Update 2022-07-11: Valdosta says it has fixed Baytree Road trash trap sewer leak 2022-07-10.

Two manholes are spewing sewage next to Baytree Road and Sheri Run, upstream from Lake Sheri and the Withlacoochee River.

Manhole, trash trap, Sheri Run

Couple of WWALS members went to see Valdosta’s decade-old trash trap on Baytree Road at Sheri Run, and found this sewage spill about 5:20 PM today, Saturday, July 8, 9, 2022. Yes, they did report it to Valdosta Utilities.

Hear them gag at the smell:

Running into Sheri Run

Sheri Run downstream towards Lake Sheri

And on the other side of Baytree Road:

Manhole 1 next to Baytree Trash Trap

Manhole 2 across Baytree Road

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More-sewage-across-baytree-road-trash-trap

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Baytree-road-trash-trap

Again

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And sewage erupted again:

Movie: Smelly Spill Erupting (487K)

The location is highlighted on this map, upstream of Sheri Run and Lake Sheri and the Withlacoochee River, upstream of the future site of Troupville River Camp.

Map: Sewer spill, Baytree Road, Sheri Run, Withlacoochee River 2022-07-08 on the WWALS map of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail.

Thanks for the report, Bobby McKenzie and Russell Allen McBride.

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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