The Withlacoochee River remains clean upstream and down in test results for yesterday by Valdosta and FDOH. One Mile Branch showed less E. coli. Sugar Creek remained bad. Hightower Creek jumped up above the 1,000 alert limit.
The Alapaha River tested clean, but the Town of Alapaha’s wastewater outflow could be better, according to results by WWALS tester Heather Brasell.
Clean Alapaha and Withlacoochee Rivers 2025-08-28, Bad Sugar Creek, Worse Hightower Creek
No new sewage spills were reported in the past week for the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida.
Rain is very likely Saturday, decreasing into next week.
So happy paddling, fishing, swimming, and boating, although I’d steer clear of Sugar Creek.
The Florida agencies are ceasing testing, the WWALS results are posted for this week, and you now know where to look for Valdosta’s results. So this concludes this week’s WWALS Water Quality Test Reports.
Here is the WWALS composite spreadsheet with all these results, plus rainfall: Continue reading