboggy Boat Ramp.

Sheboggy Boat Ramp, Alapaha River @ US 82 2026-06-07 –Heather Brasell for WWALS

Withlacoochee River

For Monday, June 8, 2026, Valdosta Utilities got a very clean 60 cfu/100 mL at the GA 133 (St. Augustine Road) bridge over the Withlacoochee River.

They got an even better 10 at US 84. That’s downstream from the Little River Confluence with the Withlacoochee River.

Table: GA 133 & US 84, Withlacoochee River 2026-06-08 –Valdosta Utilities

Santa Fe River

WWALS testers Bob Mills and Kurt Hurzeler for Wednesday, June 10, 2026, again got 0 cfu/100 mL at Mills Dock on the Santa Fe River, a bit upstream from Poe Springs.

They also got:
Air temp 26.3 C
Water temp 26.8 C

Mills Dock, Santa Fe River @ NW 282nd Dr 2026-06-10 –Bob Mills and Kurt Hurzeler for WWALS

Water quality testing training and funding

WWALS testers Suzy Hall and John S. Quarterman reviewed the WWALS results. Such review is part of the WWALS standard ongoing testing quality analysis.

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

Thanks to Joe Brownlee, Don Hutchinson, 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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Plates, Alapaha Settlement Pond Stream 2026-06-07 –Heather Brasell for WWALS

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Plates, Sheboggy Boat Ramp 2026-06-07 –Heather Brasell for WWALS

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Form, Mills Dock, Santa Fe River @ NW 282nd Dr 2026-06-10 –Bob Mills and Kurt Hurzeler for WWALS

Plates, Mills Dock 2026-06-10 –Bob Mills and Kurt Hurzeler for WWALS

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