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JEA crews clean up after spill near Pottsburg Creek.JEA crews clean up after spill near Pottsburg Creek.
JEA crews clean up after spill near Pottsburg Creek. | News4Jax

Sewage spill puts Pottsburg Creek off limits

By Vic Micolucci - News4Jax
Published on September 15, 2023 at 1:33 pm
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An equipment failure at JEA’s Skinner Parkway lift station on Thursday led to a “sanitary sewer overflow” into Pottsburg Creek.

JEA estimated the spill amounted to 509,000 gallons.

JEA said it cleaned up at the lift station and finished recovery efforts from Pottsburg Creek by Thursday evening, but it sent a cautionary e-mail to about 780 customers adjacent to potentially affected areas along Pottsburg Creek advising against fishing or recreational activities in affected waters until further notice.

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JEA said the spill does not affect drinking water in the area.

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author image Vic Micolucci is a news anchor and investigative reporter at News4Jax. He is a Jacksonville native who attended the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications, where he graduated with highest honors. He joined the WJXT team as an assignment editor and mobile journalist in 2010. Before that, he worked as a reporter, producer and photographer for ABC News "On Campus" in Gainesville, as sports director for WUFT-TV (PBS), and as a reporter and host at WUFT-FM (NPR).

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