Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Jun 29, 2026

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    "id": "324184",
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    "incident": "2026-06-29T10:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-06-29T16:34:00",
    "closed": "2026-07-09T07:34:04",
    "modified": "2026-07-09T07:34:04",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - DOC Powhatan Correctional Center - near Capital Construction unit",
    "address": "3600 Woods Way",
    "city": "State Farm",
    "zip": "23160",
    "county_city": "Powhatan County",
    "region": "Piedmont",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Unauthorized Discharge of Pollutant(s)"
    ],
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    "water_threatened": "N",
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    "high": null,
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    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "DOC Powhatan Correctional Center",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": null,
    "still_occurring": "Y"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "Good afternoon the institution is taking bids for the repair of the leak.  They are waiting on one part of the quote to arrive. It should be today or tomorrow We applied lime to the area where the water is coming to the surface.",
    "location_comment": "A sewer leak was discovered to the left of Capital Construction unit",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 6,
      "component": "Pipe",
      "component_id": 10,
      "volume_gal": null,
      "volume_unknown": "Y",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
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        "Broken Pipe"
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      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Good afternoon the institution is taking bids for the repair of the leak.  They are waiting on one part of the quote to arrive. It should be today or tomorrow We applied lime to the area where the water is coming to the surface.",
      "steps_taken": null,
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      "other_cause": null
    }
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      "at": "2026-06-30T06:25:01",
      "type": "Call Received"
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      "at": "2026-06-30T06:54:12",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
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      "at": "2026-06-30T06:54:12",
      "type": "Assigned"
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      "at": "2026-07-09T07:34:04",
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  "event_type_basis": "site name begins 'SSO' (DEQ category: Unauthorized Discharge of Pollutant(s))",
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    "by_name": null
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  "volume_basis": null,
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 6 h (sewage report)",
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  "water_placement": {
    "text": null,
    "towns": [
      "State Farm",
      "Powhatan County"
    ],
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    "echo_outfall": null
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  "point": {
    "lat": 37.627298,
    "lon": -77.829196,
    "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": "2026-06-29T10:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-06-29T16:34:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324184?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), Piedmont Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 324184, reported Jun 29, 2026, 4:34 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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