Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "324916",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-08-17T08:00:37",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-08-17T10:19:36",
    "closed": "2026-09-15T10:00:08",
    "modified": "2026-09-15T10:00:08",
    "date_unknown": true,
    "site_name": "SSO - JEB Little Creek - Virginia Beach",
    "address": null,
    "city": "Virginia Beach",
    "zip": "23459",
    "county_city": "Virginia Beach City",
    "region": "Tidewater",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
      "Risk Tier 2"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Little Creek",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": null,
    "high": null,
    "unit": null,
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [
      "1470958"
    ],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": null,
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": null,
    "still_occurring": "Y"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "DEQ received a report stating, A sewer main break was discovered on JEB Little Creek at approximately 0800 on August 17, 2026. An emergency contract is being created for immediate repairs, and at least 10,000 gallons have reached the waterway within the first hour of discovery. \nNRC# 1470958\n\nUpdate received from JEB Little Creek Environmental staff 08/17/26 @1604: The discharge was stopped at approximately 1100.  There is no flow coming from the broken sewer line and multiple Vac-Trucks are currently pumping and hauling the sewage.  A contractor is currently on site and is completing the repair. It was estimated that 8,100 gallons entered the water.\n\n5 Day Letter received 08/19/28.",
    "location_comment": "JEB Little Creek, Mud Flats",
    "closure_comment": "5 Day Letter received. SSO tracked under Water Compliance for further follow up."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": null,
      "component": "Pipe Failure",
      "component_id": 3,
      "volume_gal": 8100,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Pump Station"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Pump and haul and line repaired.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-08-17T00:00:00",
      "type": "Phone Call"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-17T00:00:00",
      "type": "Correspondence Sent"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-17T00:00:00",
      "type": "Phone Call"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-17T10:19:38",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-17T11:33:41",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-17T11:33:41",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-15T10:00:08",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-08-17T10:19:38",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": null,
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0079928"
    ],
    "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": "Little Creek",
    "towns": [
      "Virginia Beach",
      "Virginia Beach City"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.912474,
    "lon": -76.172762,
    "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": "2026-08-17T08:00:37-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-08-17T10:19:36-04:00"
  },
  "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/324916?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), Tidewater Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 324916, reported Aug 17, 2026, 10:19 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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