Report not fully read reported, Aug 4, 2026
Ongoing (as reported) · Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office
Source: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 324717, reported Aug 4, 2026, 9:03 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice
Current status from this report
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1. Reported wastewater outlet
Operator named in the record: not named. Outlet: not stated. Location: 36.78358, -79.37020; location source: geocoded from an address or place name.
Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.
2. Waters named in the notice
The notice names: “Banister River”. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Banister River, VA. Match basis: the water named in the report.
3. Estimated downstream stretch
No downstream estimate is available for this report.
Map sources: water outlines and launches from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (Open Database License); wastewater outlets from EPA and state records; downstream estimates by DirtyWaterWatch using U.S. Geological Survey maps and flow data. Base map: OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.
When it happened and when it was reported
Event and notice times use Eastern Time (EST or EDT). Retrieval times use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
- Started
- Ended
- ongoing, as last reported
- Detail provided by the source
- Times known to the minute
- Reported to the source
- Published
- not given
- Source last updated
- Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch
What and how much
- Type
- Report not fully read
- Status in the record
- Ongoing (as reported)
- Material
- “sewage”
- Volume
- volume not reported (not stated whether estimated or measured)
- Volume as reported
- none
Advice from Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office
This report includes no advice. Check current local health notices.
- Advice period
- This report does not state a period. See the rule DirtyWaterWatch applies and its source.
- Basis
- not stated
Status history from this report
- Discharge or advisory reported Banister River: Discharge reported ongoing, Aug 4, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT to Aug 11, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
- End not confirmed Banister River: End not confirmed, Aug 11, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT to Sep 3, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
- No current status shown Banister River: End not confirmed, Sep 3, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT to Nov 2, 2026, 8:00 AM EST
Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using this report and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-03 02:43 UTC.
Source and versions
- Source
- Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related
- Source record number
- 324717
- Original notice
- Read the original notice
- Earlier version
- None: this is the first record
- Later versions
- None
- Note
- Some details could not be read automatically. Check the original notice.
Record details
| Record identifier | va-deq-prep:324717 |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | va-deq-prep |
| Source record number | 324717 |
| Earlier version | Not provided |
| Type | Report not fully read |
| Status in the report | Ongoing (as reported) |
| Sewer operator identifier | Not provided |
| Sewer operator | Not provided |
| Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES) | Not provided |
| Outlet number | Not provided |
| Outlet name | Not provided |
| Water named in the report | Banister River |
| Linked waters | banister-river-va |
| How this report was linked to the water | the water named in the report |
| Latitude | 36.784 |
| Longitude | -79.37 |
| Location source | geocoded from an address or place name |
| Location accuracy, in metres | Not provided |
| Started | Aug 4, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT (2026-08-04T09:00:57-04:00) |
| Ended | Not provided |
| Detail provided by the source | to the minute |
| Reported to the source | Aug 4, 2026, 9:03 AM EDT (2026-08-04T09:03:49-04:00) |
| Published | Not provided |
| Source last updated | Nov 2, 2026, 2:38 PM EST (2026-11-02T14:38:34-05:00) |
| Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch | Nov 2, 2026, 9:40 PM EST (2026-11-03T02:40:36Z) |
| Material | sewage |
| Volume, in gallons | Not provided |
| Volume as reported | Not provided |
| How volume was determined | not stated whether estimated or measured |
| Authority | Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office |
| Advice | Not provided |
| Advice period, in hours | Not provided |
| Basis of the advice period | Not provided |
| Original notice | https://portal.deq.virginia.gov/v2/prep/prepReport/324717 |
Original source data
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"incident": "2026-08-04T09:00:57",
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"received": "2026-08-04T09:03:49",
"closed": null,
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"site_name": "Manure release - Vanderhyde Dairy - Chatham",
"address": "945 Dairy View Rd",
"city": "Chatham",
"zip": "24531",
"county_city": "Pittsylvania County",
"region": "Blue Ridge",
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"incident_comment": "- at the bridge on Dairy View Road\n- BRRO WQM investigated while sampling in area\n- river heavily impacted, dead fish observed form bridge\n- PREP responded, traced discharge to farm ditch\n- PREP returning Wednesday, 8/5, to observe satellite lagoon",
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"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": "2026-08-04T09:00:57-04:00",
"edma_received": "2026-08-04T09:03:49-04:00"
},
"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.",
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} Source: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 324717, reported Aug 4, 2026, 9:03 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice
Staff names, email addresses and phone numbers are removed from source data before it is stored.