Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Jun 8, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "323928",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-06-08T11:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-06-09T08:59:00",
    "closed": "2026-06-11T08:17:37",
    "modified": "2026-06-11T08:17:37",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Lee County PSA - Hickory Flats WWTP - Old Jonesville Pump Station",
    "address": "515 Wildflower Dr.",
    "city": "Jonesville",
    "zip": "24263",
    "county_city": "Lee 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": "Lee County PSA - Hickory Flats WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Lee County PSA",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On June 9, 2026, [name removed], Chief Operator with the Lee County PSA, provided email notification reporting an overflow that occurred on June 8, 2026, around 11:00 am at the Old Jonesville Pump Station due to a pump failure at the Town Branch Pump Station.  In order to alleviate the overflow at the Town Branch Pump Station the pumps were shut down at the Old Jonesville Pump Station which caused the overflow to occur. The PSA felt this would be better due to the location being more isolated and not causing any direct health risk or panic.  The PSA estiated the overflow to be  approximately 6-8,000 gallons. The overflow did not reach state waters. A pump was rented and put into place which stopped the overflow. The incident was closed on June 11, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "515 Wildflower Dr., Jonesville, VA",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on June 8, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on June 9, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": null,
      "component": "Pump Station",
      "component_id": 11,
      "volume_gal": 8000,
      "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": "PSA shut down pumps. A rental pump was out into place which stopped the overflow.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "at": "2026-06-09T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-10T11:28:51",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-10T11:29:04",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-10T11:29:04",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-11T08:17:37",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-06-10T11:28:51",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0089397",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0089397"
    ],
    "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": 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": null,
    "towns": [
      "Jonesville",
      "Lee County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.681302,
    "lon": -83.117188,
    "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": "2026-06-08T11:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-06-09T08:59:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/323928?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 323928, reported Jun 9, 2026, 8:59 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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