News Update
SJRWMD, CCUA partner on septic-to-sewer conversions
Staff report
Enviro-Net
The St. Johns River Water Management District Governing Board approved an agreement with Clay County Utility Authority to convert up to 79 septic tanks to central sewer on properties adjacent to Doctors Lake. The project is estimated to reduce total nitrogen loading to Doctors Lake by approximately 1,500 pounds per year.
Doctors Lake has experienced algal blooms for 33 of the last 35 years due largely to excessive nutrients entering the watershed and this partnership.
The $1.5 million project includes septic tank abandonment, providing sewer infrastructure to the area and connecting participating residences to the CCUA wastewater collection system for greatly improved treatment and beneficial reuse.
Under the agreement, the district will reimburse CCUA periodically as residents agree to abandon their septic tank and connect to sewer. The project goal is to abandon 79 septic tanks with subsequent connection to central sewer, which is estimated to reduce total nitrogen loading to the lake by approximately 1,500 pounds per year.