Update 2023-07-11: Yet another Valdosta sewage spill, five days ago, at 1800 E. Park Ave., Knights Creek 2023-07-06.

The Little and Withlacoochee Rivers tested good for Thursday.

There’s been hardly any rain this week to wash any contamination into the river.

No rain is predicted until Saturday afternoon at the earliest.

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

River water levels are well within boatable range.

So happy fishing, swimming, and boating this weekend!

Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide Map 2023-07-06

The most recent Valdosta results we have are for Wednesday upstream and Monday downstream. They are all good.

Valdosta did see an odd too-high spike in E. coli at GA 133 on the Withlacoochee River for Monday, but by Wednesday it was back down.

The Valdosta Williams Street One Mile Branch sewage spill of June 21st still has not shown up in the GA-EPD Sewage Spills Report. The Valdosta City Manager a week ago promised to look into that.

Chart: Clean Little and Withlacoochee Rivers 2023-07-06
For context and the entire WWALS composite spreadsheet of water quality results, rainfall, and sewage spills, see:
https://wwals.net/issues/testing

Thanks to Cindy and David Vedas for their four sites, Franklinville Road on the Withlacoochee River, Crawford Branch at Skipper Bridge Road, and Staten Road and US 41 on the Withlacoochee River.

Thanks to Jacob and Michael Bachrach for sampling Thursday at Troupville Boat Ramp on the Little River, and Clyattville-Nankin and State Line Boats Ramps on the Withlacoochee River.

Thanks to Gretchen Quarterman for training the testers and delivering supplies.

I’ve marked green for the WWALS “beaches” for which we have recent data, on

Map: Clean Little and Withlacoochee Rivers, Swim Guide 2023-07-06

Here’s a live Swim Guide Map.

Thanks to Joe Brownlee and Georgia Power for a generous grant for water quality testing equipment and materials.

You or your organization could also donate to the WWALS volunteer water quality testing program.

Or maybe you’d like to become a WWALS water quality tester; please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/DzWvJuXqTQi12N6v7

There are more images below.

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/

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Troupville Boat Ramp, Little River @ GA 133

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Franklinville, Withlacoochee River @ Frankinville Road 2023-07-06

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Crawford Branch, Withlacoochee River @ Skipper Bridge Road 2023-07-06

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Staten Road, Withlacoochee River @ Staten Road 2023-07-06

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US 41 Landing, Withlacoochee River @ North Valdosta Road 2023-07-06

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Nankin Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ Clyattville-Nankin Road

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State Line Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ Madison Highway

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/

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