Septic Tanks

JEA workers connect a home to a sewer line in 2014.

Jacksonville Could Get $6M From State Budget For Septic Tank Phase Outs

Brendan Rivers

Jacksonville could get $6 million from the state to help pay for septic tank phase outs if the Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis sign off on this year’s…

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority has used a local gas tax to pay for roadwork like this widening of Collins Road on Jacksonville's Westside.

First Coast

Jacksonville City Council Planning May Vote On $930M Gas-Tax Plan

Jacksonville’s City Council could vote next month on a $930 million public works plan that depends on doubling the local gas tax to 12 cents per gallon…

First Coast

Hazouri Says Despite Phase-Out, New Jax Homes Can Still Be Built With Septic Tanks

Jacksonville is spending more than $1 billion to remediate failing and leaking septic tanks in 35 neighborhoods.The city’s phase-out plan stems from a…

First Coast

Dueling Proposals Aim To Phase Out Jax Septic Tanks In Environmentally Sensitive Areas

Sydney Boles

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry announced Thursday a $26.8 million investment towards phasing out septic tanks in three Northside neighborhoods. It’s on…

First Coast

Jax City Council President Calls For $100M To Go Toward Phasing Out Septic Tanks

Michelle Corum

Jacksonville City Council President Tommy Hazouri wants $100 million to replace more septic tanks with sewer lines.At Tuesday night’s City Council…

JEA workers digging into the ground outside a home, replacing pipes

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Fixing Jacksonville’s Septic Issues Would Cost $3B

Sky Lebron

Amidst a city phase-out, Jacksonville residents still have approximately 65,000 septic tanks and 35,000 private wells on their properties.While around…

State News

DeSantis Signs Clean Waterways Act, Which Has Been Criticized By Environmentalists

Jim Turner - News Service of Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law measures that include bigger fines for dumping pollutants into waterways and new rules for septic tanks and…

A new house with a septic tank on Jacksonville's Southside.

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JEA Seeks New Technology To Lower Cost Of Ongoing Septic Tank Phase Out Program

Brendan Rivers

Burdened by the hefty price tag of Jacksonville’s ongoing septic tank phase out program, JEA will next month begin looking to new technologies for an…

First Coast

Historic American Beach Looks To A Future That Would Leave Septic Tanks In The Past

Brendan Rivers

The Nassau Board of County Commissioners has made historic American Beach’s conversion from septic tanks to general sewer a priority and they’re lobbying…

Blue green algae in the St. Johns River.

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Scientist Urges Fla. Lawmakers To 'Go To War Against Algae,' Get Off Septic Systems

Brendan Rivers

During a presentation on nutrient loads caused by septic systems before the Florida Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment and…