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Clean New, Withlacoochee, and Santa Fe Rivers 2026-03-26

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Update 2026-04-04: Clean Withlacoochee and Santa Fe Rivers 2026-04-01.

The rivers look clean in the test results we have: New, Withlacoochee, and Santa Fe Rivers.

No new sewage spills have been reported this week in the Suwannee River Basin in Florida or Georgia.

Happy paddling, swimming, fishing, and boating this weekend.

Come join us tomorrow, Saturday, for Cleanup, One Mile Branch, Azalea Trail 2026-03-28.

https://wwals.net/?p=69636

Or Sunday, for Langdale Park Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2026-03-29, in conjunction with Trails4Valdosta, who will be cleaning up along the river banks.

https://wwals.net/?p=69784

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[Clean New, Withlacoochee, and Santa Fe Rivers; Happy paddling, 2026-03-26]
Clean New, Withlacoochee, and Santa Fe Rivers; Happy paddling, 2026-03-26

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 →

Clean Santa Fe, New, and Withlacoochee Rivers and Sugar Creek 2026-03-05

Update 2026-03-20: OK Santa Fe and Alapaha Rivers, Questionable Withlacoochee River, Dirty Sugar Creek, Clean Little River 2026-03-19.

For once every river WWALS tested came out clean, and Valdosta Utilities concurs.

And even Sugar Creek tested clean at the WaterGoat, just above the Withlacoochee River.

No new sewage spills have been reported this week in the Suwannee River Basin in Florida or Georgia.

So happy paddling, swimming, fishing, and boating this sunny warm weekend.

Come join us today, Saturday, for the Mayor and Chairmans Paddle: Troupville to Spook Bridge 2026-03-07.

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[Clean Santa Fe, New, and Withlacoochee Rivers, and Sugar Creek, 2026-03-05]
Clean Santa Fe, New, and Withlacoochee Rivers, and Sugar Creek, 2026-03-05

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 →

Clean Santa Fe, Alapaha Rivers, cleaner Withlacoochee, New Rivers 2026-02-19

Update 2026-02-27: Valdosta dry land sewage spill 2026-02-25.

Update 2026-02-25: Solid Waste Open Dump Consent Order on Dwight Caton in Berrien County, GA 2025-12-22.

Avoid Sugar Creek and the Withlacoochee River from there to the Little River Confluence.

We’ve postponed the chainsaw cleanup on that stretch for a week, to February 28.

https://wwals.net/?p=69438

The Alapaha, Little, and Santa Fe Rivers tested good. The New River tested OK at US 82, but as usual bad upstream.

This is all from WWALS results for Thursday (and Wednesday for the Santa Fe). We have no new results from Valdosta Utilities since our last report, when they got horrible numbers for the Withlacoochee at GA 133 and US 84.

No new sewage spills have been reported this week in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida.

So happy paddling, swimming, fishing, and boating this sunny Saturday, before the cold snap sets in.

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[Clean Santa Fe, Alapaha Rivers; Cleaner Withlacoochee, New Rivers; Avoid Withlacoochee River below Sugar Creek 2026-02-19]
Clean Santa Fe, Alapaha Rivers; Cleaner Withlacoochee, New Rivers; Avoid Withlacoochee River below Sugar Creek 2026-02-19

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 →

Clean Withlacoochee, Ichetucknee, and Santa Fe Rivers; Dirty New River upstream 2026-02-12

Update 2026-02-18: Filthy Withlacoochee River and Sugar Creek 2026-02-17.

WWALS got good river results on the Withlacoochee, Ichetucknee, and Santa Fe Rivers this week, as did Valdosta Utilities on the Withlacoochee.

But new WWALS tester Isis Swartz got too-high E. coli results on the New River at 18th Street in Tifton, Georgia.

We have no new creek test results.

No new sewage spills have been reported this week in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida.

The weather prediction for Saturday is mostly sunny with rain on Sunday. So if you can find a river with enough water, happy paddling, boating, swimming, and fishing this weekend.

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[Clean Withlacoochee, Ichetucknee, and Santa Fe Rivers; Dirty New River upstream, 2026-02-09-12]
Clean Withlacoochee, Ichetucknee, and Santa Fe Rivers; Dirty New River upstream, 2026-02-09-12

Or come with WWALS tomorrow (Saturday), on the Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River, Sugar Creek to Troupville 2026-02-14.

https://wwals.net/?p=69369

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 →