Valdosta’s monthly water quality testing data shows E. coli down at three out of their six remaining stations, and up at the other three, highest at US 41 on the Withlacoochee River, upstream of most of Valdosta and its Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant. This data is for Tuesday, March 5, 2019, and was obtained as usual by an open records request from WWALS.
Even that 265 cfu/100 ml E. coli is barely above the Georgia limit of 200, and far below the alert line of 1,000.
GA 133, Withlacochee River, Withlacoochee
At the next station downstream from US 41, at GA 133, the Withlacoochee River still showed below 200 cfu/100 ml. This would tend to indicate something is getting into the river upstream from US 41 that is getting diluted by the time it gets to the next station.
GA 133, Little River, Withlacoochee
Graph, Alapaha River Basin, Alapaha
The two remaining Alapaha River Basin stations showed higher readings this month, but were still within the state linit.
Map, Stations
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Map in Water Reporter
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