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

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  "report": {
    "id": "323723",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-05-23T21:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-05-23T22:37:00",
    "closed": "2026-05-29T08:38:01",
    "modified": "2026-05-29T08:38:01",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Russell County PSA - Banner’s Corner Lift Station",
    "address": "Intersection of US Hwy 58 and Banner's Corner",
    "city": "Castlewood",
    "zip": "24224",
    "county_city": "Russell County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": null,
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "N",
    "low": null,
    "high": null,
    "unit": null,
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": null,
    "facility_permitted": "N",
    "responsible_company": "Russell County PSA",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On May 23, 2026, [name removed] with the Russell County PSA provided email notification reporting an overflow at Banners Corner Lift Station, located at Intersection of US Hwy 58 and Banner’s Corner, Castlewood, on May 23, 2026.  The PSA got a call at 9:00pm and arrived on scene at 10:00pm and noticed that the lift station had started overflowing due to a power failure.  One of the electrical panels was either ripped off the mounting brackets or fell on its own and created multiple electrical issues, wires broken, equipment damaged and broken conduit. The overflow did reach a drainage basin but did not reach state waters. It was estimated that less than 1000 gallons overflowed.  The overflow was stopped at 13:15 on May 24, 2026, and the lift station was repaired and back in service the same day. The incident was closed on May 29, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "Intersection of US Hwy 58 and Banner's Corner, Castlewood, VA 24224",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on May 24, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on May 23, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 16.25,
      "component": "Pump Station",
      "component_id": 11,
      "volume_gal": 1000,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Pump Station"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "The electrical issues was repaired and the pump station was put back in service the same day.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": "Electrical issues",
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "at": "2026-05-23T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-05-23T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-05-23T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-05-23T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Sent"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-05-27T14:41:02",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-05-27T14:41:15",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-05-27T14:41:15",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-05-29T08:38:01",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-05-27T14:41:02",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
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    "deq_vpdes_links": null,
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "none"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 16.25 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": [
      "Castlewood",
      "Russell County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.87609,
    "lon": -82.302395,
    "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": "2026-05-23T21:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-05-23T22:37:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/323723?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), Southwest Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 323723, reported May 23, 2026, 10:37 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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