Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, May 23, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "323663",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-05-23T05:25:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-05-23T08:20:00",
    "closed": "2026-06-03T11:30:10",
    "modified": "2026-06-03T11:30:10",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "UD-Aqua Virginia-Lake Holiday WWTP-S Lakeview Dr",
    "address": "231 South Lakeview Drive",
    "city": "Cross Junction",
    "zip": "22625",
    "county_city": "Frederick County",
    "region": "Valley",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
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    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "N",
    "low": null,
    "high": null,
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    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": "VDEM-2026-05-23-0084",
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": null,
    "facility_permitted": "N",
    "responsible_company": "Aqua Virginia, Inc.",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "Unusual discharge event at WWTP due to heavy rainfall I&I. The equalization basin was at maximum capacity so staff followed the standard procedures for high flow conditions as listed in the O&M manual. The UD lasted for 44.19 hours and approx 1.06 MG flowed through the plant while aeration was off.",
    "location_comment": "231 South Lakeview Drive",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
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      "component": null,
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      "volume_gal": null,
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      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": null,
      "precipitation_in": 3,
      "causes": [],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "The air supply was powered on to the activated sludge process and the plant returned to normal operation. Aqua staff did not observe any fish kill or other obvious adverse impacts to the surrounding environment.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "at": "2026-05-23T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-05-23T08:33:28",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-05-23T08:40:02",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-05-23T08:40:02",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-03T11:30:10",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-05-23T08:33:28",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
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    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0027642"
    ],
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    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": null,
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 44 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": null,
    "towns": [
      "Cross Junction",
      "Frederick County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 39.312969,
    "lon": -78.308527,
    "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": "2026-05-23T05:25:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-05-23T08:20:00-04:00"
  },
  "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.",
  "api_url": "https://portal.deq.virginia.gov/prep/api/prepReports/323663?expand=prepStatusCode,prepUnitTypeCode,prepReportSewages.prepComponentTypeCode,prepReportSewages.prepSewageCauses.prepCauseCode,prepReportSewages.prepSewageImpacts.prepImpactTypeCode,prepReportReleaseSubtypes.prepReleaseSubtypeCode,prepReportPermitViews,prepOriginalReport,prepReportEvents.prepEventTypeCode,prepFipsCode.fipsRegion"
}

Source: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Valley Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 323663, reported May 23, 2026, 8:20 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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