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

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "324871",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-08-12T10:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-08-12T14:06:00",
    "closed": "2026-08-14T09:25:04",
    "modified": "2026-08-14T09:25:04",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Buchanan County PSA - Conaway WWTP - Influent Pump Station Manhole",
    "address": "Route 460",
    "city": "Big Rock",
    "zip": "24656",
    "county_city": "Buchanan County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Levisa Fork",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Levisa Fork",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 1,
    "high": 25000,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Buchanan Cnty PSA - Conaway WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Buchanan County PSA",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On August 12, 2026, [name removed] with the Buchanan Co PSA provided email notification reporting an ongoing overflow from a manhole near the influent pump station for the Conaway WWTP.  The overflow was due to ongoing I&I issues caused by several heavy rainstorms in the county on August 11, 2026. The overflow is intermittent and was discovered on August 12, 2026, around 10:00am. On August 13, 2026, [name removed] provided the written report noting that the overflow stopped during the overnight on August 12, 2026 as the water levels receded. The estimated amount of the overflow was 25,000 gallons. The incident was closed on August 14, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "Route 460, Big Rock, VA  24656",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on August 12, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on August 13, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": null,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 25000,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "High Levels of Inflow and/or Infiltration"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Staff pumped as much as possible through the pump station in an attempt to lessen the overflow",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": "Near Influent Pump Station",
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-08-12T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-13T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-13T14:00:12",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-13T14:01:00",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-13T14:01:00",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-14T09:25:05",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-08-13T14:00:12",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0090531",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0090531"
    ],
    "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": 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": "Levisa Fork",
    "towns": [
      "Big Rock",
      "Buchanan County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.350853,
    "lon": -82.207872,
    "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": "2026-08-12T10:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-08-12T14:06:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324871?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 324871, reported Aug 12, 2026, 2:06 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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