Not only did the Santa Fe and Withlacoochee Rivers test clean, the New River at 18th Street did too, for once. And Sugar Creek tested clean even at the WaterGoat, just above the Withlacoochee River.
This was all before the rain today (Friday), but chances are most lingering on-land contamination was washed down by the previous rain.
No new sewage spills have been reported this week in the Suwannee River Basin in Florida. There was one in Georgia, a Valdosta dry land sewage spill Wednesday at 718 Georgia Avenue, that from what little we know did not get into any waterways.
So happy paddling, swimming, fishing, and boating this sunny warm weekend.
This image is an illustration. Scroll down for the details.
![[Clean New, Withlacoochee, and Santa Fe Rivers, and Sugar Creek, 2026-02-26]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2026-02-26--wq/many.jpg)
Clean New, Withlacoochee, and Santa Fe Rivers, and Sugar Creek, 2026-02-26
We’re going ahead with the Withlacoochee River chainsaw cleanup tomorrow, meeting at the Salty Snapper parking lot at 9 AM:
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