Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Jul 9, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "324347",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-07-09T10:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-07-10T07:27:00",
    "closed": "2026-07-13T14:25:11",
    "modified": "2026-07-21T08:42:15",
    "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": 1000,
    "high": 1500,
    "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 July 10, 2026, [name removed], Operator at the Lebanon WWTP, provided email notification reporting that an overflow occurred on July 9, 2026, at 10:00 am at the Cedar Creek Pump Staiton. Staff found a lead electrical wire to the main pump had touched inside the pump and was causing it to short out. An estimated 1000 to 1500 gallons overflowed into Big Cedar Creek. Staff used a 1200-gal pump trailer and Collins Septic truck service to immediately start pumping and were able to slow/stop the overflow during repairs of the pump station pump.  At 2:00pm on July 9, 2026, the new motor was up and running and the overflow stopped.  An electrician/SCADA technician was called out to check the alarm call-out system and to check wiring in the pump station. The incident was closed on July 13, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "372 Cliffside Dr., Lebanon, VA",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on July 9, 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": 4,
      "component": "Pump Station",
      "component_id": 11,
      "volume_gal": 1500,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": 0.14,
      "causes": [
        "Pump Station"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Used pump trailer and Collins Septic truck service to immediately start pumping and was able to slow/stop the overflow during repairs of the pump station pump.  A new motor was installed.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-07-10T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-10T15:07:00",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-10T15:08:16",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-10T15:08:16",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-13T14:25:11",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-07-10T15:07:00",
  "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 4 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": 36.91203,
    "lon": -82.044422,
    "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": "2026-07-09T10:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-07-10T07:27:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324347?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 324347, reported Jul 10, 2026, 7:27 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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