Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Jul 30, 2026

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    "id": "324697",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-07-30T13:53:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-07-30T13:53:00",
    "closed": "2026-08-03T16:29:51",
    "modified": "2026-08-03T16:29:51",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Unpermitted - Carroll County PSA - Industrial Park Dr Line Break",
    "address": "227 Industrial Park Dr",
    "city": "Hillville",
    "zip": "24343",
    "county_city": "Carroll County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
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    "water_threatened": "N",
    "low": null,
    "high": null,
    "unit": null,
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    "nrc": [],
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    "facility_name": null,
    "facility_permitted": "N",
    "responsible_company": "Carroll County PSA",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On July 30, 2026, [name removed] with the Carroll County PSA, provided email notification reporting that the PSA has located a sewer leak around the industrial park. On July 31, 2026, [name removed] provided the 5-day written report noting that the release was between 227 Industrial Park Drive and I-77 in a wooded area. An undetermined amount of wastewater was released.  The source of the leak has been identified and repaired.  The affected area has been cleaned and treated.  There was no stream near the leak.  Sewer line came apart at the bell.  Staff dug down and put the pipe back together using the original parts. The incident was closed on August 3, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "227 Industrial Park Dr., Hillsville, VA",
    "closure_comment": "The 5-day written report was provided via email on July 31, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": null,
      "component": "Pipe Failure",
      "component_id": 3,
      "volume_gal": null,
      "volume_unknown": "Y",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Broken Pipe"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Sewer line came apart at the bell.  Staff dug down and put the pipe back together using the original parts.",
      "steps_taken": null,
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    }
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      "type": "5-Day Letter"
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      "at": "2026-07-30T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Received"
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      "at": "2026-07-31T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Received"
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    {
      "at": "2026-07-31T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Sent"
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    {
      "at": "2026-08-03T11:00:49",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-03T11:04:15",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-03T11:04:15",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
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      "at": "2026-08-03T16:29:51",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-08-03T11:00:49",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
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  "_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": [
      "Hillville",
      "Carroll County"
    ],
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    "echo_outfall": null
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  "point": {
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    "lon": -80.767284,
    "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": "2026-07-30T13:53:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-07-30T13:53:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324697?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 324697, reported Jul 30, 2026, 1:53 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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