Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Jun 3, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "323933",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-06-03T10:30:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-06-03T00:00:00",
    "closed": "2026-06-10T14:34:14",
    "modified": "2026-06-18T13:11:23",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO-Unpermitted-City of Harrisonburg-Hillandale Avenue",
    "address": "512 Hillandale Ave",
    "city": "Harrisonburg",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Harrisonburg City",
    "region": "Valley",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": null,
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    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "N",
    "low": null,
    "high": null,
    "unit": null,
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    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": null,
    "facility_permitted": "N",
    "responsible_company": "City of Harrisonburg",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "SSO at MH 21/3 due to a root blockage. The quantity of the overflow was small but unknown and the clear liquid wetted only the ground surface around the manhole and was absorbed into the ground without reached state waters",
    "location_comment": "512 Hillandale Ave\nMH 21/3",
    "closure_comment": "No discharge to state waters.\nMinor amount of clear liquid absorbed into ground."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": null,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": null,
      "volume_unknown": "Y",
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": null,
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "Liquid absorbed into ground, as a result, no clean-up efforts were required. \nStaff jet flushed the line to remove the restriction and restore normal flow.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
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      "at": "2026-06-10T14:30:35",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-10T14:31:21",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-10T14:31:21",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
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      "at": "2026-06-10T14:34:14",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-06-10T14:30:35",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
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    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "none"
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  "discharger_match": {
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": null,
  "_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": [
      "Harrisonburg",
      "Harrisonburg City"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.440162,
    "lon": -78.898007,
    "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": "2026-06-03T10:30:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-06-03T00:00:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/323933?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 323933, reported Jun 3, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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