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Clean Alapaha, Withlacoochee, Santa Fe Rivers before rains 2026-10-02

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Update 2026-10-10: Filthy upstream 2026-10-05, clean downstream Withlacoochee River, clean Santa Fe River 2026-10-08.

The Santa Fe and Withlacoochee Rivers tested clean this week, and the Santa Fe River last Friday.

But there have been big rains the last day or so, so watch out for what may have been washed into the rivers, especially from Sugar Creek.

No new sewage spills were reported in the past week in the Suwannee River Basin in Florida, but in Georgia Sylvester spilled 7,000 gallons of raw sewage; see below.

So according to the results we have, happy paddling, swimming, boating, and fishing, but avoid the Withlacoochee River between Sugar Creek and the Little River Confluence.

This image is an illustration. Scroll down for details.

[Clean Alapaha 2026-09-25, Withlacoochee 2026-10-02, Santa Fe 2026-09-01, Rivers before Rains]
Clean Alapaha 2026-09-25, Withlacoochee 2026-10-02, Santa Fe 2026-09-01, Rivers before Rains

The image below is a current excerpt from that spreadsheet. Continue reading →

Rain and river contamination 2024-03-28

Update 2024-04-05: Apparently clean rivers after rain 2024-04-04.

We got bad results for Thursday for the Alapaha River. We have few other results, but we know there was much rain Wednesday and Thursday, and that usually washes contamination into the rivers.

If I were you, I would pick something else to do this weekend instead of boating, swimming, or fishing.

Also, Ashburn had yet another spill, although that was probably too far upstream to have much effect. It sure looks like there was some sort of overflow from the city of Alapaha wastewater treatment plant, even though none has yet shown up in the reports.

Instead, join us a week from Saturday for Withlacoochee River Earth Day Cleanup, Langdale Park Boat Ramp 2024-04-13.

Valdosta’s most recent upstream Withlacoochee River results are for Wednesday a week ago. Apparently they did not post their Wednesday results for this week because today is a holiday.

Similarly, most of the usual WWALS testers are off because of the holiday weekend.

[Rain and river contamination 2024-03-28]
Rain and river contamination 2024-03-28

There are no Valdosta Monday results, because, Continue reading →