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!

Chart, River, Swim Guide Map

The most recent results we have from Valdosta are for Monday upstream and Wednesday week before last downstream. They generally concur with WWALS results.

However, Valdosta got 645 cfu/100 mL E. coli at US 41 for Monday, which is above the 410 one-time limit. It is not obvious why, since there was no significant rain. Whatever it was, it was gone by the time of the WWALS Thursday test.

Chart: Clean Rivers 2023-04-20
For context and the entire WWALS composite spreadsheet of water quality results, rainfall, and sewage spills, see:
https://wwals.net/issues/testing

Thanks to WWALS tester Cindy Vedas for her three Thursday Withlacoochee River sites: Franklinville, Staten Road, and US 41, plus her new site on Crawford Branch @ Skipper Bridge Road. Crawford Branch runs into the Withlacoochee River immediately downstream of Skipper Bridge.

Thanks to Jacob and Michael Bachrach for their results for Troupville Boat Ramp on the Little River and Nankin and State Line Boat Ramps on the Withlacoochee River.

Thanks to Kimberly Tanner for her two Alapaha River test sites: Naylor Park Beach and Lakeland Boat Ramp. And thanks to the Jones family for helping her again.

Thanks to Amy Meyers and Will Hart for their results for Thursday a week ago at Knights Ferry Boat Ramp and Sullivan Launch on the Withlacoochee River.

Thanks to Suzy Hall for herding the testing cats, and to Gretchen Quarterman for training them and delivering supplies.

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

Map: Clean Rivers, Swim Guide 2023-04-14

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/

Lakeland

Lakeland Boat Ramp @ GA 122, Alapaha River, 2023-04-14

Naylor

Naylor Park Beach @ US 84, Alapaha River, 2023-04-14

TBR

Troupville Boat Ramp, Little River @ GA 133 2023-04-20

franklinville

Franklinville, Withlacoochee River @ Frankinville Road 2023-04-20

crawfordbranch

Crawford Branch, Withlacoochee River @ Skipper Bridge Road 2023-04-20

staten

Staten Road, Withlacoochee River @ Staten Road 2023-04-20

US41

US 41 Landing, Withlacoochee River @ North Valdosta Road 2023-04-20

NBR

Nankin Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ Clyattville-Nankin Road 2023-04-20

SLBR

State Line Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ GA 133 2023-04-20

 -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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