It’s not obvious that Valdosta’s Force Main from its Remer Pump Station on Sugar Creek runs alongside Hightower Creek up across St. Augustine Road, Norman Drive, and I-75, then along various county roads, to the Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), whose treated wastewater outfall is to the nearby Withlacoochee River.

Here are some pictures in the other direction, west to east, across the land just west of I-75 (thanks to the landowners), across I-75, to Norman Drive.

Valdosta Force Main alongside Hightower Creek, Across I-75 and Norman Drive 2026-01-09

See also Filthy Hightower Creek 2026-01-08 but clean upstream ILM Pond 2026-01-09.

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You can find this force main on the VALORGIS map. You have to turn on the layer ValdostaEasements. Then it appears in black.

Also turn on Streams to make the creeks show up, although VALORGIS only shows Hightower Creek as far as St. Augustine Road.

And turn off Zoning to reduce distractions.

Map: Valdosta Force Main Valor Gis 2026-01-09
The Remer Pump Station is right center.
The Force Main runs southwest from there across St. Augustine Road and Norman Dirive.
Then it crosses I-75 and goes west by southwest along county roads
to Valdosta’s Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP).
The green and black line paralleling the Withlacoochee River is the old sewer line
(to the old WWTP) that the Force Main replaces.

Looking west, Valdosta Force Main, 2026:01:09 15:45:40, –jsq for WWALS 30.8295793, -83.3281948

Looking east, Valdosta Force Main, 2026:01:09 15:45:34, –jsq for WWALS 30.8295793, -83.3281948

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Pump station? Valdosta Force Main, 2026:01:09 15:46:53, –jsq for WWALS 30.8295926, -83.3262457

Possible previous leak? Valdosta Force Main, 2026:01:09 15:47:00, –jsq for WWALS 30.8295928, -83.3262075

Vent, Valdosta Force Main, 2026:01:09 15:47:13, –jsq for WWALS 30.8296119, -83.3262152

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Vent? Valdosta Force Main, 2026:01:09 15:50:03, –jsq for WWALS 30.8295389, -83.3236072

Closeup vent? Valdosta Force Main, 2026:01:09 15:50:05, –jsq for WWALS 30.8295443, -83.3235947

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Across I-75 to Sam’s Club, 2026:01:09 15:49:26, –jsq for WWALS 30.8295336, -83.3235724

Crossing I-75, Valdosta Force Main, 2026:01:09 15:49:44, –jsq for WWALS 30.8295336, -83.3235724

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Path over Force Main, 2026:01:09 16:54:36, –jsq for WWALS 30.8302644, -83.3224017

Cleared path over Force Main, 2026:01:09 16:57:23, –jsq for WWALS 30.8304961, -83.3222253

Path cleared on Force Main, 2026:01:09 16:52:00, –jsq for WWALS 30.8306080, -83.3222252

SW corner, SGRC parking lot, cleared path over Force Main, 2026:01:09 16:57:29, –jsq for WWALS 30.8305183, -83.3222103

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Stormwater drain into Hightower Creek, 2026:01:09 16:49:24, –jsq for WWALS 30.8309000, -83.3214900

Stormwater manhole, 2026:01:09 16:49:14, –jsq for WWALS 30.8309000, -83.3214900

Stormwater concrete channel, 2026:01:09 16:49:11, –jsq for WWALS 30.8309000, -83.3214900

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Stormwater culverts behind GooGoo Car Wash, 2026:01:09 16:48:19, –jsq for WWALS 30.8315622, -83.3209973

Closeup, Stormwater culverts behind GooGoo Car Wash, 2026:01:09 16:48:32, –jsq for WWALS 30.8311507, -83.3213217

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Looking east from Norman Drive, Valdosta Force Main, 2026:01:09 16:46:47, –jsq for WWALS 30.8317121, -83.3209581

Norman Drive, Valdosta Force Main, 2026:01:09 16:46:38, –jsq for WWALS 30.8317121, -83.3209581

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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