Report not fully read reported, May 21, 2026
Ended (as reported) · Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Tidewater Regional Office
Source: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Tidewater Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 323640, reported May 21, 2026, 12:59 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice
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1. Reported wastewater outlet
Operator named in the record: not named (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, VA0062391). Outlet: not stated. Location: 36.72475, -75.96826; location source: geocoded from an address or place name.
Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.
2. Waters named in the notice
The notice names: “North Bay”. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to North Bay, VA. Match basis: the water named in the report.
3. Estimated downstream stretch
We estimate routes only on rivers before they become tidal. We do not estimate routes through tidal water or lakes.
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When it happened and when it was reported
Event and notice times use Eastern Time (EST or EDT). Retrieval times use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
- Started
- Ended
- Detail provided by the source
- Times known to the minute
- Reported to the source
- Published
- not given
- Source last updated
- Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch
What and how much
- Type
- Report not fully read
- Status in the record
- Ended (as reported)
- Material
- “sewage (reported as treated or partly treated)”
- Volume
- volume not reported (not stated whether estimated or measured)
- Volume as reported
- none
Advice from Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Tidewater Regional Office
This report includes no advice. Check current local health notices.
- Advice period
- This report does not state a period. See the rule DirtyWaterWatch applies and its source.
- Basis
- not stated
Source and versions
- Source
- Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related
- Source record number
- 323640
- Original notice
- Read the original notice
- Earlier version
- None: this is the first record
- Later versions
- None
- Note
- Some details could not be read automatically. Check the original notice.
Record details
| Record identifier | va-deq-prep:323640 |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | va-deq-prep |
| Source record number | 323640 |
| Earlier version | Not provided |
| Type | Report not fully read |
| Status in the report | Ended (as reported) |
| Sewer operator identifier | Not provided |
| Sewer operator | Not provided |
| Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES) | VA0062391 |
| Outlet number | Not provided |
| Outlet name | Not provided |
| Water named in the report | North Bay |
| Linked waters | north-bay-va |
| How this report was linked to the water | the water named in the report |
| Latitude | 36.725 |
| Longitude | -75.968 |
| Location source | geocoded from an address or place name |
| Location accuracy, in metres | Not provided |
| Started | May 21, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT (2026-05-21T08:00:19-04:00) |
| Ended | May 21, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT (2026-05-21T09:00:19-04:00) |
| Detail provided by the source | to the minute |
| Reported to the source | May 21, 2026, 12:59 PM EDT (2026-05-21T12:59:11-04:00) |
| Published | Not provided |
| Source last updated | May 26, 2026, 12:46 PM EDT (2026-05-26T12:46:57-04:00) |
| Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch | Nov 2, 2026, 9:40 PM EST (2026-11-03T02:40:36Z) |
| Material | sewage (reported as treated or partly treated) |
| Volume, in gallons | Not provided |
| Volume as reported | Not provided |
| How volume was determined | not stated whether estimated or measured |
| Authority | Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Tidewater Regional Office |
| Advice | Not provided |
| Advice period, in hours | Not provided |
| Basis of the advice period | Not provided |
| Original notice | https://portal.deq.virginia.gov/v2/prep/prepReport/323640 |
Original source data
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"incident": "2026-05-21T08:00:19",
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"closed": "2026-05-26T12:46:57",
"modified": "2026-05-26T12:46:57",
"date_unknown": false,
"site_name": "Unusual Discharge/Upset - Indian Cove Campground 10530 Sandbridge Rd. Virginia Beach",
"address": "1053 Sandbridge Rd",
"city": "Virginia Beach",
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"county_city": "Virginia Beach City",
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"incident_comment": "ESS reported potential unusual discharge/upset at the Indian Cove WWTP. Reported low DO (0.60 mg/L) black color.\n5/21/26 - ESS reported via telephone and followed up with letter\n5/22/26 - DEQ Requested 5-day letter.\n5/26/26 - update received, resolved.",
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"type": "Call Received"
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"at": "2026-05-21T13:01:33",
"type": "Under Investigation"
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"at": "2026-05-21T13:01:33",
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"_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 1 h (sewage report)",
"_time_basis": "PReP API times are local wall-clock times with no zone, read as America/New_York. The export table stores local time + 5 h all year (decoded by subtracting 5 h); the EDMA point layer stores local time labelled as UTC (decoded by reading the UTC clock as local).",
"water_placement": {
"text": "North Bay",
"towns": [
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"layer": "DEQ EDMA layer 175 (PReP Reports, Daily)",
"reference_point": "PG",
"note": "DEQ's geocode of the report's site address (REFERENCE_POINT 'PG'), not an outfall point",
"edma_incident": "2026-05-21T08:00:19-04:00",
"edma_received": "2026-05-21T12:59:11-04:00"
},
"attribution": "DEQ is the data source. DEQ does not certify that this data represents a complete record. This data is provided to the citizens of the Commonwealth free of charge and for informational purposes only.",
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} Source: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Tidewater Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 323640, reported May 21, 2026, 12:59 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice
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