Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Jun 18, 2026

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Original source data

{
  "report": {
    "id": "324058",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-06-18T15:40:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-06-19T08:14:00",
    "closed": "2026-06-23T09:03:06",
    "modified": "2026-06-23T09:03:06",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Town of Lebanon - Lebanon WWTP - Big Cedar Creek Pump Station",
    "address": "372 Cliffside Dr.",
    "city": "Lebanon",
    "zip": "24266",
    "county_city": "Russell County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Big Cedar Creek",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Big Cedar Creek",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 1,
    "high": 2000,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Lebanon WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Lebanon Town",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On June 19, 2026, [name removed], Operator at the Lebanon WWTP, provided email notification reporting that an overflow occurred at the Cedar Creek Pump Station on June 18, 2026.  The overflow started at 1540 and stopped at 1645 on the same day. A storm with heavy rain caused a tree to fall on a power line which caused a loss of power to the pump station. Approximately 2000 gallons overflowed to Big Cedar Creek. AEP made repairs and power was restored to the pump station. The incident was closed on June 23, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "372 Cliffside Dr., Lebanon, VA 24266",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on June 18, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on June 19, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 1.08,
      "component": "Pump Station Failure",
      "component_id": 4,
      "volume_gal": 2000,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": 1.85,
      "causes": [
        "Pump Station"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "The pump trailer was brought out and they caught 3600 gallons but they were not able to prevent an overflow.  AEP made repairs and restored power to the pump station.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-06-18T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-22T15:15:48",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-22T15:16:12",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-22T15:16:12",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-23T09:03:06",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-06-22T15:15:48",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0020745",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0020745"
    ],
    "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 1.08 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": "Big Cedar Creek",
    "towns": [
      "Lebanon",
      "Russell County"
    ],
    "notes": [
      "'cedar creek': the point is not near any of the 2 Virginia waters with this name: not used"
    ],
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.91205,
    "lon": -82.044442,
    "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": "2026-06-18T15:40:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-06-19T08:14:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324058?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 324058, reported Jun 19, 2026, 8:14 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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