Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, May 29, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "323832",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-05-29T00:20:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-05-29T09:35:00",
    "closed": "2026-06-03T13:45:22",
    "modified": "2026-06-03T13:45:21",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Town of Independence - Independence WWTP - East Main Street Manhole",
    "address": "East Main Street",
    "city": "Independence",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Grayson 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": "Independence STP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Town of Independence",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On May 29, 2026, [name removed], with the Town of Independence, provided email notification reporting a manhole overflow that occurred on East Main Street at the Food City Gas and Go on May 29, 2026.  The overflow was due to a clogged sewer main.  The overflow was first discovered at 12:20am and was stopped at 6:30am the same day.  The overflow did not reach any streams.  The estimated amount of the overflow was 500 gallons.  A BOD sample was collected, and the pH of the sample was 5.4. The incident was closed on June 3, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "East Main Street, Independence, VA",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on May 29, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on May 29, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 6.17,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 500,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Overflow due to clogged line. Blockage was removed.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-05-29T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-03T12:51:55",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-03T12:53:26",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-03T12:53:26",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-03T13:45:22",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-06-03T12:51:55",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0064424",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0064424"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 6.17 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": [
      "Independence",
      "Grayson County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.620868,
    "lon": -81.142609,
    "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": "2026-05-29T00:20:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-05-29T09:35:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/323832?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 323832, reported May 29, 2026, 9:35 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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