Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Fauquier County Water and Sanitation Authority - Remington WWTP, Jul 31, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "324676",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-07-31T12:00:07",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-07-31T18:10:05",
    "closed": "2026-08-10T11:53:15",
    "modified": "2026-08-10T11:53:15",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Fauquier Co WSA - Marshall WWTP - Route 55",
    "address": "No address \nOn the side of route 55",
    "city": "The Plains",
    "zip": "20198",
    "county_city": "Fauquier County",
    "region": "Northern",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
      "Risk Tier 1"
    ],
    "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": "Marshall WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Fauquier County Water Sanitation Authority",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "The overflow occurred at 6632 John Marshall Highway, The Plains, Virginia. WSA crews responded to the site and determined that the overflow was caused by the failure of an old repair band. The estimated total volume spilled was approximately 2,000 gallons. The repair has been completed, and the area has been limed. No sewage reached any waters of the US.",
    "location_comment": "Approximately 1 mile from pump stations C in The Plains",
    "closure_comment": "The repair has been completed, and the affected area has been limed. No sewage reached any waterways. 5-day letter received on 8-3-2026. No further action required."
  },
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    {
      "duration_h": null,
      "component": "Pump Station",
      "component_id": 11,
      "volume_gal": 2000,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "Y",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "The repair has been completed, and the area has been limed. No sewage reached any waterway.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "at": "2026-07-31T18:10:06",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-01T21:30:29",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-01T21:30:30",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-10T11:53:15",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-07-31T18:10:06",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0031763",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0031763"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
    "by_permit": null,
    "by_name": [
      "va-fcwsa-remington"
    ],
    "result": "by operator name in the report"
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": null,
  "_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": [
      "The Plains",
      "Fauquier County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.859635,
    "lon": -77.769636,
    "layer": "DEQ EDMA layer 175 (PReP Reports, Daily)",
    "reference_point": "FC",
    "note": "DEQ's geocode of the report's site address (REFERENCE_POINT 'PG'), not an outfall point",
    "edma_incident": "2026-07-31T12:00:07-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-07-31T18:10:05-04:00"
  },
  "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/324676?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), Northern Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 324676, reported Jul 31, 2026, 6:10 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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