Valdosta Utilities got a pretty good E. coli number for Monday at GA 133 (St. Augustine Road) on the Withlacoochee River, and a good result at US 84 that same day. That’s much improved from previous weeks.
WWALS results for Sugar Creek last Thursday were also OK.
And a WWALS result for Batterbee Branch, in Ray City, Georgia, upstream from Cat Creek, was OK.
Still no significant rain, and still no new sewage spills have been reported this week in the Suwannee River Basin in Florida or Georgia.
As always, we can only advise with the results we have. Happy paddling, swimming, fishing, and boating this weekend, if you can find any water.
Rain is predicted for this weekend, but it was predicted for yesterday, too, and didn’t happen.
If there is rain, maybe it will at least dampen some wildfires. Remember not to light anything outdoors.
This image is an illustration. Scroll down for the details.
![[Pretty clean Sugar Creek 2026-04-23, and Batterbee Branch and Withlacoochee River 2026-04-27, No rain, no sewage spills]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2026-04-27--wq/many.jpg)
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