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- 2021.02.17 JEA Announces New Leadership Team
- 2021.03.11 JEA Receives First Place Safety Award from Florida Municipal Electric Association
- 2021.06.15 JEA Names Theodore B. Phillips Chief Financial Officer
- 2021.07.13 JEA Announces New COO and VP of Financial Services
- 2021.08.17 JEA Builds Out Leadership Team with Hiring of Chief External Affairs Officer
- 2021.09.15 JEA Names New Chief Information Officer, VP of Technical Services
- 2021.09.30 Ricky Erixton, JEA Vice President of Electric Systems, Named to SERC Reliability Board of Directors
- 2021.09.30 Ricardo “Rick” Morales III Appointed to JEA Board of Directors
- 2021.11.03 JEA Receives Statewide Recognition for Programs that Build Community
- 2022.01.06 JEA Names its First Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- 2022.01.07 JEA Reducing Carbon Emissions with Closure of Plant Scherer Coal-fired Unit
- 2022.01.17 Statement on Holiday Road Sewer Overflow
- 2022.01.27 JEA Names Mark Stultz Vice President, Communications
- 2022.02.11 JEA Honored as Outstanding Utility by Florida Urban Forestry Council
- 2022.04.08 Steven Selders Promoted to JEA Vice President, Application Delivery and Enterprise Architecture
- 2022.04.26 JEA Managing Director & CEO Jay Stowe, Appointed to Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council
- 2022.06.01 JEA Partnering with Customers to be Ready for 2022 Hurricane Season
- 2022.06.08 JEA Announces Next Generation of Customer Experience Delivery
- 2022.06.13 JEA Presents Environmental Stewardship Award to Evoqua Water Technologies
- 2022.07.26 JEA to Suspend Electric, Water Disconnections During Peak of Summer Heat
- 2022.08.27 Precautionary Boil Water Advisory Remains in Effect for Sandalwood Area as JEA Continues Testing
- 2022.08.28 JEA Lifts Boil Water Advisory for Sandalwood Area
- 2022.09.26 JEA Prepares for Hurricane Ian, Response Procedures in Place
- 2022.09.27 JEA Prepared to Respond to Hurricane Ian Impacts
- 2022.09.28 JEA Welcomes Mutual Aid Response to Hurricane Ian
- 2022.09.29 JEA Crews Restoring Power Throughout Jacksonville
- 2022.10.03 JEA Names Pedro Melendez Vice President, Planning, Engineering & Construction
- 2022.10.20 JEA Honors Local Agency Partners for Their Work in the Community
- 2022.11.04 JEA Receives Statewide Recognition for Community Work in Northeast Florida
- 2022.11.08 JEA Prepares for Subtropical Storm Nicole
- 2022.11.11 All Storm Restorations Continue Today; JEA to Lift Limited Emergency Operations
- 2022.12.12 JEA Women's, Men's Teams Win Top Honors at Statewide Water Competition
- 2022.12.20 JEA Offers Tips in Advance of Severe Cold Weather
- 2022.12.24 JEA Offers Tips During Severe Cold Weather
- 2023.01.10 JEA Receives Statewide Recognition for Mutual Aid Work
- 2023.03.06 JEA Receives Statewide Recognition for Safety
- 2023.03.07 New JEA HQ Customer Center to Open April 10
- 2023.04.06 JEA Lineworkers Earn Top Honors at International Lineman’s Rodeo
- 2023.04.25 Community Invited to May 25 Public Forum on Northeast Florida’s Energy Future
- 2023.05.01 JEA Receives Recognition for Commitment to Urban Tree Management
- 2023.05.18 JEA's Long-Range Clean Energy Plan Available to Public
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St. Johns River
These efforts allowed JEA to reduce its discharge of nitrogen to the River by approximately 50% by July 2006.
Beginning with JEA’s voluntary initiative and continuing through the BMAP and River Accord efforts, JEA has continued to reduce the amount of nitrogen discharged to the River. Under the requirements of the BMAP, JEA was required to reduce its total annual discharge of nitrogen into the river from 1,450 tons per year in 1999 to 720 tons per year by the end of 2013. The ongoing success of JEA’s efforts have allowed the utility to surpass its BMAP reduction obligations, with JEA’s nitrogen discharges to the river totaling only 577 tons in 2014. This amounts to a reduction of over 60% from its high of 1,450 tons per year and well under the final limit of 720 tons per year.
Tributary TMDLs
The State of Florida has determined that many tributaries of the St. Johns River in Duval County have unacceptable levels of fecal coliform contamination. The FDEP has begun an effort to develop Total Maximum Daily Load for fecal coliform for at least 55 Duval County tributaries. The three main stakeholders in this effort represent or regulate the largest potential sources to the tributaries: the Duval County Health Department (septic tanks), City of Jacksonville (storm water) and JEA (sanitary sewer).
FDEP has organized an innovative Tributary Assessment Team (TAT) effort to conduct sampling of the affected tributaries, investigate potential sources, and implement corrective actions to address any problems that are identified. JEA has been a key member, assisting with the identification and control of potential sources. This program was developed with JEA funding and has been nationally recognized as a key tool in controlling fecal coliform contamination.
Over the last decade, JEA has invested $400 million in improvements to the utility’s sewer infrastructure, including the replacement of old failing sewer pipes and upgrades to pump stations. As a result of these actions by JEA and others members of TAT, most Duval County tributaries have shown significant improvements in recent years.
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Wastewater
JEA's sewer collection system handles more than 70 million gallons of wastewater every day. Our waste collection and treatment system consists of more than 3,700 miles of collection lines, over 1,200 pumping stations and fourteen sewer treatment plants.
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Reclaimed Water
JEA's reclaimed water system will reduce the amount of fresh water withdrawn from the aquifer, as well as reduce treated wastewater discharged into the St. Johns River.