Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Jul 13, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "324428",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-07-13T13:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-07-14T09:28:00",
    "closed": "2026-07-17T08:37:16",
    "modified": "2026-07-17T08:37:16",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Town of Abingdon - Wolf Creek WRF - Jackson Street",
    "address": "Jackson Street",
    "city": "Abingdon",
    "zip": "24210",
    "county_city": "Washington 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": "Wolf Creek Water Reclamation Facility",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Town of Abingdon",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On July 14, 2026, [name removed] with Woodard & Curran, the contract operator at Wolf Creek WRF, provided email notification reporting that on Ju1y 13, 2026, he received a call from [name removed] just before 1:00pm about a possible sewer issue causing the road to collapse on Jackson Street in Abingdon.  Staff was contacted to make the repairs to the line. Once the vac truck was onsite, it was used to clean up the overflow as repairs were being made.  State waters were not impacted by this event.  The repairs were made and staff left the scene around 6:00pm.  Approximately 3-4 gallons of wastewater flowed down the road area. The incident was closed on July 17, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "Jackson Street, Abingdon, VA",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on July 13, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on July 14, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 5,
      "component": "Pipe Failure",
      "component_id": 3,
      "volume_gal": 4,
      "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": "Vac truck was onsite to clean up the overflow while line repairs were being made.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "at": "2026-07-13T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-13T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-13T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Sent"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-16T10:39:57",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-16T11:12:00",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-16T11:12:00",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-17T08:37:16",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-07-16T10:39:57",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0026531",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0026531"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 5 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": null,
    "towns": [
      "Abingdon",
      "Washington County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.714777,
    "lon": -81.974042,
    "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": "2026-07-13T13:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-07-14T09:28:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324428?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 324428, reported Jul 14, 2026, 9:28 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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