Treatment bypass reported, Jun 19, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "324084",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-06-19T07:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-06-19T14:06:00",
    "closed": "2026-06-24T07:31:46",
    "modified": "2026-06-24T07:31:46",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "Bypass - Town of Clintwood - Clintwood WWTP",
    "address": "244 The Lake Rd.",
    "city": "Clintwood",
    "zip": "24228",
    "county_city": "Dickenson County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Unauthorized Discharge of Pollutant(s)"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Cranes Nest River",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Cranes Nest River",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 1,
    "high": 28875,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Clintwood WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Town of Clintwood",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On June 19, 2026, [name removed], Operator at the Clintwood WWTP, provided email notification reporting that on June 19, 2025, between 7:00am and 9:45am, a small number of solids were abnormally discharged into the Cranes Nest River from the Clintwood WWTP. Total amount of rainfall was 1.80\".  Although staff tried to abate the flow, some solids left the clarifier and entered the contact tank. When the contact tank was turned on, the settled material in the tanks stirred up and was discharged in the effluent.  An MLSS test on effluent during the discharge period showed a concentration of 200 mg/l which calculated to 28,875 gallons.  Data leading up to the forecasted rain event showed good clarifier settling and MLSS concentrations within the normal range for this facility. The effluent has since cleared, and staff will drain the contact tanks to eliminate any remaining solids once flows return to normal. The incident was closed on June 24, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "244 The Lake Rd., Clintwood, VA  24228",
    "closure_comment": "The unusual discharge stopped on June 19, 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": 2.75,
      "component": "Other",
      "component_id": 7,
      "volume_gal": 28875,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": "Y",
      "precipitation_in": 1.8,
      "causes": [
        "High Levels of Inflow and/or Infiltration"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "When the contact tank was turned on, the settled material in the tanks stirred up and left the effluent.  Staff will drain the contact tanks to eliminate any remaining solids once flows return to normal.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": "Outfall 001",
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-06-19T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-23T15:14:31",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-23T15:14:51",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-23T15:14:51",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-06-24T07:31:46",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-06-23T15:14:31",
  "event_type_basis": "bypass structure or site name (structure: Other)",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0026565",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0026565"
    ],
    "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 2.75 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": "Cranes Nest River",
    "towns": [
      "Clintwood",
      "Dickenson County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.155869,
    "lon": -82.444443,
    "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": "2026-06-19T07:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-06-19T14:06:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324084?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 324084, reported Jun 19, 2026, 2:06 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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