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Environmental Incident Reporting
JEA makes it a practice to keep the public informed of incidents that occur that may have impacted the environment. JEA will repair pipes or equipment, and clean up the area accordingly and report the event to the proper agencies. This page will contain all events that are reported to federal, state, or local agencies, as well as sanitary sewer overflow events that do not meet reportable pollution release requirements.
Section 403.077, Florida Statutes, regarding public notification of pollution incidents, requires an operator of an installation at which a reportable pollution release occurred to provide a report to Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) within 24 hours after its discovery. FDEP will make available on its website all notices received.
Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO) for This Month
A Sanitary Sewer Overflow occurs when sewage (or wastewater) overflows from the sewer collection system. This means that sewage has come out of a broken pipe, manhole or pump station, rather than staying within the collection pipes and being sent to the wastewater treatment plants.
About Sanitary Sewer Overflows
SSO Events reported to the Florida Division of Emergency Management State Watch Office (SWO)
All releases that impact waters of the State, exceed 1,000 gallons in volume, or may cause a potential threat to public health or the environment will be called in to SWO within 24 hours.
- 3632 Valencia Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32205
Duval County
Sunday, March 3, 2024 @ 12:00 PM
Estimated Gallons: 500
Action Taken: Blockage cleared and roadway washed down.
Preliminary Cause: Grease - 7673 Blanding Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32244
Duval County
Sunday, March 4, 2024 @ 1:18 PM
Estimated Gallons: 5500
Action Taken: Pipe repaired, standing sewer recovered and washed down. Applied hydrated lime.
Preliminary Cause: Contractor Error - 6262 Townsend Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32244
Duval County
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 @ 8:13 PM
Estimated Gallons: 2300
Action Taken: Blockage was cleared. Affected driveway washed down and recovered, affected grass applied with hydrated lime.
Preliminary Cause: Gravity line blockage - 2221 Buckman St
Jacksonville, FL 32206
Duval County
Saturday, March 9, 2024 @ 11:00 PM
Estimated Gallons: 100,000 partially treated
Action Taken: Area washed down back into treatment system, sampling of Bigelow Creek to begin 3/11/24.
Preliminary Cause: Equipment Failure - 281 King St
Jacksonville, FL 32204
Duval County
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 @ 11:06 AM
Estimated Gallons: 1,000
Action Taken: None. Unable to recover due to location of spill, sampling of McCoys Creek begins 3/14/2024.
Preliminary Cause: Unknown - 7306 Strato Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32210
Thursday, March 14, 2024 @ 1:29 PM
Estimated Gallons: 500
Action Taken: Recovered some sewer out of storm drain, sampling of Fishing Creek begins 3/15/2024.
Preliminary Cause: Gravity Line Blockage
SSO Events Reported to Local Agencies (Florida Department of Environmental Protection - Northeast District, COJ-Environmental Quality Division)
All releases between 50-999 gallons are reported to local agencies.
- 2133 Belinda Circle
Jacksonville, FL 32216
Duval County
Friday, March 1, 2024 @ 6:45 AM
Estimated gallons released: 500
Action Taken: Wash down street and recover from storm drain.
Preliminary Cause: Grease - 12180 Nettlecreek Dr
Jacksonville, FL 32225
Duval County
Monday, March 4, 2024 @ 3:30 PM
Estimated gallons released: 100
Action Taken: Cleared blockage, washed down area.
Preliminary Cause: Blockage
Minor SSO Events
JEA reviews all SSO events to determine cause and apply corrective action. Minor events are those of less than 50 gallons that do not cause a potential threat to public health or the environment. Minor events do not require external reporting however, they will also be listed to provide transparency of all releases.
- None
Other Events Reported To The State Watch Office
- 3/2/2024 @ 4:00 AM - 13172 Gran Bay Pkwy - 48 gallons
Events in Calendar Year 2023
Archived Environmental Pollution Incidents (PDF)
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Sanitary Sewer Overflows
A Sanitary Sewer Overflow is when sewage (or wastewater) overflows from the sewer collection system and can happen for a number of reasons.
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Compliance and Reporting
We all want reliable and reasonably priced utility services. And while we strive to do our best to meet your needs, JEA must meet the environmental requirements of multiple governing agencies at the federal, state and local levels that control the production and operations activities of our water, sewer and electric business.