Sewer Overflows cause of flooding in some areas

ECUA Sewer Overflows in Pensacola~
Pensacola area recovering from flash flooding and sewer overflows.

It's been 10 days since our area was devastated by 22-27 inches of rain which caused flash flooding in Escambia & Santa Rosa Counties.

I found this awesome article from Progress + Promise and map indicating the sewers that overflowed and caused several roads to flood during our April 29-30th storms here in Pensacola. Check it out:
http://www.progresspromise.com/blog/where-ecua-sewers-overflowed  This article includes an easy to view map format of all the places sewer issues were compromised.

This article explains why several homes and apartments flooded, even though they lie outside of the flood zones.

Below is the press release from ECUA showing a complete list of the sewer overflows.

NOTIFICATION OF SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS DUE TO FLOOD EVENT
Tuesday, May 6, 2014  04:17 pm CDT

Several sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) occurred recently as a result of the surcharge of stormwater (from storm drains, retention ponds, curb inlets and overloaded surface drainage) that entered the ECUA sewer collection system.   

 

Per State protocol, all overflow areas were cleaned and disinfected with a biocide agent that abated any contamination concerns.  The Escambia County Health Department, the State Warning Point, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection were notified immediately in each case.   Where applicable, the Escambia County Health Department issued a Health Alert for any affected waterway.  

 

The overflows were at the following locations:

• 4/30/14 A manhole at 73rd Ave. & Clydesdale Drive, surcharge of stormwater; 1800 gals.   
• 4/30/14 A manhole at 1911 E. La Rua St., surcharge of stormwater; 2,000 gallons.  
• 4/30/14 A manhole at 322 E. Sunset Ave., surcharge of stormwater, 12,000 gallons
• 4/30/14 A manhole at 690 S. Old Corry Rd., surcharge of stormwater; 42,000 gallons
• 4/30/14 A manhole at 210 Cevallos Street (Lift Station #2), overload of stormwater, 2,000 gallons. 
• 4/30/14 At 7408 Chimney Pines. (Lift Station #285), sewer force main overloaded by stormwater; damaged electrical panel, 500 gallons.
• 4/30/14 A manhole at 2980 S. Blue Angel Pkwy. (Lift Station. #379), overload of stormwater; (2,500 gallons were recovered by vacuum truck and taken to the Bayou Marcus Water Reclamation Facility for treatment.)
  4/30/14 At 5098 Pine Hollow Drive (Lift Station. #194), overload of stormwater; 1,000 gallons.
• 4/30/14 A manhole at 6103 East Shore Drive (Lift Station. #36), overload of stormwater into LS; 500 gallons.             
• 4/30/14 At 731 Frances Drive (Lift Station. #150), overload of stormwater into LS; 10,000 gallons
• 4/30/14 At 198 Patton Drive (Lift Station. #120), overload of stormwater from Jones Swamp into LS; 2,500 gallons.             
• 4/30/14 At 7415 Sandy Creek Drive (Lift Station. #111), overload of stormwater from Jones Swamp into LS; 2,700 gallons
• 4/30/14 A manhole at 5086 Mobile Hwy. (Lift Station. #107), overload of stormwater from creek into LS; 5,000 gallons
• 4/30/14 At 7505 Hwy. 98 (Lift Station. #109), overload of stormwater from Jones Swamp into LS; 2,500 gallons
• 4/30/14 At 9952 Bristol Park Road (Lift Station. #99), overload of stormwater from 11-Mile Creek into LS; 4,000 gallons 
• 4/30/14 At 119 Sheppard Street (Lift Station. #140), overload of stormwater from 11-Mile Creek into LS; 45,000 gallons.             
• 4/30/14 At 360 Well Line Road (Lift Station. #143), overload of stormwater from 11-Mile Creek into LS; 4,000 gallons
• 4/30/14 At 2719 Ashbury Lane (Lift Station. #189), overload of stormwater from 11-Mile Creek into LS; 25,000 gallons
• 4/30/14 At 49 Taylor Road/NASP (Lift Station. #377), overload of stormwater LS; 300,000 gallons
• 4/30/14 At 16125 Innerarity Point Road (Lift Station. #380), overload of stormwater from private system and community into LS; 50,000 gallons 
• 5/1/14  A manhole 7850 Heirloom Drive (Lift Station #278), Power failure, 250 gallons.
• 5/1/14  A manhole at 2239 Detroit Blvd. (Lift Station #50), sewer force main overloaded by stormwater, 500 gallons.
• 5/2/14  A manhole at 690 S. Old Corry Rd. (Lift Station. #372), overload of stormwater; 2,000 gallons.  
• 5/2/14  A manhole at 9000 Heritage Oaks Blvd. (Lift Station. #311), Power failure; 1,000 gallons.
• 5/2/14  A manhole at 701 Zarragossa St. (Lift Station. #295), overload of stormwater, 500 gallons.             
• 5/2/14  A manhole at 10th Ave. & Gregory St., grease blockage, 30 gals. (20 gals. recovered)              
• 5/2/14  A manhole at Zarragossa St. & Deviliers St., surcharge of stormwater, 108,000 gals. 
• 5/3/14 2655 Bayou Blvd., broken sewer main from surcharge of stormwater, 108,000 gals.
• 5/5/14 751 Brookmeadow Lane, broken sewer force main from surcharge of stormwater, 1,100 gals. (4,800 gallons were recovered by vacuum truck and taken to a treatment plant for disposal.)
• 5/5/14 4501 E. Johnson Ave., holding pond overflow washed out sewer main, 1,000 gals.      

For more information on ECUA sewer overflows, contact ECUA or visit their website here:
http://www.ecua.fl.gov/advisory

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