Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Henrico County Department of Public Utilities (Henrico Water Reclamation Facility and collection system), Aug 5, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "324786",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-08-05T13:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-08-06T15:11:00",
    "closed": "2026-08-11T07:04:18",
    "modified": "2026-08-11T07:04:18",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Henrico Conveyance - Break in Almond Creek Pump Station Force Main",
    "address": "6150 Osborne Turnpike",
    "city": "Henrico",
    "zip": "23231",
    "county_city": "Henrico County",
    "region": "Piedmont",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "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": "Henrico County Water Reclamation Facility",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": null,
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "An intermittent sewage spill occurred from a leak in the 12-inch Ductile Iron Almond Creek Force Main near 6150 Osborne Turnpike.  The leak from the force main was originally identified on August 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM.  A containment pit was established for temporary mitigation during investigation efforts.  The spill ceased once the containment pit was established at 7:45 PM on August 5, 2026.  Approximately 8100 gallons of sewage were spilled.  The spill did not enter any Waters of the Commonwealth. \n\nThe leak disappeared once the containment pit was established.  County Staff is continuing to investigate to locate the location of the leak.  The site of the spill was cleaned up.  The containment pit has been backfilled.  The containment pit will be re-excavated if the leak reappears.",
    "location_comment": "A 12-inch, ductile iron force main in the vicinity of 6150 Osborne Turnpike.",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 6.75,
      "component": "Force Main",
      "component_id": 15,
      "volume_gal": 8100,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Broken Pipe"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "A containment pit was established for temporary mitigation during repair efforts.  The spill ceased once the containment pit was established on August 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "at": "2026-08-07T06:32:43",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-07T06:51:49",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-07T06:51:50",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-11T07:04:18",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-08-07T06:32:43",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0063690",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0063690"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
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    ],
    "result": "by permit"
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  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 6.75 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": null,
    "towns": [
      "Henrico",
      "Henrico County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.496973,
    "lon": -77.406262,
    "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": "2026-08-05T13:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-08-06T15:11:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324786?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), Piedmont Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 324786, reported Aug 6, 2026, 3:11 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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