Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, May 20, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "323888",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-05-20T10:45:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-05-20T00:00:00",
    "closed": "2026-06-08T16:00:19",
    "modified": "2026-06-08T16:00:19",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO-Unpermitted-RWSA-Broomley Road",
    "address": "570 Broomley Rd",
    "city": "Charlottesville",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Charlottesville City",
    "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": null,
    "facility_permitted": "N",
    "responsible_company": "Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "SSO across from 570 Broomley Rd (CZI-ARV-02A). Approximately 75 gallons discharged but did not reach any state waters. An air release valve was beginning to fail on the Crozet interceptor force main. The valve was found to be leaking intermittently.",
    "location_comment": "across from 570 Broomley Rd (CZI-ARV-02A)",
    "closure_comment": "No discharge to state waters."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 0.5,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 75,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": null,
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Other"
      ],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "The air release valve was replaced. Lime was put down around the area where residuals had been discharged.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-05-20T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-08T15:53:13",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-08T15:55:51",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-08T15:55:51",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-08T16:00:19",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-06-08T15:53:13",
  "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": {
    "by_permit": null,
    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 0.5 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": [
      "Charlottesville",
      "Charlottesville City"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.05199,
    "lon": -78.556699,
    "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": "2026-05-20T10:45:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-05-20T00:00:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/323888?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 323888, reported May 20, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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