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Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — City of Tampa Wastewater Department, Sep 29, 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 20269618-20260930T085901, reported Sep 30, 2026, 8:59 AM 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: City of Tampa Wastewater Department. Outlet: “Wastewater Overflow near 4500 E. Fletcher Ave.”. Location: 28.06964, -82.40995; 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. Not linked to a mapped water. Name match too far (12.9 km; limit 5.0 km: 5 km for a bay or sound).

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 29, 2026

Ended

Sep 29, 2026

Detail provided by the source

Times known to the day only

Reported to the source

Sep 30, 2026, 8:59 AM 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

2,000 gallons (estimated)

Volume as reported

“approximately 2,000 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

20269618-20260930T085901

Original notice

Read the original notice

Earlier version

None: this is the first record

Later versions

None

{
  "INCIDENT_NUMBER": 20269618,
  "INCIDENT_NAME": "Wastewater Overflow near 4500 E. Fletcher Ave.",
  "INCIDENT_REPORT": "On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, the Wastewater Department became aware of a wastewater overflow near 4500 E. Fletcher Ave. Technicians responded to the location and determined a city maintained force main was partially blocked, causing an overflow from a cleanout in front of a private pump station. The overflow discharged from the cleanout and accumulated in a parking lot where sewer cleaners vacuumed approximately 2,000 gallons of the overflow from the private pump station and also from the parking lot. Technicians placed the cap back on the cleanout to cease the overflow.",
  "DATE_TIME_OF_REPORT": 1790758741000,
  "RELEASE_START_DATE_TIME": 1790640000000,
  "RELEASE_ONGOING": "N",
  "RELEASE_END_DATE_TIME": 1790640000000,
  "FACILITY_NAME": "City of Tampa Wastewater Department",
  "FACILITY_ADDRESS_LINE_1": "2545 Guy Verger Blvd.",
  "FACILITY_ADDRESS_LINE_2": null,
  "FACILITY_CITY": "Tampa",
  "FACILITY_STATE": "FL",
  "FACILITY_ZIP5": 33605,
  "AFFECTED_COUNTIES": "Hillsborough",
  "MIGRATED_OFFSITE": null,
  "MIGRATED_COUNTIES": null,
  "LATITUDE": 28.069635,
  "LONGITUDE": -82.409949,
  "DATUM": "WGS84",
  "MAP_SOURCE_SCALE": 9027
}