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This Weekend – St. Johns County March for Babies
May 1st
St. Johns County 2014 March for Babies, scheduled for this Saturday, May 3, will not necessitate the closing of any streets, but vehicular traffic is asked to use caution when driving along the walk’s route for while participants will use sidewalks where available, the route includes some areas where there is no sidewalk.
The estimated 500-800 participants will begin the walk at Francis Field and continue east on W. Castillo Dr., south on S. Castillo Dr./Avenida Menendez, west on St. Francis St., south on Marine St., west on South St., north on St. George St., north on Cordova St., west on Orange St., and north on Riberia St. returning to Francis Field.
The walk is expected to conclude at approximately 10:30am.
Source: City of St. Augustine
Tropical Storm Debby kept city crews busy
Jul 6th
While Tropical Storm Debby may not have had the wind of many storms, it certainly had the rain, and it was that rain that kept city crews busy in locations where rainwater inundated the city’s sanitary sewer system. The heavy downpours, a total of 7.72 inches in less than three days, required around the clock attention during the height of the rainfall in response to overflows in several locations of the sewer system. The overflows occurred during the heaviest periods of rain on the weekend of June 23-24 and again through until Thursday, June 26.
The city maintains a rapid response team for just such incidents and during TS Debby, credit goes to that team for minimizing the impact. Crews with pumper trucks were dispatched to locations where overflows were anticipated, but the extraordinary amount of rain caused an in-flow into the sanitary sewer system overtaxing its capacity at six locations:
Oglethorpe Blvd. at Arredondo Ave.;
St. Augustine Blvd. at Inlet Dr.;
Pine St. between San Marco Ave. and Abbott St.;
Macaris St. at Douglas Ave.;
Cordova St. at St. Francis St.; and
the Wastewater Treatment Plant at the southern end of Riberia St.
Crews captured and removed nearly 1.4 million gallons of wastewater /rainwater from the sites preventing backups into homes or discharges into waterways.
Following strict protocols for such overflows, signs were posted at each location where surface water bodies have been affected to warn the public of the event, whether they happen to be boating or fishing. Additionally, water samples are taken at each location and if contamination is found, then the signs will remain in place until the water is safe in accordance with state criteria. Generally, depending upon the size and location of the spill, it could take up to a week for the levels return to normal.
At no time during TS Debby was the city’s drinking water in any danger as only surface water (i.e. runoff water, streams, etc.) came in contact with the waste water.
In a follow-up review of the city’s practices after the storm, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection compliance inspectors deemed the city’s actions appropriate and in compliance.
For more information, contact the Public Works Department at 904.825.1040.
Source: City of St. Augustine
