{"id":134502,"date":"2026-01-28T04:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/134502\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T04:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:59:07","slug":"jea-gets-20-million-grant-award-to-improve-normandy-utility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/134502\/","title":{"rendered":"JEA gets $20 million grant award to improve Normandy utility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  \u2013 JEA wants to connect the Normandy utility with the JEA system. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">It is receiving a $20 million grant, which is 100% state-funded, to work on repairs and system upgrades for the Normandy utility. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JSO became the steward of the Normandy utility on Sept 5, which has approximately 1,400 customers, and is located on Foraker Road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JEA says it has done a lot of work through the customer outreach group and town hall meetings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Also, there is a new office for customers, located at 8081 Normandy Boulevard. Each customer has been given a water conservation kit to help them conserve and reduce their water bills. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JEA said it is working to repair the immediate compliance issues at the wastewater facility. The utility\u2019s future goal is to interconnect the Normandy facility with JEA, but there are challenges for inflow and infiltration that must be assessed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JEA added that it has noticed significant improvement since it acquired the utility. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Another town hall meeting will happen in the spring to update customers. If you are a Normandy customer, you can find more information at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jea.com\/nvu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.jea.com\/nvu<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 JEA wants to connect the Normandy utility with the JEA system. It is receiving a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,501,25559,5208,4103],"class_list":["post-134502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jea","tag-normandy","tag-utility","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}