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.
- 10148 Deercreek Club Rd E
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Duval County
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 @ 6:30am
Estimated gallons released: 1000
Action Taken: Removed blockage. Vacuum truck recovered sewer from storm drain. Street and curb washed down. Sampling began 9/5/24.
Preliminary Cause: Blockage - 5643 Pittman Dr N
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Duval County
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 @ 7:32am
Estimated gallons released: 500
Action Taken: None. Sampling began 9/5/24.
Preliminary Cause: Storm Event - 1747 Clemson Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32217
Duval County
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 @ 10:27am
Estimated gallons released: 500
Action Taken: None. Sampling began 9/5/24.
Preliminary Cause: Storm Event - 9000 Southside Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Duval County
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 @ 1:00 PM
Estimated gallons released: 400
Action Taken: Servepro called to cleanup inside school. Area washed down where sewer impacted roadway and one load recovered from storm drain.
Preliminary Cause: Other - 3869 San Jose Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Duval County
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 @ 2:30pm
Estimated gallons released: 500
Action Taken: Recovered sewer on curb, road, and driveway. Sampling began 9/5/24.
Preliminary Cause: Storm Event - 3604 E Ledbury Dr
Jacksonville, FL 32210
Duval County
Thursday, September 5, 2024 @ 8:50am
Estimated gallons released: 750
Action Taken: Sewer recovered from manholes. Pipe repaired. Curb and street washed down. Sampling begins 9/6/24.
Preliminary Cause: Cave in - 2548 Buckman Street
Jacksonville, FL 32206
Duval County
Thursday, September 5, 2024 @ 10:00 PM
Estimated gallons released: 10,000
Action Taken: None
Preliminary Cause: Storm Event - 1598 W 16th St.
Jacksonville, FL 32209
Duval County
Thursday, September 5, 2024 @ 10:26 PM
Estimated gallons released: 500
Action Taken: None
Preliminary Cause: Storm Event - 4624 Woolman Ave
Jacksonville, FL 32205
Duval County
Friday, September 6, 2024 @ 12:16 AM
Estimated gallons released: 2,000
Action Taken: None
Preliminary Cause: Storm Event
- 11855 Camden Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32218
Duval County
Friday, September 6, 2024 @ 3:31 AM
Estimated gallons released: 2,500
Action Taken: None
Preliminary Cause: Storm Event - 6600 Moret Dr S
Jacksonville, FL 32244
Duval County
Friday, September 6, 2024 @ 7:15pm
Estimated gallons released: 3,000
Action Taken: Pipe repaired. Recovered sewer at lift station and backyard. Hydrated lime spread in grass. No waterways impacted.
Preliminary Cause: Pipe Failure
- 13172 Gran Bay Parkway
Jacksonville, FL 32258
Duval County
Saturday, September 7, 2024 @ 12:00 PM
Estimated gallons released: 1,000
Action Taken: Removed blockage. Vacuum truck recovered sewer from storm drain. Street and curb washed down. Sampling began 9/8/24.
Preliminary Cause: Blockage - 13172 Gran Bay Parkway
Jacksonville, FL 32258
Duval County
Saturday, September 7, 2024 @ 4:25 PM
Estimated gallons released: 3,000
Action Taken: Removed blockage. Vacuum truck recovered sewer from storm drain. Street and curb washed down. Sampling began 9/8/24.
Preliminary Cause: Blockage - 2273 The Woods Dr E
Jacksonville, FL 32246
Duval County
Sunday, September 8, 2024 @ 2:30 PM
Estimated gallons released: 500
Action Taken: None
Preliminary Cause: Storm Event - 3632 Valencia Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32205
Duval County
Monday, September 9, 2024 @ 7:07 PM
Estimated gallons released: 300
Action Taken: None
Preliminary Cause: Storm Event - 6909 Sonora Dr N
Jacksonville, FL 32244
Duval County
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 @ 9:30 AM
Estimated gallons released: 1000
Action Taken: Vacuum trucks took several loads off system throughout the day until system was able to catch up with flow. No recovery from WOS possible.
Preliminary Cause: Storm Event - 2391 Kinwood Ave
Jacksonville, FL 32209
Duval County
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 @ 1:30 PM
Estimated gallons released: 500
Action Taken: Bypass pump set up to stop overflow. New pipe was placed across drainage ditch. No recovery of sewer possible.
Preliminary Cause: Pipe Failure - 1641 Firestone Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32210
Duval County
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 @ 9:30 AM
Estimated gallons released: 12150
Action Taken: Area was dug up and 2" connection was replaced to stop overflow. No recovery possible due to heavy rains in the area. Fishing creek sampled starting 9/12/24.
Preliminary Cause: Pipe Failure - 2216 Newberry Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32218
Duval County
Thursday, September 12, 2024 @ 7:09 PM
Estimated gallons released: 1500
Action Taken: None
Preliminary Cause: Storm Event - 10342 Meadow Point Dr
Jacksonville, FL 32221
Duval County
Thursday, September 12, 2024 @ 7:09 PM
Estimated gallons released: 3000
Action Taken: Saddle replaced to stop overflow. Area washed down and vacuum truck recovered loads from impacted storm drain. Sampling of onsite retention pond started 9/13/24.
Preliminary Cause: Pipe Failure - 515 East 9th St
Jacksonville, FL 32206
Duval County
Friday, September 13, 2024 @ 2:13 PM
Estimated gallons released: 25
Action Taken: Customer cleaned up sewer inside business. Vacuum trucks have been taking loads off system to assist. Porta potties have been ordered to prevent future overflows until system can be re-laid.
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.
- 1840 Cedar Bay Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32218
Duval County
Thursday, September 5, 2024 @ 11:00 PM
Estimated gallons released: 600
Action Taken: None
Preliminary Cause: Equipment Failure - 1419 Belvedere Ave
Jacksonville, FL 32205
Duval County
Monday, September 9, 2024 @ 8:32 PM
Estimated gallons released: 200
Action Taken: None
Preliminary Cause: Storm Event - 11855 Camden Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32218
Duval County
Thursday, September 12, 2024 @ 11:45 AM
Estimated gallons released: 800
Action Taken: None
Preliminary Cause: Other - 2576 Benjamin Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32223
Duval County
Friday, September 13, 2024 @ 10:29 AM
Estimated gallons released: 300
Action Taken: Pump repaired and vacuumed sewer back into pod. Area washed down.
Preliminary Cause: Equipment Failure
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.
- 2304 Dean Rd - 9/4/2024 @ 12:15pm - 10 gallons
- 5219 Carder St - 9/11/2024 @ 11:28am - 10 gallons
Other Events Reported To The State Watch Office
- 218 Autumn Tide Trail
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32081
St. Johns County
Thursday, September 5, 2024 @ 1:46pm
Estimated gallons released: 250
Action Taken: Line repaired.
Preliminary Cause: Third party
Events in Calendar Year 2024
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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.