March 29, 2024
Seminole, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole) has issued a health alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Lake Jesup. The alert is in response to a water sample taken on March 26, 2024. The public should exercise caution in and around Lake Jesup.
December 1, 2023
Seminole, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County has issued a Health Alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Lake Jesup. The alert is in response to a water sample taken on November 29, 2023. The public should exercise caution in and around Lake Jesup.
October 27, 2023
Sanford, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole) has extended the Health Alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Lake Jesup. The alert is in response to a water sample taken on October 25, 2023, and is in effect through November 24, 2023. The public should exercise caution in and around Lake Jesup.
October 20, 2023
Sanford, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole) has extended the Health Alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Lake Jesup. The alert is in response to a water sample taken on October 16, 2023, and is in effect through November 15, 2023. The public should exercise caution in and around Lake Jesup.
Sanford, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole) has extended the Health Alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Lake Howell (Casselberry) and Lake Jesup. The Lake Howell alert is in response to a water sample taken on September 25, 2023, and is in effect through October 25, 2023. The Lake Jesup alert is in response to a water sample taken on September 27, 2023, and is in effect through October 27, 2023. The public should exercise caution in and around Lake Howell and Lake Jesup.
September 19, 2023
Sanford, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole) has extended the Health Alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Lake Jesup. The alert is in response to a water sample taken on September 14, 2023, and is in effect through October 14, 2023. The public should exercise caution in and around Lake Jesup where algal blooms are present.
August 22, 2023
Sanford, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole) has extended the Health Alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Lake Jesup. The alert is in response to a water sample taken on August 17, 2023, and is in effect through September 16, 2023. The public should exercise caution in and around Lake Jesup where algal blooms are present.
August 14, 2023
Sanford, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole) is issuing a rabies alert for neighborhoods in the Sanford area. The alert is in response to a bat which tested positive for rabies in that area. Residents and visitors in the area bordered to the north by East 8th Street, on the east by Brisson Avenue, on the south by East Airport Boulevard and on the west by South French Avenue should avoid contact with bat and wildlife. If you, a family member, or someone you know thinks that they were in contact with a bat, call Seminole County Animal Services at 407-665-5201 or the Florida Department of Health in Seminole County at 407-665-3243.
Sanford, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County has issued a Health Alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Lake Jesup. The alert is in response to a water sample taken on July 26, 2023. The public should exercise caution in and around Lake Jesup where algal blooms are present.
Sanford, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole) has extended the Health Alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Lake Jesup. The alert is in response to a water sample taken on May 10, 2023, and is in effect through June 9, 2023. The public should exercise caution in and around Lake Jesup.
