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Florida Bay

Bay in Florida, near Big Pine Key, Duck Key, Homestead, Islamorada, Key Colony Beach, Key Largo, Marathon, Plantation, Sunset Point, Tavernier and Valhalla

Current status

No current status shown

No current status is assigned to this water outline. Check the water page for reports and any estimated downstream stretches. Why this status, and its source

Map sources: water outlines and launches from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (Open Database License); wastewater outlets from EPA and state records; downstream estimates by DirtyWaterWatch using U.S. Geological Survey maps and flow data. Base map: OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.

Square boat markers mark boat launches listed by OpenBoatLaunch.

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About this status

No current status shown: no report we track sets a status on this water now; how statuses work. No status does not mean the water is safe. Follow posted signs and local health advice.

Sources checked: Florida DEP Public Notice of Pollution, sewage and wastewater notices (PNP feature service) (last successful check 2026-11-05 01:06 UTC). Status by DirtyWaterWatch, updated 2026-11-05 01:25 UTC. · Updated

The last 90 days

Last 90 days, hour by hour. Red: discharge or advisory reported. Amber: caution. Hatched amber: end not confirmed. Plum: algal bloom advisory. Red or amber with a light line inside: beach advisory or caution. Dotted: monthly report (days with discharge, dates not given). Grey: no current status on the water outline. Purple hatching: source update overdue.

No discharge, advisory or caution periods are shown for this water in this time span. Check downstream stretches and source coverage.

Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using the reports named above and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-05 01:25 UTC.

Reported discharges over time

  • Discharges affecting the Florida Bay in Florida, last 12 months11 affecting this water: 1 reported on the Florida Bay; none arriving from upstreamDecember 2025 to November 2026Verified reports where available, else notices; revisions and duplicates counted once. Arriving discharges are estimated from modeled downstream reaches.
  • Days with a discharge affecting the Florida Bay in Florida, last 12 months1Reported on the Florida Bay in Florida: 1 · Arriving from outfalls upstream, estimated: 0 (counted apart; together they need not equal the total)December 2025 to November 2026A day counts once however many discharges were under way on it.
  • Hours with a discharge or advisory status on the Florida Bay in Florida, last 12 months24Reported on the Florida Bay in Florida: 24 · Arriving from outfalls upstream, estimated: 0December 2025 to November 2026Red hours by the map's rules: each discharge to its reported end plus the state's post-discharge period; overlapping hours count once.
  • 2026 season with a discharge or advisory status on the Florida Bay in Florida0.5%May to October 2026Share of May 1 to October 31 hours with red status by the map's rules, of the hours a source covered.
  • Records behind the last-90-days strip for the Florida Bay in Florida0last 90 daysEvery distinct record the strip lists for its red, yellow and unresolved hours, notices and unresolved reports included; counted as the strip counts them.

Combined sewer overflow (CSO): sewage mixed with rainwater spills from a shared sewer system. Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater. Treatment bypass: wastewater skips one or more treatment steps. Blended discharge: wastewater that skipped some treatment is mixed with treated wastewater. Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

Reported discharges per month

5 reported discharges, January 2022 to November 2026.

  • Combined sewer overflow
  • Sanitary sewer overflow
  • Treatment bypass, blended or other

Source: fl-dep-pnp. Records cover January 1, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Hours with a discharge or advisory status per month

Hours when this water had a discharge or advisory status under DirtyWaterWatch rules.

  • Discharge or advisory reported

Source: fl-dep-pnp. Records cover May 17, 2017 to November 4, 2026.

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Days with a reported discharge per month

A day counts when any counted discharge was under way on it, from its start to its reported end in Eastern Time; a report with no end counts its start day.

Source: fl-dep-pnp. Records cover January 1, 2022 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported discharges per year, 2017 to 2026

18 reported discharges, 2017 to 2026.

  • Combined sewer overflow
  • Sanitary sewer overflow
  • Treatment bypass, blended or other
  • Incomplete source coverage

Source: fl-dep-pnp. Records cover May 17, 2017 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported volume per year

Gallons (axis: K thousand, M million), summed from the 12 reports that gave a volume as a number (6 did not).

  • Incomplete source coverage

6 of 18 discharge reports gave no volume as a number; only numbers are summed.

Source: fl-dep-pnp. Records cover May 17, 2017 to November 4, 2026.

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Hours with a discharge or advisory status per year

Hours with a discharge or advisory status each year under DirtyWaterWatch rules; 2026 to date.

  • Discharge or advisory reported
  • Incomplete source coverage

Source: fl-dep-pnp. Records cover May 17, 2017 to November 4, 2026.

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Share of the May to October season with a discharge or advisory status

Share of the hours from May 1 to October 31 with a discharge or advisory status under DirtyWaterWatch rules.

  • Discharge or advisory reported
  • Season with incomplete source coverage

Seasons with incomplete source coverage: 2017. The share is of the hours a source covered.

Source: fl-dep-pnp. Records cover May 17, 2017 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported discharges by calendar month, all years

Every counted discharge report, by the calendar month it began.

Months are summed over every year a tracked source covers; the table gives the number of years behind each month.

Source: fl-dep-pnp. Records cover May 17, 2017 to November 4, 2026.

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Reported discharges by wastewater outlet

Wastewater outlets with the most tracked discharge records: 10 of 18, all years. Counts depend on reporting coverage and do not measure legal compliance or harm.

Source: fl-dep-pnp. Records cover May 17, 2017 to November 4, 2026.

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How these charts are counted

We count each discharge once. Where a source publishes notices and confirmed reports, we use confirmed reports for an operator's month when available; otherwise we use notices. We combine revisions and exclude duplicate state reports copied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Monthly and yearly totals appear separately. Status hours follow this site's rules. Shaded gaps mean missing coverage, not zero discharges.

  • fl-dep-pnp: records from May 17, 2017 to the latest update

Reports linked to Florida Bay

Reports linked to Florida Bay, newest first
WhenReportStatus
to May 20City of Key Colony Beach · City of Key Colony Beach spill · Bypass · 17,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to May 13 ’24Islamorada, VIllage of Islands · Raw Sewage release · SSO · 4,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to May 13 ’24Islamorada · Wastewater Release · SSO (earlier version) · 4,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Feb 23 ’24Duck Key WWTF FLA014772 · 02.23.2024 Duck Key SSO 500 Gal · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Jul 25 ’22La Nina / Trailerama · La [name removed] Trailerama · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
NPK Transfer Pump Station · IVOI Pump Failure · SSO · 500,000 gallons report · notice · mapongoing
to Oct 13 ’21Layton WWTP · Long Key MM 67 Vehicle Accident · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to May 17 ’21City of Marathon Area 3 WWTP · May 17, 2021 Force main break · SSO · 500 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Feb 11 ’20Service Area 7 Low Pressure Grinder pump… · Broken Forcemain at 58458 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL · SSO · 300 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Oct 28 ’19City of Marathon Area 3 WWTP · [name removed] · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Oct 11 ’19Bass Pro Shops · Wastewater Release · SSO · 1,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Jun 15 ’19City of Marathon Area 5 WWTP · Sludge overflow at Marathon Area 5 WWTP · SSO · 850 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Apr 11 ’19village of islands waste water department · 76381 overseas HWY · SSO · 150 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Apr 11 ’19village of islands waste water department · 76381 overseas HWY · SSO (earlier version) · 150 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Mar 27 ’19Galway Bay Trailer Park · Sewage Overflow at Galway Bay · SSO · 300 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Mar 13 ’19Marathon Airport · Forcemain leak at Marathon Airport · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Feb 26 ’19Trailerama Trailer Park · Trailerama Sewage spill · SSO · 100 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Feb 25 ’19City of Marathon Area 4 WWTP · Sewage Overflow Area 4 WWTP Marathon · SSO · 2,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Nov 29 ’18MM77 ARV Valve · Lower Matecumbe Key · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
Galway bay mobile home park · Galway bay mobile home park · SSO · 800 gallons report · notice · mapongoing

Sources: Florida DEP Public Notice of Pollution, sewage and wastewater notices (PNP feature service), retrieved 2026-11-04 09:03 UTC. A report's record id and times show when you hover or focus its "report" link.

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All reports in Florida by year: 2026 (1 here) · 2024 (3 here) · 2022 (2 here) · 2021 (2 here) · 2020 (1 here) · 2019 (9 here) · 2018 (2 here)

Wastewater outlets on this water

No wastewater outlet in our records is linked to this water.

Boat launches

Source: OpenBoatLaunch launch records (public agency data and OpenStreetMap, Open Database License). · Florida Bay on OpenBoatLaunch

Nearby waters

Sources covering this water

18 records linked to this water, besides 2 earlier versions or duplicates. Updated .