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.

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 Kimberly Tanner for her Sunday tests at Lakeland Boat Ramp and Naylor Beach on the Alapaha River.

Thanks to Cindy Vedas for her usual three Thursday Withlacoochee River sites: Franklinville, Staten Road, and US 41. Apparently nothing bad washed out of Cat Creek recently.

Thanks to Jacob and Michael Bachrach for their usual Thursday tests at Troupville Boat Ramp on the Little River and Nankin and State Line Boat Ramps on the Withlacoochee River. Apparently nothing bad washed out of Sugar Creek or Okapilco Creek recently.

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

The most recent results we have from Valdosta are for Monday upstream and Friday downstream, but they concur.

Clean Rivers, Charts 2023-03-30
For context and the entire WWALS composite spreadsheet of water quality results, rainfall, and sewage spills, see:
https://wwals.net/issues/testing

So all the WWALS “beaches” for which we have recent data are green in .

Map: Clean Rivers, Swim Guide 2023-03-30

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/

TBR

Troupville Boat Ramp, Little River @ GA 133 2023-03-30

LBR

Lakeland Boat Ramp, Alapaha River @ GA 122 2023-03-26

NPB

Naylor Park Beach, Alapaha River @ US 84 2023-03-26

franklinville

Franklinville, Withlacoochee River @ Frankinville Road 2023-03-30

staten

Staten Road, Withlacoochee River @ Staten Road 2023-03-30

US41

US 41 Landing, Withlacoochee River @ North Valdosta Road 2023-03-30

BP

Plates, Bland Pond, 2023-03-19

NBR

Nankin Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ Clyattville-Nankin Road 2023-03-30

SLBR

State Line Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River @ GA 133 2023-03-30

 -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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