Treatment bypass reported, Jul 28, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "324787",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-07-28T09:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-07-29T08:22:00",
    "closed": "2026-08-07T08:19:12",
    "modified": "2026-08-07T08:19:12",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "Bypass - Virginia Department of Corrections - Appalachian CCAP - Outfall 001",
    "address": "924 Clifton Farm Road",
    "city": "Honaker",
    "zip": "24260",
    "county_city": "Russell County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Unauthorized Discharge of Pollutant(s)"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Casey Branch",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Casey Branch",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 1,
    "high": 438,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": null,
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "VA Department Of Corrections",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On July 29, 2026, Erin Shepers, with the Virginia Department of Corrections, provided email notification and a written report noting that there was an issue with the chlorine feed at the Appalachian Community Corrections Alternative Programs in Honaker.  on July 28, 2026, while conducting electrical work on one of the building, the power was inadvertently shut off to the chlorine pump at the WWTP. This resulted in approximately 438 gallons of wastewater leaving the plant without chlorination. Once the issue was identified, a generator was immediately connected to the chlorine pump. The bypass occurred for 3.5 hours between 9:00am and 12:00pm on July 28, 2026. The incident was closed on August 7, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "VDOC - Appalachian Community Corrections Alternative Programs",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on July 28, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on July 29, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 3.5,
      "component": "Other",
      "component_id": 7,
      "volume_gal": 438,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "Y",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Other"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "The cause of the bypass was an inadvertent loss of power to the chlorine feed pump during routine electrical repairs.  Once noticed a generator was immediately put into place to power the chlorine pump. Going forward the wastewater plant will be checked during power outages or contractor work to make sure everything is working.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": "Outfall 001",
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "at": "2026-07-29T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-07T08:00:00",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-07T08:01:10",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-07T08:01:10",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-07T08:19:13",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-08-07T08:00:00",
  "event_type_basis": "bypass structure or site name (structure: Other)",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0020672",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0020672"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
    "by_permit": null,
    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 3.5 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": "Casey Branch",
    "towns": [
      "Honaker",
      "Russell County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.999498,
    "lon": -81.92996,
    "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": "2026-07-28T09:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-07-29T08:22:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324787?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 324787, reported Jul 29, 2026, 8:22 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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