Uphill and farther from the river: the new Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment plant (top left of center) seen next to the old one, the Pecan Row Landfill, and the Withlacoochee River.
Come ask your questions for the entire Suwannee River basin about wastewater and flood prevention this Thursday, October 27th 2016, at the Valdosta City Hall Annex.
The $60 million in fixes so far and those still in progress are a big improvement
for everybody downstream to the Gulf on the Withlacoochee, Alapaha, and Suwannee Rivers, and upstream on the
Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail. Continue reading
Tag Archives: quality
Suwannee-Satilla and GA coastal river water councils in Dublin, GA 2016-11-17
Next month, once again the upper Suwannee that drains into the Gulf gets pulled into a meeting with coastal Georgia Water Planning Councils. This is the meeting that got delayed by hurricane.
Joint Regional Water Planning Council Meeting NEW DATE: November 17, 2016
Georgia Department of Natural Resources sent this bulletin at 10/18/2016 09:18 AM EDT
NOTICE:
JOINT REGIONAL WATER PLANNING COUNCIL MEETING
Announcement Date: October 18, 2016
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND PARTIES:
A Joint Council Meeting will be held for the Altamaha, Coastal
Georgia, Middle Ocmulgee, Savannah-Upper Ogeechee, Suwannee-Satilla
and Upper Oconee Regional Water Planning Councils at the following
date, time, and location:
GA DNR, Bulletin, 18 October 2016,
Valdosta wastewater and flood prevention public meeting by WWALS 2016-10-27
Update 2016-10-23:
Seen from the air.
Update 2016-10-19: PDF flyer.
Come hear about the $60 million in wastewater fixes Valdosta just finished,
what remains to be done, and what they’re doing about flood prevention for the entire Suwannee River Basin in Georgia and Florida.
You can ask questions in this first of a new WWALS Quarterly Speaker Series,
and the people organizing this work will be there to answer:
- Henry Hicks, Utilities Director, about wastewater
- Emily Davenport, Assistant Director of Engineering, about flooding, and
- Tim Carroll, Valdosta City Council, about solar power for utilities.
When: 6PM Thursday October 27th
Where: Valdosta City Hall Annex
Multipurpose Room
300 N Lee St.
Valdosta, GA 31601 Continue reading
Suwannee-Satilla and GA coastal river water councils in Dublin, GA 2016-10-06
Update 2016-10-07: Postponed due to Hurricane Matthew. New date not yet known.
Next week, once again the upper Suwannee that drains into the Gulf gets pulled into a meeting with coastal Georgia Water Planning Councils.
GA DNR, Bulletin, 27 September 2016,
Statewide Water Plan – Joint Council Meeting #2 Agenda – October 6 / Dublin, GA,
Joint Council Meeting #2 — Eastern Councils
Thursday, October 6, 2016Dubose Porter Center
Oconee Fall Line Technical College
560 Pinehill Road
Dublin, GA 31021Agenda Continue reading
Little River Scouting 2016-07-10
My phone’s pedometer said I walked four miles of the six miles of this section of the Little River, with many fish, two white birds, lots of sand bars, some eroded bluffs, not a lot of trash after we got beyond the GA 76 bridge, and only one spot of invasive species (Japanese climbing fern).
This section would be better with about half a foot more water. The USGS GA 122 Little River gage showed about 3.71 feet for July 10th 2016, so let’s say at least 4.2 feet would be good. This is because there are many sand bars, including one directly upstream from the GA 122 bridge, where the water level is much closer to zero when that gage says 3.71.
Following up a report, Continue reading
WWALS Adopt-A-Stream Cleanup at Berrien Beach Landing (GA 168) –Gretchen Quarterman 2016-09-10
WWALS collected many bags of trash and four mattresses Saturday in the Rivers-Alive Cleanup at Berrien Beach Launch on the Alapaha River.
Thanks to Bret Wagenhorst for organizing this annual cleanup.
Special thanks to the three members of Valdosta State’s
Students Against Violating the Environment (S.A.V.E.) for joining in,
and a student from UGA Tifton!
This outing was also part of the Great Suwannee River Cleanup, and we’ll have some more of those this year. This particular cleanup was at Berrien Beach Landing in Berrien County on the Alapaha River Water Trail. Thanks to Al Browning and the landowner for access to the sands of Berrien Beach in Lanier County.
See also the Video: #NoDAPL #NoSabalTrail —WWALS 2016-09-10.
More WWALS outings:
Continue readingGov. Deal issues executive order to help pipeline company
The same Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal who has done nothing to protect Georgians from the invading Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline yesterday issued an executive order to help out a pipeline company spilling gasoline in Alabama.
Tomorrow morning you can come help protect our Withlacoochee River from Sabal Trail 9AM Saturday Sept. 17th 2016 at the US84 bridge, halfway between Quitman and Valdosta, GA, off I-75 exit 16.
Photo: Colonial Pipeline
Dennis Pillion, al.com, 15 September 2015, Alabama, Georgia declare state of emergency after pipeline spill, Continue reading
Successful Cleanup at Berrien Beach on the Alapaha River 2016-09-10
We collected many bags of trash and four mattresses (not pictured) Saturday in the Rivers-Alive Cleanup at Berrien Beach Launch on the Alapaha River. Special thanks to the three members of Valdosta State’s Students Against Violating the Environment (S.A.V.E.) for joining in!
Cleanups at Berrien Beach on the Alapaha and on the Suwannee River 2016-09-10
This weekend, it’s Rivers-Alive Cleanup at Berrien Beach Launch on the Alapaha River, 4PM Saturday September 10th 2016; follow the link for details.
And a group out of Gainesville, Florida, Current Problems, has an annual
Great Suwannee River Cleanup 2016:
It’s time to register for the Great Suwannee River Cleanup! This is number 7! You may schedule your cleanup for anytime in September, October, or November. The first week of December is okay, too. We hope river conditions will be good this year and encourage lots of you to join in. Our goal this year is to pass the 100,000 pound mark. We’re close enough we can do it!
-jsq
You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
Federal permits inflame opposition to Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline boondoggle WWALS PR 2016-08-16
PDF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hahira, Georgia, August 16th 2016 — There is no excuse for $3
billion down this rathole of a 20th century dying fossil fuel
industry now that there are more solar power jobs than in all of oil
and gas extraction. One federal permit Friday and another federal
go-ahead impending for the Sabal Trail invasion of private property
and wetlands in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama stiffens the resolve
of the rapidly expanding opposition. WWALS Watershed Coalition
(WWALS) has revealed
apparent wetlands violations and
federal rule violations by Spectra Energy, the Houston, Texas pipeline company
that wants
to gouge under our Withlacoochee and Suwannee Rivers,
risking our water supply for its profit. Sierra Club has vowed to
use
“all legal means necessary to stop this fracked gas
pipeline.” Opposition across Georgia continues as dozens of new
groups joined the fight
a week ago in Gainesville, Florida. News
Friday
of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) wetlands permit has
inflamed opposition across the country to this latest fossil fuel
land and water grab.
Last month WWALS reported to USACE and to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that Sabal Trail already has Continue reading