Update 2025-01-31: Clean New, Withlacoochee, Alapaha Rivers; Sugar Creek finally OK 2025-01-29.
As Valdosta Utilities Director Jason Barnes promised Friday, results from the Valdosta water quality samples that day are on the city’s website.
There’s good news and bad news.
![[Cleaner but still dirty, Sugar Creek 2025-01-24, Baytree Road bad, Gornto Road worse]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-01-24--wq/fbmany.jpg)
Cleaner but still dirty, Sugar Creek 2025-01-24, Baytree Road bad, Gornto Road worse
The good news is: E. coli counts at Gornto Road are down to 2,500 from 8,900 cfu/100 mL a week before. Continue reading
Update 2025-01-17: OK Little and Withlacoochee Rivers, Dirty New River, Filthy Sugar Creek 2025-01-15.
GA-EPD has updated the Valdosta Sugar Creek spill to 15,000 gallons. That’s more than 10,000 gallons, which is a major spill. Valdosta’s state-required reporting after it shows Sugar Creek still filthy for Saturday.
![[Sugar Creek still filthy in Valdosta testing 2025-01-11, follow-up after Major Sewage Spill]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-01-11--wq/fbmany.jpg)
Sugar Creek still filthy in Valdosta testing 2025-01-11, follow-up after Major Sewage Spill
Valdosta’s new web page on 2025 Sugar Creek Spill Testing shows 5,300 Fecal coliform and 5,500 cfu/100 mL E. coli at Gornto Road for Saturday. That’s 5.5 times the 1,000 alert limit. Continue reading