Update 2026-08-14: Ashburn sewage spill 2026-08-02, Clean Alapaha River 2026-08-08 but dirty Town of Alapaha, Clean Withlacoochee River 2026-08-12.

Update 2026-08-14: Update: Clay Silt Runoff, St. Augustine Road, into Withlacoochee River 2026-08-07.

The Withlacoochee, Little, and Santa Fe Rivers tested clean for E. coli in the results we have for this week, as did Batterbee Branch in Ray City, GA, upstream from Cat Creek and the Withlacoochee River.

No new sewage spills were reported in the past week in the Suwannee River Basin in Florida or Georgia, except for one of unknown size in Tifton, GA, upstream of the Little River, plus clay silt runoff in Valdosta, GA, into the Withlacoochee River.

According to the results we have, happy paddling, swimming, fishing, and boating, if you can avoid the rains.

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Clean Withlacoochee, Little, and Santa Fe Rivers, 2026-08-05

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. Continue reading →