{"id":72773,"date":"2026-07-04T18:56:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=72773"},"modified":"2026-07-04T19:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:07:17","slug":"1000s-of-gallons-of-raw-sewage-run-down-the-ditch-on-98-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/07\/04\/1000s-of-gallons-of-raw-sewage-run-down-the-ditch-on-98-north\/","title":{"rendered":"1000&#8217;s of gallons of raw sewage run down the ditch on 98 north"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">City of Lakeland is letting raw sewage run down the ditch on 98 north. July 3, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it&#8217;s running into Lake Gibson. Haven&#8217;t sent anybody to clean this up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s been doing this for a while. 1000&#8217;s of gallons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"sewer 1\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/meyY7u2_BFM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"sewer\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fktgnCmh64Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pollution Notice<\/strong><\/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;07\/04\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Incident Information<\/strong><br><strong>Name of Incident:<\/strong>&nbsp;City of Lakeland FL0039772<br><strong>State Watch Office Case Number:<\/strong>&nbsp;20266359<br><strong>Start of Incident:<\/strong>&nbsp;07\/03\/2026 09:45 AM<br><strong>End of Incident:<\/strong>&nbsp;07\/04\/2026 03:30 AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Incident Description<\/strong><br>On July 3, 2026, at 9:45 AM, a call was received for backup assistance at 4745 US 98 N. Crews responded and arrived at the scene by 10:00 AM. Upon investigation, they discovered sewage leaking from the ground. The crew excavated a 10-inch forcemain line to assess the severity of the break. It was found that a 20-foot section of the forcemain was split. The leak was contained by July 4, 2026, at 3:30 am. Approximately 85,000 gallons of sewage had spilled, with 75,000 gallons recovered, 5,000 gallons flowing into the storm drain, and another 5,000 gallons soaking into the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Incident Location<\/strong><br><strong>Facility\/Installation Name:<\/strong>&nbsp;City of Lakeland<br><strong>Address Line 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;1825 Glendale St<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: 28.10348283102045, Long: -81.97358882310904<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prodenv.dep.state.fl.us\/DepPNP\/reports\/viewMapDirectLink?point=yes&amp;incidentDetailKey=33553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click to view Incident Location<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>Impacted Counties:<\/strong>&nbsp;Polk<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeede6\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeede6;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"375\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-04T190601.312.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72780 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-04T190601.312.webp 493w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-04T190601.312-300x228.webp 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of Lakeland is letting raw sewage run down the ditch on 98 north. July 3, 2026 And it&#8217;s running into Lake Gibson. Haven&#8217;t sent anybody to clean this up.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"12","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL1NjcmVlbnNob3QtMjAyNi0wNy0wNFQxODQ5NTYuMTI4LndlYnA_Zml0PTI2MCUyQzIyNiZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6IjEwMDAmIzgyMTc7cyBvZiBnYWxsb25zIG9mIHJhdyBzZXdhZ2UgcnVuIGRvd24gdGhlIGRpdGNoIG9uIDk4IG5vcnRoIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.icWVr6PdTloUN1xzkaGumvfoaJitGVg7Xe0Lu2rzumUMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA3XC9TY3JlZW5zaG90LTIwMjYtMDctMDRUMTg0OTU2LjEyOC53ZWJwIiwidHh0IjoiMTAwMCdzIG9mIGdhbGxvbnMgb2YgcmF3IHNld2FnZSBydW4gZG93biB0aGUgZGl0Y2ggb24gOTggbm9ydGgiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImRvaXMiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.hCtVFhrJrw_p7kSqaojWZkEWoltBMEM9rrkLd9cWvHwMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[15099],"class_list":["post-72773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-1000s-of-gallons-of-raw-sewage-run-down-the-ditch-on-98-north"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72773"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72781,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72773\/revisions\/72781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}