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8/29/25

City of Valdosta City Council Adopts 2025 Property Tax Millage Rates

Rollback rate adopted to avoid a tax increase while sustaining essential services

The Valdosta City Council has approved...Read more

8/27/25

Councilman At Large Nick Harden hosted a town hall meeting on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at the City Hall Annex Multipurpose Room to provide citizens with critical information and resources related to disaster preparedness. The session brought together local agencies and...Read more

8/27/25

Update as of August 27, 2025, 9:30 a.m. The overflow at the Withlacoochee WPCP has stopped. It is estimated that approximately 1,500,000 gallons of stormwater diluted wastewater to the wetland adjacent to the plant. All required agencies have been notified.

On Sunday, August 24, 2025,...Read more

8/26/25

The City of Valdosta will be CLOSED on Monday, September 1st in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

On September 1st, the Sanitation Division will only collect garbage (green roll-out cans). Bulk items or yard trash will not be collected on this day. Regular bulk and yard trash pick-up...Read more

8/25/25

The Lowndes County and City of Valdosta Public Works Departments are teaming up once again to offer residents a safe, free, and convenient way to dispose of unwanted tires. The community scrap tire recycling event will be held Monday, September 8, through Friday,...Read more

8/24/25
On Sunday, August 24, 2025, the City of Valdosta Utilities Department and City Management were notified that the secondary Equalization (EQ) Basin at the Withlacoochee Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) had begun to overflow.

The Utilities Department immediately mobilized the appropriate...Read more

8/24/25

At approximately 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 23, 2025, Central Lines personnel from the City of Valdosta Utilities Department were dispatched to investigate a potential sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) near 1212 Wainwright Drive. Upon arrival, crews identified two...Read more

8/24/25

At approximately 1:00pm, on Saturday, August 23, 2025, Central Lines personnel from the City of Valdosta Utilities Department were dispatched to investigate a potential sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) near 1212 Wainwright Drive. Upon arrival, crews identified two sanitary sewer manholes...Read more

8/19/25

The Valdosta Police Department (VPD) has once again been recognized for excellence in law enforcement by earning Advanced Law Enforcement Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA). This marks the department’s ninth consecutive successful re-...Read more

8/15/25

Today, the City of Valdosta proudly joins communities nationwide in recognizing National Backflow Prevention Day — a day dedicated to safeguarding one of our most precious resources: clean, safe drinking water.

Backflow prevention is more than a plumbing term — it’s a frontline defense...Read more

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