Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Jul 22, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "324558",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-07-22T13:45:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-07-22T14:49:00",
    "closed": "2026-07-24T08:51:23",
    "modified": "2026-07-24T08:51:23",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Town of Abingdon - Wolf Creek WRF",
    "address": "21410 Vance's Mill Rd",
    "city": "Abingdon",
    "zip": "24210",
    "county_city": "Washington County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Wolf Creek",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 1,
    "high": 400,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "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 22, 2026, [name removed] with Woodard & Curran, Contract Operator at Wolf Creek WRF, provided email notification reporting that on July 22, 2026, an overflow occurred at two manholes at the Wolf Creek WRF. The overflow started at 1345 and stopped at 1400 the same day.  The amount was approximately 400 gallons and the overflow entered the ditch line drain area approximately 100 yards from the manholes.  Heavy rain overwhelmed the manholes downstream for a short time. Also, there could possibly be partial blockage in the downstream lines.  Staff stopped any water from entering the manholes, such as filter backwashing until the lines were empty.  A sample was collected for BOD analysis. Cleaning and possibly camera the line has been scheduled with the collection department and will be completed as soon as possible with the Jetter/line cleaning truck unit. The incident was closed on July 24, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "21410 Vance's Mill Rd, Abingdon, VA",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on July 22, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on July 22, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 0.25,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 400,
      "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": "They stopped any water from entering the manholes that they could, such as filter backwashing until the lines were empty.  Cleaning and possibly camera the line has been scheduled with collection department and will be completed as soon as possible with the Jetter/line cleaning truck unit.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "at": "2026-07-22T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-23T14:56:35",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-23T14:57:18",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-23T14:57:18",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-24T08:51:23",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-07-23T14:56:35",
  "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"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
    "by_permit": null,
    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 0.25 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": "Wolf Creek",
    "towns": [
      "Abingdon",
      "Washington County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.686323,
    "lon": -81.982673,
    "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": "2026-07-22T13:45:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-07-22T14:49:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324558?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 324558, reported Jul 22, 2026, 2:49 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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