Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Jun 17, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "324056",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-06-17T21:47:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-06-18T07:17:00",
    "closed": "2026-06-23T08:40:59",
    "modified": "2026-06-23T08:40:59",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Town of Abingdon - Wolf Creek WRF - Baltimore Street Blockage",
    "address": "422 Baltimore Street",
    "city": "Abingdon",
    "zip": "24210",
    "county_city": "Washington 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": "Wolf Creek Water Reclamation Facility",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Town of Abingdon",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On June 18, 2026, [name removed] with Woodard & Curran, the contract operator at Wolf Creek WRF, provided email notification reporting that on June 17, 2026, [name removed] called at 9:47pm regarding a blockage and overflow from a cleanout at 422 Baltimore Street. Approximately 10-15 gallons of water overflowed onto the ground when the cap was removed from the cleanout. The overflow did not reach state waters. Water was jetted into the cleanout to free the blockage.  They replaced the cleanout cap and sprayed down the grass and driveway to remove any solids left behind. The call was cleared by 11:00 pm. The incident was closed on June 23, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "422 Baltimore Street, Abingdon, VA 24210",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on June 17, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on June 18, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 1.2,
      "component": "Cleanout",
      "component_id": 14,
      "volume_gal": 15,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Staff proceeded to jet water into the cleanout and free the blockage, replaced cleanout cap and sprayed down the grass and driveway to remove any solids left behind.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-06-18T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-22T14:33:08",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-22T14:33:46",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-22T14:33:47",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-23T08:40:59",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-06-22T14:33:08",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0026531",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0026531"
    ],
    "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 1.2 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": [
      "Abingdon",
      "Washington County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.71212,
    "lon": -81.984487,
    "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": "2026-06-17T21:47:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-06-18T07:17:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324056?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 324056, reported Jun 18, 2026, 7:17 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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