Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, May 27, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "323880",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-05-27T18:01:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-05-28T00:00:00",
    "closed": "2026-06-08T13:59:13",
    "modified": "2026-06-18T13:09:19",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "Overflow-Aqua Virginia-Lake Holiday WWTP-South Lakeview Drive",
    "address": "231 South Lakeview Dr",
    "city": "Cross Junction",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Frederick County",
    "region": "Valley",
    "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": "Lake Holiday WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Aqua Virginia, Inc.",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "Overflow at plant due to heavy rainfall I&I. Equalization basin was at max capacity so staff followed standard procedures for high flow conditions. The discharge lasted for 18 hours and approximately .307 MG flowed through the plant while aeration was off. Air supply was powered on to the activated sludge process and the plant returned to normal operation. Staff did not observe any fish kill or other obvious adverse impacts to the surrounding environment.",
    "location_comment": "231 South Lakeview Dr",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 18,
      "component": null,
      "component_id": null,
      "volume_gal": 307000,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": null,
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "High Levels of Inflow and/or Infiltration"
      ],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "Staff followed high flow procedures from the O&M manual.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "at": "2026-05-27T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-08T13:53:18",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-08T13:53:27",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-08T13:53:27",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-08T13:59:13",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-06-08T13:53:18",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0027642",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0027642"
    ],
    "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 18 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": "2026-05-27T18:01:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-05-28T00:00:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/323880?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 323880, reported May 28, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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