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Treatment plant bypass reported — Winter Garden WWTF, Sep 8, 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 20268923-20260911T150431, reported Sep 11, 2026, 3:04 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-04 09:03 UTC · Read the original notice

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1. Reported wastewater outlet

Operator named in the record: Winter Garden WWTF. Outlet: “Sept 8th Overflow”. Location: 28.57792, -81.58143; 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 no water. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Lake Apopka, FL. Match basis: the report's location, matched to the nearest tracked 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

Sep 8, 2026

Ended

Sep 8, 2026

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the day only

Reported to the source

Sep 11, 2026, 3:04 PM EDT

Published

not given

Source last updated

not given

Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch

2026-11-04 09:03 UTC

What and how much

Type

Treatment bypass: wastewater skips one or more treatment steps.

Status in the record

Ended (as reported)

Material

“partially treated wastewater”

Volume

250,000 gallons (estimated)

Volume as reported

“250,000 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

Status history from this report

• Discharge or advisory reported Lake Apopka: Discharge reported ongoing, Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT to Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT
• Caution Lake Apopka: Within the caution period after the reported end, Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT to Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT

Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using this report and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-05 06:27 UTC.

Source and versions

Source

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

Source record number

20268923-20260911T150431

Original notice

Read the original notice

Earlier version

None: this is the first record

Later versions

None

{
  "INCIDENT_NUMBER": 20268923,
  "INCIDENT_NAME": "Sept 8th Overflow",
  "INCIDENT_REPORT": "Incident Description: recorded 6-inches of rainfall from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM causing an estimated 50k gallon overflow of raw wastewater (after coarse bar screens) from equalization basin with unknown discharge into stormwater pond adjacent to east side of WWTF site; also had an estimated 200k gallon overflow of partially treated wastewater from filter head box (post clarification but prior to filtration & chlorination) that discharged to stormwater inlet and ultimate discharge to onsite stormwater pond; contributing factors were a fault of one of temp pumps pumping raw wastewater from EQ tank to treatment trains and a closed valve for temporary pumps used to supplement existing effluent pumps to pump chlorinated effluent off site Wastewater Type: Partially Treated Cause: Extreme Weather Spill Volume: 250,000 Volume Recovered: 0 Waterbodies Impacted: Y Clean-up Status: In-progress Clean-up Actions: Applied lime Agencies Notified: [removed]",
  "DATE_TIME_OF_REPORT": 1789139071000,
  "RELEASE_START_DATE_TIME": 1788825600000,
  "RELEASE_ONGOING": "N",
  "RELEASE_END_DATE_TIME": 1788825600000,
  "FACILITY_NAME": "Winter Garden WWTF",
  "FACILITY_ADDRESS_LINE_1": "101 E Crest Ave",
  "FACILITY_ADDRESS_LINE_2": null,
  "FACILITY_CITY": "Winter Garden",
  "FACILITY_STATE": "FL",
  "FACILITY_ZIP5": 34787,
  "AFFECTED_COUNTIES": "Orange",
  "MIGRATED_OFFSITE": "Y",
  "MIGRATED_COUNTIES": "Orange",
  "LATITUDE": 28.577919,
  "LONGITUDE": -81.581435,
  "DATUM": "WGS84",
  "MAP_SOURCE_SCALE": null,
  "reached_water": true
}