Update 2023-07-07: Quitman raw sewage spill, 1401 N. Washington St. 2023-06-27.

The Alapaha, Little, and Withlacoochee Rivers tested good for Thursday.

There’s been no rain this week to wash any contamination into the river.

There was one small sewage spill from Quitman Tuesday, but if it had any effect on the Withlacoochee River it was gone by Thursday.

No rain is predicted until Saturday afternoon at the earliest.

River water levels are back down to boatable range.

So happy fishing, swimming, and boating this Fourth of July weekend!

Maybe you’d like to join us on Monday evening on Banks Lake, just west of Lakeland, Georgia, to paddle out to see the sun set and the moon rise, with bats!

Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide Map 2023-06-29

The Quitman spill was 3,000 gallons, from a lift station on Moultrie Highway, with no more specific location. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA-EPD) had Quitman in the wrong county and watershed, but since I pointed that out to them they say they’ve fixed it in their database and the changes will show up in their next report. Which I would guess would be Wednesday, after the holiday.

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 today promised to look into that.

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

Chart: Clean Alapaha, Little, Withlacoochee Rivers 2023-06-29
For context and the entire WWALS composite spreadsheet of water quality results, rainfall, and sewage spills, see:
https://wwals.net/issues/testing

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

Thanks to Heather Brasell and Phoenix Best for testing at the outflow of the Alapaha, Georgia, wastewater treatment plant, and above Sheboggy Boat Ramp and US 82 on the Alapaha River.

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.

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

Map: Clean Alapaha, Little, Withlacoochee Rivers, Swim Guide 2023-06-29

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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Alapaha Settlement Pond Stream, Alapaha River @ US 82 2023-06-29

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Sheboggy Boat Ramp, Alapaha River @ US 82 2023-06-29

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Troupville Boat Ramp, Little River @ GA 133 2023-06-29

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Franklinville, Withlacoochee River @ Frankinville Road 2023-06-29

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Crawford Branch, Withlacoochee River @ Skipper Bridge Road 2023-06-29

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Staten Road, Withlacoochee River @ Staten Road 2023-06-29

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US 41 Landing, Withlacoochee River @ North Valdosta Road 2023-06-29

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Nankin Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ Clyattville-Nankin Road 2023-06-29

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State Line Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ Madison Highway 2023-06-29

 -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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