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

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Original source data

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  "report": {
    "id": "324575",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-07-22T14:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-07-23T08:25:00",
    "closed": "2026-07-27T07:30:52",
    "modified": "2026-07-27T07:30:52",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Town of Cedar Bluff - Old Kentucky Turnpike Line Break",
    "address": "Old Kentucky Turnpike and Cedar Valley Dr",
    "city": "Cedar Bluff",
    "zip": "24609",
    "county_city": "Tazewell County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Indian Creek",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Indian Creek",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 1,
    "high": -1,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": null,
    "facility_permitted": "N",
    "responsible_company": "Cedar Bluff Town",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On July 23, 2026, [name removed] with the Town of Cedar Bluff, provided email notification reporting that the 12-inch sewer main crossing Indian Creek at the Intersection of Old Kentucky Turnpike and Cedar Valley Drive has developed two pin holes due to age. The pipe developed a leak from the holes due to heavy rainfall. [name removed] was made aware of this at approximately 2:00pm on July 22, 2026, and it stopped leaking at 7:00-7:30 on July 22, 2026.  The amount of discharge is unknown.  The Town has obtained grant money to line this and other creek crossings in town.  Until the money becomes available in approximately 6 months, the line will be banded with stainless steel bands. The incident was closed on July 27, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "Old Kentucky Turnpike and Cedar Valley Dr, Cedar Bluff, VA",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on July 22, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on July 23, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 5.5,
      "component": "Pipe",
      "component_id": 10,
      "volume_gal": null,
      "volume_unknown": "Y",
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Broken Pipe"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Two pin holes developed in the 12-inch main line and the line will be banded with stainless steel bands.  The Town has obtained grant money to line this and other creek crossings in town.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "at": "2026-07-23T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-24T13:24:29",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-24T13:24:53",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-24T13:24:53",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-07-27T07:30:52",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-07-24T13:24:29",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": null,
    "deq_vpdes_links": null,
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "none"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": null,
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 5.5 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": "Indian Creek",
    "towns": [
      "Cedar Bluff",
      "Tazewell County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.088955,
    "lon": -81.76555,
    "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": "2026-07-22T14:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-07-23T08:25:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324575?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 324575, reported Jul 23, 2026, 8:25 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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