Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Aug 12, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "324853",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-08-12T00:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-08-12T11:54:00",
    "closed": "2026-08-12T15:50:36",
    "modified": "2026-08-12T15:50:36",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Lee County PSA - Hickory Flats WWTP - 1230 Pump Station",
    "address": "36182 Daniel Boone Trail",
    "city": "Jonesville",
    "zip": "24263",
    "county_city": "Lee County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "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": "Hickory Flats WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Lee County PSA",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On August 12, 2026, [name removed], Chief Operator with Lee County PSA, provided email notification reporting a pump failure and overflow at the 1230 Pump Station. The overflow occurred on the morning of August 12, 2026. The problem was corrected promptly. The volume of the overflow was estimated to be between 500-700 gallons. The overflow did not reach state waters. The incident was closed on August 12, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "36182 Daniel Boone Trail, Jonesville VA 24263.",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on August 12, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on August 12, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": null,
      "component": "Pump Station",
      "component_id": 11,
      "volume_gal": 700,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": null,
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Pump Station"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "The overflow was caused by a pump failure that PSA staff promptly corrected.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "at": "2026-08-12T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-12T14:23:33",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-12T14:23:52",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-12T14:23:52",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-12T15:50:36",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-08-12T14:23:33",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0089397",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0089397"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": null,
  "_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": [
      "Jonesville",
      "Lee County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.693402,
    "lon": -83.069815,
    "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": "2026-08-12T00:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-08-12T11:54:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324853?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 324853, reported Aug 12, 2026, 11:54 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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