ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — Residents once again reached out to WEAR News on Saturday bringing about another sewage leak in the Cypress Point Neighborhood.

Dead fish were floating along Skinner Mill Creek.

That creek feeds right into Escambia Bay. This year thousands of gallons of raw sewage have been spilled.

Saturday morning’s leak makes seven so far this year.

Officials say a permanent solution should be done by the end of this month.

“Those people have resided over the largest environmental disaster that ever occurred in Escambia Bay,” Resident George Sigler said. “They still do nothing.”

Saturday morning, the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority said the force main on Scenic Highway began leaking raw sewage.

“It smells like sewage,” resident Kim White said. “It smells like when you go the bathroom.

This a recurring problem for residents of the Cypress point neighborhood, who have been watching hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage leak into escambia bay since 2023.

“It’s been at least three years and we’ve been telling them every time we have a spill we notify them, we notify the news, and we notify EPA,” White said. “We understand that the pipes are old and that the pipes need to be repaired but we can’t tell that they’re doing anything.”

In 2023, ECUA started their nearly $8 million replacement project.

This portion of Scenic Highway is slated to be the final step of the four mile stretch of old pipes.

“My wife and I both have severe infections right now and we’re convinced it’s from breathing this sewage that’s a hundred feet from our house,” Sigler said.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protections is required to post a notice of pollution *if the leak is more than 1,000 gallons.

Saturday, no notice was made.

A second leak happened on Wednesday. More than 10,000 gallons spilled. Less than half was recovered by FDEP.

ECUA reminded us those updates are ongoing and also said in part quote:

Our boring contractor is coming in Sunday and plans to work consecutive days until the permanent line is complete and in place. We are redirecting flow from two upstream lift stations to different places in our system to reduce the volume and frequency that flows to this remaining section of the northeast force main while it is still in service.

repairs from Saturday’s leak were wrapped up around 3 p.m.