Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), Jul 21, 2026

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Original source data

{
  "report": {
    "id": "324534",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-07-21T19:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-07-22T11:12:00",
    "closed": "2026-07-24T11:30:00",
    "modified": "2026-07-24T11:30:00",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - King William Conveyance - Manhole KW-MH-C20 at 480 Acquinton Church Road",
    "address": "480 Acquinton Church Road",
    "city": "King William",
    "zip": "23086",
    "county_city": "King William County",
    "region": "Piedmont",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Moncuin Creek",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Moncuin Creek",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 0,
    "high": 4000,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "HRSD King William County Sewage Treatment Plant",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": null,
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On July 21, 2026, heavy rainfall from a storm along with a flood advisory and flood warning in the area the system experienced increased flows in the service area. At 5:36 PM, a high wet well alarm was triggered, and HRSD staff arrived on-site at 7:00 PM. Upon arrival, staff observed the low rim manhole overflowing. HRSD staff verified both station pumps and the permanent mounted diesel bypass pump were running properly.\n\nThe King William TP rain gauge saw a maximum rainfall of 0.32” in 15 minutes (7/21/26 at 17:45 pm), with a total of 0.69” falling in 1 hour.  Total rainfall for the rain event for this rain gauge was 2.15”. The estimated spill volume was 4,000 gallons.",
    "location_comment": "Spill location: KW-MH-C20, 480 Acquinton Church Road King William, VA",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 1.33,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 4000,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": 2.15,
      "causes": [
        "High Levels of Inflow and/or Infiltration"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "On call staff responded to an alarm, confirmed the station was operating, and monitored the overflow. Staff will remove visible debris and spread lime in the affected area.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-07-22T11:42:53",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-22T11:51:16",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-22T11:51:16",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-24T11:30:01",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-07-22T11:42:53",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0088102",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0088102"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
    "by_permit": "va-hrsd",
    "by_name": [
      "va-hrsd"
    ],
    "result": "by permit"
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 1.33 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": "Moncuin Creek",
    "towns": [
      "King William",
      "King William County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.707087,
    "lon": -77.141904,
    "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": "2026-07-21T19:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-07-22T11:12:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324534?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 324534, reported Jul 22, 2026, 11:12 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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