Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Jul 12, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "324414",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-07-12T10:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-07-12T10:19:00",
    "closed": "2026-07-15T14:41:47",
    "modified": "2026-07-15T14:41:47",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Town of Dungannon - Dungannon STP - Outfall 001",
    "address": "260 Waterford Ave.",
    "city": "Dungannon",
    "zip": "24245",
    "county_city": "Scott County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Clinch River",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Clinch River",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 1,
    "high": 60000,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": null,
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Town of Dungannon",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On July 12, 2026, [name removed], Operator for Town of Dungannon, provided email notification reporting that an unusual discharge is occurring at the Dungannon STP.  On July 13, 2026, a report was provided stating the discharge began at 10:00am on July 12, 2026, and continued until 12:00pm on July 13, 2026. The event was caused by heavy localized rainfall over several days.The estimated total volume of the discharge was approximately 60,000 gallons. The plant has returned to normal operations. The incident was closed on July 15, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "260 Waterford Ave., Dungannon, VA 24245",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on July 13, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on July 13, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 26,
      "component": "Other",
      "component_id": 7,
      "volume_gal": 60000,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "High Levels of Inflow and/or Infiltration"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Heavy rain fall caused the unusual discharge event.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": "Outfall 1",
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-13T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-15T13:46:24",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-15T13:47:06",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-15T13:47:06",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-15T14:41:47",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-07-15T13:46:24",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": null,
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0070670"
    ],
    "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 26 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": "Clinch River",
    "towns": [
      "Dungannon",
      "Scott County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.823826,
    "lon": -82.466762,
    "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": "2026-07-12T10:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-07-12T10:19:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324414?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 324414, reported Jul 12, 2026, 10:19 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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