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Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — City of Port St. Lucie-USD-Westport WWTP FLA 139653, Oct 20, 2026

Ended (as reported) · Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Public Notice of Pollution)

Source: Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Public Notice of Pollution) via Florida DEP Public Notice of Pollution, sewage and wastewater notices (PNP feature service), record 202610566-20261020T141242, reported Oct 20, 2026, 2:12 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-05 01:05 UTC · Read the original notice

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1. Reported wastewater outlet

Operator named in the record: City of Port St. Lucie-USD-Westport WWTP FLA 139653. Outlet: “1104 SE Mitchell Ave. SP-001-MH024”. Location: 27.24930, -80.31800; location source: given in the source record, accurate to about 15 metres.

Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names: “River Vista Waterway”. Not linked to a mapped water.

3. Estimated downstream stretch

We estimate routes only on rivers before they become tidal. We do not estimate routes through tidal water or lakes.

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When it happened and when it was reported

Event and notice times use Eastern Time (EST or EDT). Retrieval times use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Started

Oct 20, 2026

Ended

Oct 20, 2026

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the day only

Reported to the source

Oct 20, 2026, 2:12 PM EDT

Published

not given

Source last updated

not given

Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch

2026-11-05 01:05 UTC

What and how much

Type

Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater.

Status in the record

Ended (as reported)

Material

“untreated wastewater”

Volume

1,000 gallons (estimated)

Volume as reported

“Approximately 1,000 gallons”

Advice from Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Public Notice of Pollution)

This report includes no advice. Check current local health notices.

Advice period

This report does not state a period. See the rule DirtyWaterWatch applies and its source.

Basis

not stated

Source and versions

Source

Florida DEP Public Notice of Pollution, sewage and wastewater notices (PNP feature service)

Source record number

202610566-20261020T141242

Original notice

Read the original notice

Earlier version

None: this is the first record

Later versions

None

{
  "INCIDENT_NUMBER": 202610566,
  "INCIDENT_NAME": "1104 SE Mitchell Ave. SP-001-MH024",
  "INCIDENT_REPORT": "On 10-20-2026 at 7:30 am staff responded to a call for a sanitary sewer overflow from sanitary sewer manhole SP-001-MH024 located at 1104 SE Mitchell Ave. Upon arrival staff noticed untreated raw sewage escaping from the manhole cover at approximately 50gpm. The initial inspection discovered that the lift station SP-01 had the heaters on pump #2 were tripped and pump #1 could not keep up pumping with the incoming flow. Staff reset the heaters, and the Lift Station pumped down and the spill ceased at 7:50 am. Approximately 1,000 gallons escaped into the grassy area and entered the storm drain structure. Staff verified it did make it into the surface water of The River Vista Waterway section of the St. Lucie River. Staff used a vacuum pumper truck to recover approximately 2,000 gallons of mixed rainwater and wastewater from the storm drain basin. An unknown amount of wastewater made it to the surface water body. Staff also washed down the affected area and spread 3 pounds of lime. Sampling is proceeding according to protocol. All regulatory agencies and PSL internal notifications are proceeding according to protocol.",
  "DATE_TIME_OF_REPORT": 1792505562000,
  "RELEASE_START_DATE_TIME": 1792454400000,
  "RELEASE_ONGOING": "N",
  "RELEASE_END_DATE_TIME": 1792454400000,
  "FACILITY_NAME": "City of Port St. Lucie-USD-Westport WWTP FLA 139653",
  "FACILITY_ADDRESS_LINE_1": "1104 SE Mitchell",
  "FACILITY_ADDRESS_LINE_2": null,
  "FACILITY_CITY": "PORT ST LUCIE",
  "FACILITY_STATE": "FL",
  "FACILITY_ZIP5": 34952,
  "AFFECTED_COUNTIES": "St. Lucie",
  "MIGRATED_OFFSITE": null,
  "MIGRATED_COUNTIES": null,
  "LATITUDE": 27.249295,
  "LONGITUDE": -80.318002,
  "DATUM": "WGS84",
  "MAP_SOURCE_SCALE": 4513
}