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.

• 4008 Loretto Road
  Jacksonville, FL 32223
  Duval County
  Monday, March 1, 2021 @ 3:43 PM
  Estimated gallons spilled:  100
  Action Taken:  Washed down affected area. Recovered wash water/storm water/sewer out of the storm water drain. Sampling to begin 3/2/2021.
  Preliminary Cause:  Equipment Failure

  
  
• 10775 Rutgers Rd
  Jacksonville, FL 32218
  Duval County
  Monday, March 1, 2021 @ 1:05 AM
  Estimated gallons spilled:  60
  Action Taken:  Due to rain, no sewage recoverable. Sampling begin 3/1/2021.
  Preliminary Cause:  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. 

• None

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

• None

Events in Calendar Year 2019

Archived Environmental Pollution Incidents (PDF)