Hillsborough County Water Resources Monitoring Wastewater Systems

Hurricane Milton Update No.4

This text is from an alert email sent out by Hillsborough County

Hillsborough County, Fl (Oct. 13, 2024) – Currently over 300 Hillsborough County wastewater pump stations are without electricity. This accounts for approximately 33% of total County wastewater pump stations. 

 County crews are working diligently, driving routes to manually operate pumps and generators. These crews are currently pumping down levels at each station individually, but this is only a temporary measure given the scale of the outages. 

While customers may have drinking water available at their homes, we urge residents in affected areas of Hillsborough County to reduce wastewater-producing activities, such as laundry, dishwashing, bathing and showering, and toilet flushing until power is fully restored at these pump stations.  

Without power, Hillsborough County wastewater collection systems are at risk of sewer backups and other sanitary issues. Community cooperation is essential to reduce potential problems 

For questions or to report an active overflow, call Hillsborough County Water Resources Customer Services line at (813) 307-1000 or email WaterDept@HCFL.gov .