{"id":500793,"date":"2026-03-03T07:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500793\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T07:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T07:37:09","slug":"14000-gallons-of-sewage-spilled-in-sarasota-bay-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500793\/","title":{"rendered":"14,000 gallons of sewage spilled in Sarasota Bay waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A broken pipe spilled about 14,000 gallons of wastewater into Bradenton-area waters on Sunday, the City of Sarasota said in a report filed with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.<\/p>\n<p>The spill impacted Sarasota Bay, part of the Intracoastal Waterway that borders Manatee and Sarasota counties. It\u2019s also one of only 28 U.S. water bodies recognized as an \u201cEstuary of National Significance\u201d under the EPA\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/nep\">National Estuary Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>City of Sarasota staffers received a report  around 11:20 a.m.  Sunday that water was coming up from the ground at West John Ringling Causeway Park, according to a pollution report the city filed with FDEP.<\/p>\n<p>When staff investigated, they found that the concrete vault that lies over an air release valve had shifted due to erosion and damaged a connection to the force main pipe, allowing water to spill above ground, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>This erosion is likely due to the 2024 hurricane season, the report says.<\/p>\n<p>The force main break resulted in \u201cabout 14,000 gallons of raw wastewater spilled directly into the Sarasota Bay,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Staff installed a repair clamp  on the 2-inch hole in the force main, stopping the spill, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaff then applied lime, washed down, and vacuumed up spill remnants,\u201d the report said. \u201cThe material was disposed of at the city\u2019s wastewater treatment facility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city placed signage  at the spill location, and staff are taking samples of the water, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                              <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\"  alt=\"Views of Cirrus at Aqua beyond a stretch of mangroves from Sarasota Bay on April 24, 2025.\" title=\"aqua mangroves.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                                                                                Views of Cirrus at Aqua beyond a stretch of mangroves from Sarasota Bay on April 24, 2025.                                                                                            Tiffany Tompkins                                                                            ttompkins@bradenton.com                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published March 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A broken pipe spilled about 14,000 gallons of wastewater into Bradenton-area waters on Sunday, the City of Sarasota&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[228369,192,228371,228370,79,11141],"class_list":{"0":"post-500793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-bradenton-sewage-spill","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-john-ringling-causeway-park","11":"tag-sarasota-bay-wastewater","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-water-quality"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}