{"id":50211,"date":"2024-09-27T14:17:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T18:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=50211"},"modified":"2024-09-27T14:17:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T18:17:37","slug":"pollution-notice-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/09\/27\/pollution-notice-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollution Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pursuant to Section 403.077, F.S., the Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Public Notice of Pollution for a reportable release. All information displayed was submitted by the reporting party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Type of Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;Initial Report<br><strong>Date of Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;09\/27\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Incident Information<\/strong><br><strong>Name of Incident:<\/strong>&nbsp;City of Lakeland WLWLRF<br><strong>State Watch Office Case Number:<\/strong>&nbsp;20248392<br><strong>Start of Incident:<\/strong>&nbsp;09\/26\/2024 07:50 PM<br><strong>End of Incident:<\/strong>&nbsp;09\/26\/2024 09:20 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Incident Description<\/strong><br>On September 26, 2024 at 7:48pm the West Lakeland Waste Load Reduction Facility (3000 Old Tampa Hwy) lost power and approximately 44,000 gallons of treated wastewater overflowed into a retention pond on the plant property. The back up generator started but was delivering low voltage and shut down. The lift station diesel bypass pump tried to start but went into an over crank alarm as it had a bad battery. Both back up generator and diesel bypass pump were tested on 9\/25\/2024 and all system functioned properly. The area has been washed down and lime applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Incident Location<\/strong><br><strong>Facility\/Installation Name:<\/strong>&nbsp;West Lakeland Waste Load Reduction Facility<br><strong>Address Line 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;3000 Old Tampa Hwy<br><strong>Address Line 2:<\/strong><br><strong>Directions:<\/strong><br><strong>City:<\/strong>&nbsp;Lakeland<br><strong>State:<\/strong>&nbsp;FL<br><strong>Zip Code:<\/strong>&nbsp;33803<br><strong>Coordinates (in decimal degrees):<\/strong><br>Lat: 28.02847540897455, Long: -82.0075378418431<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prodenv.dep.state.fl.us\/DepPNP\/reports\/viewMapDirectLink?point=yes&amp;incidentDetailKey=25952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click to view Incident Location<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>Impacted Counties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Polk<br><strong>Updated Impact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Incident Reported By<\/strong><br><strong>Name:<\/strong>&nbsp;Jeremy Jacobson<br><strong>Title:<\/strong>&nbsp;Wastewater Treatment Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pursuant to Section 403.077, F.S., the Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Public Notice of Pollution for a reportable release. All information displayed was submitted by the reporting party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Type of Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;Initial Report<br><strong>Date of Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;09\/27\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Incident Information<\/strong><br><strong>Name of Incident:<\/strong>&nbsp;City of Lakeland WLWLRF<br><strong>State Watch Office Case Number:<\/strong>&nbsp;20248392<br><strong>Start of Incident:<\/strong>&nbsp;09\/26\/2024 07:50 PM<br><strong>End of Incident:<\/strong>&nbsp;09\/26\/2024 09:20 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Incident Description<\/strong><br>On September 26, 2024 at 7:48pm the West Lakeland Waste Load Reduction Facility (3000 Old Tampa Hwy) lost power and approximately 44,000 gallons of treated wastewater overflowed into a retention pond on the plant property. The back up generator started but was delivering low voltage and shut down. The lift station diesel bypass pump tried to start but went into an over crank alarm as it had a bad battery. Both back up generator and diesel bypass pump were tested on 9\/25\/2024 and all system functioned properly. The area has been washed down and lime applied.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"edece4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #edece4;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"288\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-63-3-png.webp?resize=433%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50212 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-63-3-png.webp?w=433&amp;ssl=1 433w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-63-3-png.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Incident Location<\/strong><br><strong>Facility\/Installation Name:<\/strong>&nbsp;West Lakeland Waste Load Reduction Facility<br><strong>Address Line 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;3000 Old Tampa Hwy<br><strong>Address Line 2:<\/strong><br><strong>Directions:<\/strong><br><strong>City:<\/strong>&nbsp;Lakeland<br><strong>State:<\/strong>&nbsp;FL<br><strong>Zip Code:<\/strong>&nbsp;33803<br><strong>Coordinates (in decimal degrees):<\/strong><br>Lat: 28.02847540897455, Long: -82.0075378418431<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prodenv.dep.state.fl.us\/DepPNP\/reports\/viewMapDirectLink?point=yes&amp;incidentDetailKey=25952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click to view Incident Location<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>Impacted Counties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Polk<br><strong>Updated Impact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Incident Reported By<\/strong><br><strong>Name:<\/strong>&nbsp;Jeremy Jacobson<br><strong>Title:<\/strong>&nbsp;Wastewater Treatment Manager<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pursuant to Section 403.077, F.S., the Department of Environmental Protection has received the following Public Notice of Pollution for a reportable release. 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