Observations
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4 August 2025
Gatesville Bridge by Johnny McGowan
Some evidence of recent local fishing. The water had a brownish, green color. Some improvement in bacterial contamination from last month due to upstream sewage releases.
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4 August 2025
Byram Swinging Bridge by Johnny McGowan
Water had a greenish brown color. The river has suffered recent large urban sewage spills and bacterial counts are improved over last month.
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4 August 2025
Rosemary Rd bridge by Johnny McGowan
Water bacterial counts are improved over last month that were due to large sewage spills upriver.
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31 July 2025
Lakeshore Park by Nicole Mills
A dozen people swimming. 20ish geese right on shoreline.
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31 July 2025
Westbrook Rd by Will McDearman
river stage at Hwy 25 gauge downstream. Tiny scattered oil or petroleum flecks on river edge.
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31 July 2025
Fannye Cook Natural Area North by Will McDearman
scattered small flecks of petroleum or some sort of solvent on river surface, river stage at Hwy 25 downstream gauge.
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31 July 2025
Fannye Cook Natural Area by Will McDearman
Creek flow continuing thru culverts, headwater flow, water still turbid and muddy.
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30 July 2025
Coal Bluff Park by William W Mitchell
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30 July 2025
Leake County Water Park by William W Mitchell
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30 July 2025
Hwy 59 Pump Slew by Kevin Olsen
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30 July 2025
LeFleurs Bluff State Park by Aimée Cole
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30 July 2025
Pearl River at Carroll Loop by Theresa Thornhill
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29 July 2025
Madison Landing by Jennifer Sigrest
Water calm. The previous day there were scattered storms in the atea and the site may have received rain. There did not appear to have been rain at the site on the sampling day. Strong smell of something dead near sampling site, but nothing observed. Unsure if it was in the water or on the ground nearby.
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29 July 2025
East Spillway by LeAnn Nealey
River very low; 1 gate open; herons and egrets on bars downriver and at dam; a few fishermen. Watery murky; algae slime covering underwater rocks. R-cards worked-see photo.
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29 July 2025
Old Highway 13 Bridge by Foch Dickens
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29 July 2025
Highway 35 Bridge by Foch Dickens
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27 July 2025
West Spillway Dock by Laura Luke
It was hot and sunny with occasional cloud cover and a slight breeze. People were out fishing and boating. I saw butterflies, wasps, and dragonflies. There were some birds fishing, and while I was gathering my samples, what appeared to be a Spotted Gar kept swimming up to me to see what I was doing. There were also some little fish swimming near the edge of the water, but I wasn’t sure of what they were. The water was a bit lower than normal and there were dead fish along the edge of the water. It is unclear if they were discarded or washed up. The water did not smell bad, however the air did have a fishy smell, possibly due to the dead fish. There was some litter, but not a lot.
