# FLORIDA WATER SERVICES (SOUTHERN STATES UTILITIES)
> **Judicial** · FY1995 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `21431`
- **Case Number:** 04-1995-0412
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $200K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $450K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FLORIDA WATER SERVICES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A CIVIL REFERRAL SEEKING PENALTIES AGAINST SOUTHERN  STATES UTILITIES FOR NPDES PERMIT VIOLATIONS AT TWO OF ITS   FLORIDA FACILITIES: SEABOARD UTILITIES WWTP AND UNIVERSITY   SHORES WWTP.  SSU OWNS AND OPERATES OVER 100 TREATMENT       FACILITIES IN FLORIDA.  SEABOARD DISCHARGED EFFLUENT IN      VIOLATION OF ITS PERMIT TO THE TAMPA BAY WATERSHED WHICH IS  BOTH A REGION IV GEOGRAPHICAL ENFORCEMENNT INITIATIVE AND    PART OF THE NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM.  THE UNIVERSITY SHORES PLANT DISCHARGES INTO THE LITTLE ECONLOCKHATCHEE RIVER, AN   OUTSTANDING FLORIDA WATER.  NON-COMPLIANCE BEGAN IN 1988     (UNIVERSITY SHORES) AND 1990 (SEABOARD) AND CONTINUED UNTIL  1994.  NEITHER PLANT HAD THE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE   THAT WOULD ALLOW IT TO MEET THE STRINGENT 309 PERMIT         LIMITATIONS.  BOTH FACILITIES HOOKED INTO NEARBY MUNICIPAL   SEWAGE SYSTEMS.

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