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.

• 8546 English Oak Dr
  Jacksonville, FL 32244
  Duval County
  Thursday, October 15, 2020 @ 6:30 PM
  Estimated gallons spilled:  5000
  Action Taken:  Impacted area washed down, vacuumed and hydrated lime applied.
  Preliminary Cause: Equipment failure

• 5664 English Oaks Dr S 
  Jacksonville, FL 32224
  Duval County
  Monday, October 5, 2020 @ 9:37 AM 
  Estimated release amount: 43,200
  Action Taken: Repaired sewer main, recovered pond water and sewer out of retention pond. 
  Preliminary Cause: Pipe failure 
  

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. 

• 1260 Odessa Street
  Jacksonville, FL 32206
  Duval County
  Tuesday, October 6, 2020 @ 5:05 PM
  Estimated release amount: 200 gallons
  Action Taken: Wash down and recovered sewer/wash down water from impacted area and storm drain.
  Preliminary Cause: Grease

  
  
• Sandler Road and Monroe Smith 
  Jacksonville, FL 32222
  Duval County 
  Friday, October 9, 2020 @ 1:02 PM 
  Estimated release amount: 100 gallons
  Action Taken: Repaired pipe and washed down road.
  Preliminary Cause: Pipe failure 
  
  
• 8265 Newport Rd
  Jacksonville, FL 32226
  Duval County
  Sunday, October 18, 2020 10:45 AM
  Action Taken: Cleared blockage, then washed down and vacuumed impacted area. 
  Preliminary Cause: Grease blocakge

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

• 12697 Bartram Park Blvd
  Jacksonville, FL 32258
  Duval County
  Friday, October 2, 2020 @ 10:00 AM
  Estimated gallons spilled:  10000
  Action Taken:  JEA arrived onsite and was able to shut and inline valve to stop release. Hydrant and pipe will be replcaed.
  Preliminary Cause:  Other

• 4377 Heckscher Dr
  Jackonvillem FL 32226
  Duval County
  Sunday, October 18, 2020 @ 8:45 AM
  Estimated gallons spilled: 25
  Action Taken: Release contained, impacted area remediated.
  Preliminary Cause: Equipment failure
  
  
  

Events in Calendar Year 2019

Archived Environmental Pollution Incidents (PDF)