Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Jun 1, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "323932",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-06-01T08:30:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-06-01T00:00:00",
    "closed": "2026-06-10T14:24:02",
    "modified": "2026-06-10T14:24:02",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO-Town of Strasburg-Strasburg STP-West King Stret",
    "address": "590 West King St",
    "city": "Strasburg",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Shenandoah 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": "Strasburg STP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Town of Strasburg",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "SSO in side yard of property at 590 West King St due to a blockage (shop towels and debris). Approximately 65 gallons discharged and it reached an adjacent unnamed tributary that leads to the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. Originally reported that overflow reached the river but at time of overflow, the tirbutary was dry/damp and did not have natural stormwater flow. The discharge was contained to the area and never flowed to the river.",
    "location_comment": "590 West King St\nside yard",
    "closure_comment": "No discharge to state waters. \n65 gallons."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 1,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 65,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": null,
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "Staff  rodded the 8\" gravity main and removed a signaficant amount of shop towels and debris, began containment and clean-up of grease that clogged the main. Staff also jetted the pipe to remove any additional debris. All the overflow material was removed and clean-up completed on 6/1/26. Staff did not observe adverse effects on the tributary or river. Lime was to address a portion of the impacted area. Lime was not used in close proximity to a watercourse.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-06-01T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-10T14:16:46",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-10T14:16:56",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-10T14:16:57",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-10T14:24:02",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-06-10T14:16:46",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0020311",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0020311"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
    "by_permit": null,
    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 1 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": [
      "Strasburg",
      "Shenandoah County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.992922,
    "lon": -78.371826,
    "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": "2026-06-01T08:30:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-06-01T00:00:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/323932?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 323932, reported Jun 1, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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