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- 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
- 2023.05.26 JEA Ready for 2023 Hurricane Season, Offers Tips to Help Customers Prepare
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Wastewater Treatment Process
It's a long, complicated, and busy voyage for the wastewater that leaves your home everyday. JEA's vast sewer collection system transports over 80 million gallons of wastewater every day to our Wastewater Treatment Facilities, ensuring not only that our community has clean, EPA-approved drinking water, but that one of our most valuable resources will be preserved for future generations. Take a look below for a quick glance at how your water is processed and treated.
Your Home
Each time you flush your toilet, turn on the faucet, or empty a glass in your sink, wastewater leaves your home and heads to a pump station.
Pump Station
Hydraulics lift wastewater up to a higher elevation to continue through more pipes, and then to the another pump station, until the wastewater reaches a wastewater treatment facility.
Headworks
At the wastewater treatment facility, large items such as plastics, flushable wipes and rags are filtered out at the headworks.
Primary Clarification
Wastewater is held in a settling tank where solids (sludge) sink to the bottom, while fats and grease rise to the surface. The sludge is collected to be turned into an organic fertilizer called GreenEdge.
Aeration Basin
The wastewater then moves to an Aeration Basin.
Secondary Clarification
Micro-organisms eat the organic matter in the wastewater as their food supply while simultaneously reducing the Nitrogen levels.
Filtration
Next, the wastewater is filtered to remove any additional matter.
Disinfection
It is then disinfected by 540 4,000 watt ultraviolet light bulbs.
River and Reclaimed Water
Currently, about 14 million gallons of highly treated wastewater - also known as reclaimed water - is sent to customers for irrigation purposes. The remaining water is returned to the St. Johns River.
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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.