Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Jul 6, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "324286",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-07-06T00:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-07-07T12:40:00",
    "closed": "2026-07-13T14:36:24",
    "modified": "2026-07-13T14:36:24",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Town of Rural Retreat - Rural Retreat WWTP - Lee Highway Line Leak",
    "address": "W. Lee Hwy and Rt. 90",
    "city": "Rural Retreat",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Wythe 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": null,
    "facility_permitted": "N",
    "responsible_company": "Town of Rural Retreat",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On July 7, 2026, [name removed], Rural Retreat Town Manager, provided email notification reporting a sewer discharge on July 6, 2026, due to small leak on an 8-inch line near a large gas service line in area near several businesses. It is located at the intersection of W. Lee Hwy and Rt 90.  Staff are currently using a vac truck until the repairs can be made. The 5-day written report was provided via email on July 10, 2026 noting that the discharge lasted from 10:00am on July 2, 2026 until 3:00pm on July 8, 2026. The estimated volume of the overflow was 10,000 gallons.  A vac truck was called on site and the leak was repaired on July 8, 2026. The overflow did not reach any waterways. The incident was closed on July 13, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "Intersection of W. Lee Hwy and Rt. 90, Rural Retreat, VA",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on July 8, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on July 10, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 53,
      "component": "Pipe",
      "component_id": 10,
      "volume_gal": 10000,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Broken Pipe"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "A vac truck was called onsite and leak was repaired on 7-8-2026.",
      "steps_taken": null,
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      "other_cause": null
    }
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      "at": "2026-07-07T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Received"
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      "at": "2026-07-07T16:22:31",
      "type": "Call Received"
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    {
      "at": "2026-07-07T16:22:51",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-07T16:22:53",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-10T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Sent"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-10T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
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    {
      "at": "2026-07-13T14:36:24",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-07-07T16:22:31",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
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    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0021326"
    ],
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    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
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  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": null,
  "_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": [
      "Rural Retreat",
      "Wythe County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
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  "point": {
    "lat": 36.909931,
    "lon": -81.273534,
    "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": "2026-07-06T00:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-07-07T12:40:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324286?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 324286, reported Jul 7, 2026, 12:40 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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