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Santa Rosa Sound

Lake in Florida, near Fort Walton Beach, Gulf Breeze, Mary Esther, Navarre, Pensacola Beach and Villa Sabine

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: a public source (last successful check 2026-11-05 01:05 UTC); a public source (last successful check 2026-11-05 01:05 UTC); 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.
  • Caution: to
    3 reports: Fort Walton Beach 3
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    The records are also in the report table on this page.

  • Discharge or advisory reported: to
    3 reports: Fort Walton Beach 3
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    The records are also in the report table on this page.

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 Santa Rosa Sound in Florida, last 12 months55 affecting this lake: 5 reported on the Santa Rosa Sound; 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 Santa Rosa Sound in Florida, last 12 months4Reported on the Santa Rosa Sound in Florida: 4 · 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 Santa Rosa Sound in Florida, last 12 months120Reported on the Santa Rosa Sound in Florida: 120 · 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 Santa Rosa Sound in Florida2.2%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 Santa Rosa Sound in Florida3Reported on the Santa Rosa Sound in Florida: 3 · Arriving from outfalls upstream, estimated: 0last 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

11 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

27 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 15 reports that gave a volume as a number (12 did not).

  • Incomplete source coverage

12 of 27 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 22, 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.

  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sewer overflow records: records from May 3, 2022 to the latest update (limited records)
  • fl-dep-pnp: records from May 17, 2017 to the latest update

Reports linked to Santa Rosa Sound

Reports linked to Santa Rosa Sound, newest first
WhenReportStatus
to Oct 12Fort Walton Beach · City of Fort Walton Beach Hurricane Isaias · SSO · 63,400 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Oct 11Fort Walton Beach · City of Fort Walton Beach Hurricane Isaias · SSO · 51,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Oct 11Fort Walton Beach · City of Fort Walton Beach Hurricane Isaias · SSO · 33,975 gallons report · notice · mapended
to May 18Russell F.W. Stephenson WRF · Spill Incident 05.18.2026 · SSO · 30,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to May 18Russell F W Stephenson WRF · Spill Incident 05.18.2026 · SSO (earlier version) · 30,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Feb 2Arbennie Pritchett WRF · Spill Incident 02-02-2026 · SSO · 175 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Feb 2Arbennie Pritchett Water Reclamation Facility · Spill Incident 02-02-2026 · SSO (earlier version) · 175 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Jun 2 ’24Mary Esther WWTP · Sleepy Hollow · SSO · 10,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Apr 19 ’23Force Main · Sanitary Sewer Overflow · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Jan 4 ’23Gulf Breeze Regional Water System WRF · Circle Ln Spill · SSO · 5,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Dec 28 ’22Force Main · Sanitary Sewer Overflow · SSO · 1,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Nov 28 ’22Force Main · Sanitary Sewer Overflow · SSO · 8,125 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Sep 23 ’22Force Main · Sanitary Sewer Overflow · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Nov 23 ’21South Santa Rosa Utility System WWTF · Madura 5 Forcemain Leak · SSO · 1,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Oct 9 ’21Mary Esther lift station 2 · Overflow 10-721 · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Feb 15 ’21Fort Walton Beach · Sanitary Sewer Overflow - Manhole at [house number removed] Hood Avenue SE · SSO · 180 gallons report · notice · mapended
Arbennie Pritchett WRF · OCWS SSO 1251 Miracle Strip Pkwy Fort Walton Bch · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapongoing
to Sep 20 ’20Lift Station #2 · Mary Esther Lift Station #2 (Oleander Drive) · SSO (earlier version) · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Sep 19 ’20911 Lift station and 301 W98 Manhole · Lift Station 911 and 301 W. Miracle strip Manhole · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Sep 17 ’20Mary Esther Waste Water Plant · Mary Esther Waste water Plant · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Sep 20 ’20Manholes west of Lift station #2 · Mary Esther Lift Station #2 (Oleander Drive) manholes west · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Sep 20 ’201st Manhole west of Lift station #2 · Mary Esther Lift Station #2 (Oleander Drive) 1st manhole wes · SSO (earlier version) · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Sep 17 ’20Fort Walton Beach · City of Fort Walton Beach - SSOs from Lift Station No. 1 · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Sep 20 ’20City of Mary Esther Wastewater System · Hurricane Sally overflows · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
Russel F.W. Stephenson WRF · OCWS County West Wastewater Collection System · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapongoing

Sources: Florida DEP Public Notice of Pollution, sewage and wastewater notices (PNP feature service), retrieved 2026-11-05 01:05 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 (7 here) · 2024 (1 here) · 2023 (2 here) · 2022 (3 here) · 2021 (3 here) · 2020 (11 here) · 2019 (2 here) · 2017 (2 here)

Wastewater outlets on this water

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

Sewer operators listed for this water: NAVARRE BEACH WWTP, City of Fort Walton Beach Collection System.

Boat launches

Source: OpenBoatLaunch launch records (public agency data and OpenStreetMap, Open Database License). · Santa Rosa Sound on OpenBoatLaunch

Nearby waters

Sources covering this water

27 records linked to this water, besides 4 earlier versions or duplicates. Updated .