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Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Forest Utilities WWTP, Sep 25, 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 20269488-20260925T185910, reported Sep 25, 2026, 6:59 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: Forest Utilities WWTP. Outlet: “Forest 9.25.26 SSO”. Location: 26.51300, -81.86300; location source: given in the source record, accurate to about 100 metres.

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

2. Waters named in the notice

The notice names no water. No receiving water: the report says the discharge did not reach a water. The report is kept here but is not placed on a water and colours none on the map.

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 25, 2026

Ended

Sep 25, 2026

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the day only

Reported to the source

Sep 25, 2026, 6:59 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

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

15,000 gallons (estimated)

Volume as reported

“15,000 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

20269488-20260925T185910

Original notice

Read the original notice

Earlier version

None: this is the first record

Later versions

None

{
  "INCIDENT_NUMBER": 20269488,
  "INCIDENT_NAME": "Forest 9.25.26 SSO",
  "INCIDENT_REPORT": "Incident Description: Florida Utility Solutions received a phone call at 12:21pm being notified of a force main break at an ARV. Lee County was contacted to confirm this line did not belong to them. After confirmation that the line belongs to the Forest Utilities, FUS began to dig the area to find the leak, isolated the leak and replaced the failed ARV. The area was then pumped and an estimated 14,000 was hauled. Lime was applied and area was backfilled. Wastewater Type: Untreated Cause: Equipment Spill Volume: 15,000 Volume Recovered: 14,000 Waterbodies Impacted: N Clean-up Status: Complete Clean-up Actions: Vacuumed/pump truck, Applied lime Agencies Notified: [removed]",
  "DATE_TIME_OF_REPORT": 1790362750000,
  "RELEASE_START_DATE_TIME": 1790294400000,
  "RELEASE_ONGOING": "N",
  "RELEASE_END_DATE_TIME": 1790294400000,
  "FACILITY_NAME": "Forest Utilities WWTP",
  "FACILITY_ADDRESS_LINE_1": "6341 Deer Run",
  "FACILITY_ADDRESS_LINE_2": null,
  "FACILITY_CITY": "Fort Myers",
  "FACILITY_STATE": "FL",
  "FACILITY_ZIP5": 33908,
  "AFFECTED_COUNTIES": "Lee",
  "MIGRATED_OFFSITE": "N",
  "MIGRATED_COUNTIES": null,
  "LATITUDE": 26.513,
  "LONGITUDE": -81.863,
  "DATUM": "WGS84",
  "MAP_SOURCE_SCALE": null,
  "reached_water": false
}