Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Aug 13, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "324953",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-08-13T08:30:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-08-14T16:42:00",
    "closed": "2026-08-19T08:23:55",
    "modified": "2026-08-19T08:23:55",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Town of Clintwood - Clintwood WWTP - WWTP Manhole",
    "address": "244 The Lake Rd.",
    "city": "Clintwood",
    "zip": "24228",
    "county_city": "Dickenson County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Holly Creek",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Holly Creek",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 1,
    "high": 750,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Clintwood WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Town of Clintwood",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On August 14, 2026, [name removed], Operator at the Clintwood WWTP, provided email notification and written report reporting a manhole overflow that occurred on the WWTP property on August 13, 2026, between the hours of 8:30am and 1:30pm.  The overflow went into Holly Creek. The amount of the overflow was estimated to be about 750 gallons. Flash flooding was the cause. The incident was closed on August 19, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "244 The Lake Rd., Clintwood, VA",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on August 13, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on August 14, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 5,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 750,
      "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": "Aeration remained off for the majority of the day but has since resumed and no additional upset occurred",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-08-14T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-18T13:55:33",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-18T13:55:57",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-18T13:55:57",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-19T08:23:55",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-08-18T13:55:33",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0026565",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0026565"
    ],
    "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 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": "Holly Creek",
    "towns": [
      "Clintwood",
      "Dickenson County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.155869,
    "lon": -82.444443,
    "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": "2026-08-13T08:30:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-08-14T16:42:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324953?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 324953, reported Aug 14, 2026, 4:42 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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