Update 2023-04-29: Nankin filthy, Withlacoochee River 2023-04-27.
WWALS tests were clean for Thursday on the Little, Withlacoochee, and Alapaha Rivers.
Rain is predicted, but not much.
No new sewage spills have been reported in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida.
Happy boating, swimming, and fishing this weekend!
The most recent results we have from Valdosta are for Monday upstream and Wednesday week before last downstream. They generally Continue reading
Update 2023-04-21: Clean WIthlacoochee River 2023-04-20.
Update 2023-04-18: Naylor Beach and Boat Ramp in Swim Guide 2023-04-18.
Happy swimming, fishing, and boating this weekend!
![[Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide Map 2023-04-13]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-13--wq/many.jpg)
Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide Map 2023-04-13
All WWALS water quality test results for Thursday show clean from E. coli for the Little, Withlacoochee, and Alapaha Rivers. Crawford Branch at Skipper Bridge Road was a bit higher, but well within the 410 one-time test limit.
No new sewage spills have been reported in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida.
Rain is predicted for Sunday morning, but probably not enough to wash much contamination into the rivers. Continue reading
Update 2023-04-15: Clean Little, Withlacoochee, and Alapaha Rivers 2023-04-13.
According to all the recent test results we have, the Withlacoochee River is pretty clean from E. coli. However, it’s raining upstream now, and predictions are for more rain tomorrow.
I’m still planning to paddle on Yet Another Cleanup Knights Ferry to Nankin, Withlacoochee River, 2023-04-08. If we’re quick, we may be finished before more than a drizzle falls.
If you want to paddle, swim, or fish this weekend, I’d recommend do it Saturday morning before the rain has much time to wash contamination out of creeks.
![[Chart, River, Swim Guide Map 2023-04-06]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-06--wq/many.jpg)
Chart, River, Swim Guide Map 2023-04-06
No new sewage spills have been reported in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida since the tiny inland High Springs spill Thursday a week ago.
There is the matter of Valdosta’s followup testing after their February sewage spills, but the only bad results from that were Wednesday and Thursday a week ago, and that was in the Alapaha River basin. Continue reading
Update 2023-04-07: Clean Withlacoochee River 2023-04-06.
Best to paddle, swim, and fish tomorrow morning. Rains are predicted tomorrow.
But until then, all the water quality tests we have are good, for the Little, Withlacoochee, and Alapaha Rivers.
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Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide map 2023-03-30
No new sewage spills have been reported in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia in the past week.
But High Springs had a 150-gallon spill. That small an amount and apparently inland should have no effect on the Santa Fe River or its springs.
Thanks to WWALS tester Continue reading
Update 2023-05-02: Pictures: Cleanup below Knights Ferry, Withlacoochee River 2023-04-08.
Clean up more trash jams we found last time on the Withlacoochee River. Plus someone has reported a trashjam blocking the river.
All Valdosta city officials are invited, especially Mayor, Council, City Manager, City Engineer, Stormwater Manager, and, as special guests, the City Marshalls. If you don’t have a boat, we will supply one.
Russell promises to grill hamburgers at the end.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 10 AM, end 3 PM, Saturday, April 8, 2023
Put In: Knights Ferry Boat Ramp
GPS: 30.71205, -83.45554
![[Cleanup at floating trash jam, banners at start 2022-12-17]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-08--kf-cleanup-withlacoochee-river/many.jpg)
Cleanup at floating trash jam, banners at start 2022-12-17
Last Time: Pictures: Another Knights Ferry to Nankin Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2022-12-17. Continue reading
Update 2023-03-24: Clean Withlacoochee River 2023-03-22.
The Withlacoochee and Little Rivers tested clean from Thursday samples.
Beware rain is expected tomorrow evening.
So if you want to boat, fish, or swim this weekend, Saturday morning would be best.
![[Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide 2023-03-16]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-03-16--wq/many.jpg)
Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide 2023-03-16
Tifton spilled 30,000 gallons of sewage Saturday, March 11, 2023, into a creek that runs into the New River, then the Withlacoochee. That was probably diluted before it got far downstream. Or was it? Valdosta got very high E. coli that Monday, March 13th. There was much rain in between, so something else may have also been washed into the river. See other post. Continue reading
Update 2023-03-17: Clean Rivers 2023-03-16.
Update 2023-03-17: Tifton Evergreen Drive Sewage Spill 2023-03-11.
It rained this evening, but probably not enough to wash much contamination into the rivers, which were very clean before, according to WWALS water quality tests. So I would paddle, fish, or swim this weekend.
Actually, I’ll be at the Azalea Festival in Valdosta Saturday and Sunday.
No new sewage spills were reported in the past week. However, Tifton got around to reporting today a spill from a month ago. Continue reading
Update 2023-03-10: Clean Rivers 2023-03-09.
Happy boating, swimming, and fishing this weekend!
That’s what all the recent water quality testing data says. There’s been no rain lately, other than a few scattered showers today, so nothing should have washed into the rivers.
Come on down to Troupville Boat Ramp tomorrow for the Mayor and Chairman’s Paddle!
No new sewage spills have been reported in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida since the last of Valdosta’s five February spills totalling almost a million gallons.
![[Chart, River, Swim Guide Map 2023-03-02]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-03-02--wq/many.jpg)
Chart, River, Swim Guide Map 2023-03-02
Thanks to Continue reading
Update 2023-03-03: Clean Rivers 2023-03-02.
2023-02-28: Yet another Valdosta sewage spill into Knights Creek 2023-02-22.
Happy boating, swimming, and fishing this weekend!
All the WWALS water quality test results for this Thursday were good.
We could use more water quality testers.
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Chart, River, Swim Guide 2023-02-23
Even though Valdosta had yet another major sewage spill Monday, due to inadequate sewer main bypass, it probably did not have much effect on the Alapaha River. When WWALS Testing Committee Chair Suzy Hall tested at Sasser Landing after Valdosta’s previous, even bigger, spill of Wednesday a week ago, due to sewer main collapse, results were fine at Sasser Landing, downstream of the spill location at Knights Creek, Mud Swamp Creek, the Alapahoochee River in Echols County, Georgia, and the Alapaha River in Hamilton County, Florida. Continue reading
According to WWALS results for Thursday, happy boating, swimming, and fishing in our rivers this weekend!
Provided you like high water and are prepared to deal with overhanging limbs and getting lost in the floodplain.
I might avoid the Alapaha River at Sasser Landing, due to Valdosta’s Wednesday February 15th probably major spill into Knights Creek.
Valdosta’s other two sewage spills this month, Wednesday, February 8th into Hightower Creek above Sugar Creek and Saturday, February 11th into Cherry Creek probably were too small to have any significant effect on the Withlacoochee River. The WWALS Sunday tests on Cherry Creek and the river appear to have verified that lack of effect for that one, and regular test results after the Hightower Creek one ditto.
No other recent sewage spills have been reported in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida: just Valdosta. Continue reading
![[Chart, River, Swim Guide Map]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-20--wq/many.jpg)
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