Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Aug 4, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "324794",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-08-04T15:47:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-08-04T21:11:00",
    "closed": "2026-08-11T07:27:19",
    "modified": "2026-08-11T07:27:19",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Dendron Conveyance - PS 1 SY-SP-01",
    "address": "889 Railroad Ave",
    "city": "Dendron",
    "zip": "23839",
    "county_city": "Surry County",
    "region": "Piedmont",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Cypress Swamp",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Cypress Swamp",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 0,
    "high": 1440,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": null,
    "facility_permitted": "N",
    "responsible_company": null,
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "DATE & TIME HRSD STAFF ONSITE OF PROBLEM:   SSA Responded 8-4-2026 @ 16:00 \nDESCRIPTION/CAUSE OF PROBLEM:  Flash flooding inundated the Dendron service area.  The primary rain gauge, Surry PS-01 Dendron B RG, saw a maximum rainfall of 0.65” in 15 minutes (8/4/26 at 14:15 pm), with a total of 1.92” falling in 1 hour. Total rainfall for the rain event for this rain gauge was 2.24”. The SSA operator arrived on site at 16:00 and observed an active discharge. The estimated spill volume was 20GPM. \nACTION TAKEN TO RESOLVE PROBLEM:  SSA responded and confirmed the station pumps were running properly. Lime spread on 8/5/26. \nDATE/TIME RELEASE ENDED:   8/4/2026  16:59 \nTOTAL QUANTITY RELEASED (gallons):   1440 \nTOTAL QUANTITY RECOVERED (gallons):   0 \nTOTAL QUANTITY NOT RECOVERED (gallons):   1440 \nPATH OF RELEASE (storm drain, ditch, ground, etc.):  Ground \nNAME OF RECEIVING WATERS:  Cypress Swamp",
    "location_comment": "Spill location: 889 Railroad Ave, Dendron VA 23839",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 1.1,
      "component": "Pump Station",
      "component_id": 11,
      "volume_gal": 1440,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": 2.24,
      "causes": [
        "High Levels of Inflow and/or Infiltration"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "SSA responded and confirmed the station pumps were running properly. Lime spread on 8/5/26.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "at": "2026-08-07T12:07:29",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-07T12:10:42",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-07T12:10:42",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-11T07:27:19",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-08-07T12:07:29",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": null,
    "deq_vpdes_links": null,
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "none"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
    "by_permit": null,
    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 1.1 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": "Cypress Swamp",
    "towns": [
      "Dendron",
      "Surry County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.037434,
    "lon": -76.947142,
    "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": "2026-08-04T15:47:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-08-04T21:11:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324794?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 324794, reported Aug 4, 2026, 9:11 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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