Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Jun 9, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "323936",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-06-09T17:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-06-10T11:12:00",
    "closed": "2026-06-11T15:08:26",
    "modified": "2026-06-11T15:08:26",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Scott County PSA - Duffield Industrial Park WWTP - Duffield Main Lift Station",
    "address": "293 Duff Patt Highway",
    "city": "Duffield",
    "zip": "24244",
    "county_city": "Scott County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "North Fork Clinch River",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "North Fork Clinch River",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 1,
    "high": 100000,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Duffield Industrial Park WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Scott County PSA",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On June 10, 2026, the Scott County PSA provided email notification stating there was an overflow on June 9, 2026, at the main lift station for the Duffueld STP.  The overflow started on or around 5:00pm on June 9th and stopped at 7:00am June 10th.  The pumps were turned off for electrical box inspection and then the pumps failed to start back which caused the overflow.  An estimated 100,000 gallons entered the North Fork of Clinch River.  Once the issue was noticed, the pumps were turned back on stopping the overflow. SCADA failed to alert the plant and operators of the pump issue and actions are being taken to correct the SCADA system. The incident was closed on June 11, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "293 Duff Patt Highway, Duffield, VA 24244",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on June 10, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on June 10, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 14,
      "component": "Pump Station",
      "component_id": 11,
      "volume_gal": 100000,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Pump Station"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Overflow was due to pumps being turned off for electrical box inspection and pumps failed to start back. Actions taken to stop the overflow were to turn the pumps back on.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-06-10T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-10T16:22:14",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-10T16:22:57",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-10T16:22:57",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-11T15:08:26",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-06-10T16:22:14",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0029564",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0029564"
    ],
    "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 14 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": "North Fork Clinch River",
    "towns": [
      "Duffield",
      "Scott County"
    ],
    "notes": [
      "'clinch river' preceded by 'north fork': a different water, not used"
    ],
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.711497,
    "lon": -82.796206,
    "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": "2026-06-09T17:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-06-10T11:12:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/323936?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 323936, reported Jun 10, 2026, 11:12 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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