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.

• 585 Sparrow Branch Cir
  Jacksonville, FL 32259
  Sunday, April 13, 2025 @ 9:00 AM
  Estimated gallons spilled: 50
  Action Taken: Area around manholes was washed down.
  Preliminary Cause: Blockage
  
  
• 1526 Falkland Rd E
  Jacksonville, FL 32221
  Tuesday, April 22, 2025 @ 4:40 PM 
  Estimated gallons spilled: 100
  Action Taken: Sewer contained during repair. Pipe repaired. Washed down road. Sampling began 4/24/25.
  Preliminary Cause: Broken
  
  
• Barr St and Riverside Ave
  Jacksonville, FL 32204
  Thursday, April 24, 2025 @ 5:15 PM
  Estimated gallons spilled: 1402
  Action Taken: Vactors pulled loads off system to stop overflow. Bypass pump was set up so concrete could be removed from manhole. Roadway washed down.
  Preliminary Cause: Third Party
  
  

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.  

• Rail Road Easement North of Zoo Parkway between Imeson Park Blvd and Broward River
  Jacksonville, FL 
  Wednesday, April 9, 2025 @ 5:30 PM
  Estimated gallons spilled: 400
  Action Taken: Due to access difficulty water/sludge soaked into ground and hydrated lime was applied to the affected area.
  Preliminary Cause: Equipment Failure
  
  
• 5802 Harris Ave
  Jacksonville, FL 32211
  Wednesday, April 9, 2025 @ 11:00 AM
  Estimated gallons spilled: 100
  Action Taken: Sewer pumped back into on site lift station, pipe repaired.
  Preliminary Cause: 3rd Party
  
  
• 258 River Hills Rd
  Jacksonville, FL 32216
  Tuesday, April 15, 2025 @ 3:56 PM
  Estimated gallons spilled: 100
  Action Taken: Sewer contained to excavation hole. Small vac maintaining spill until large vac and crew arrives onsite to repair.
  Preliminary Cause: 3rd Party
  
  
• 4057 Carmichael Ave
  Jacksonville, FL 32207
  Tuesday, April 22, 2025 @ 4:53 PM
  Estimated gallons spilled: 300
  Action Taken: Recovered sewer from catch basin. Impacted area washed down and vacuumed. 
  Preliminary Cause: Grease

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.

• 11710 Central Pkwy
  Jacksonville, FL 32224
  Sunday, April 6, 2025 @ 6:01 PM
  Estimated gallons spilled: 20
  Action Taken: Leak being maintained by vacuum truck until crew and large vacuum truck arrived and repair main.
  Preliminary Cause: Pipe Failure

Other Events Reported To The State Watch Office

• None

Events in Calendar Year 2025

• Environmental Pollution Incidents Archive