Treatment bypass reported

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "323744",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-05-28T18:12:19",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-05-28T18:16:29",
    "closed": "2026-06-08T10:18:57",
    "modified": "2026-07-14T15:13:59",
    "date_unknown": true,
    "site_name": "Solids Discharge - Hiway MHC WWTP",
    "address": "14489 James Monroe Hiway,",
    "city": "Leesburg",
    "zip": "20176",
    "county_city": "Loudoun County",
    "region": "Northern",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Unauthorized Discharge of Pollutant(s)"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Limestone Branch",
    "other_waterbody": "UT of Limestone Branch",
    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": -1,
    "high": 1,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Hiway MHC WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": null,
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "While conducting a Recon facility inspection, DEQ staff observed solids present on the ground adjacent to the EQ tank, Solids discharging from the clarifier outlet pipe toward the chlorine contact system and solids observed throughout the receiving stream. The facility had the receiving stream cleaned on June 2, 2026. Photo documentation was sent to DEQ staff on June 2, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "Receiving stream for Hiway MHP WWTP",
    "closure_comment": "While conducting a Recon facility inspection, DEQ staff observed solids present on the ground adjacent to the EQ tank, Solids discharging from the clarifier outlet pipe toward the chlorine contact system and solids observed throughout the receiving stream. The facility had the receiving stream cleaned on June 2, 2026. Photo documentation was sent to DEQ staff on June 2, 2026. This facility is currently in enforcement and is being continuously monitored by DEQ staff."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": null,
      "component": "Other",
      "component_id": 7,
      "volume_gal": null,
      "volume_unknown": "Y",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "Y",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "The facility had the receiving stream cleaned on June 2, 2026.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": "Wastewater treatment plant",
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-05-28T18:16:30",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-05-28T22:47:33",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-05-28T22:47:33",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-05-28T22:49:26",
      "type": "Program Participant Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-08T10:18:57",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-05-28T18:16:30",
  "event_type_basis": "treatment-plant discharge not filed as a sanitary sewer overflow (category: Unauthorized Discharge of Pollutant(s))",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0074942",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0074942"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
    "by_permit": null,
    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "DEQ estimate of the quantity reaching water",
  "_ended_at_basis": null,
  "_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": "Limestone Branch; UT of Limestone Branch",
    "towns": [
      "Leesburg",
      "Loudoun County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 39.214734,
    "lon": -77.5353,
    "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": "2026-05-28T18:12:19-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-05-28T18:16:29-04:00"
  },
  "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/323744?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), Northern Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 323744, reported May 28, 2026, 6:16 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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