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  "report": {
    "id": "324956",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-08-11T15:00:02",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-08-18T15:16:55",
    "closed": "2026-08-25T11:05:34",
    "modified": "2026-08-28T10:49:33",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "UniFirst Corp Richmond - Unauthorized Discharge of Industrial Wastewater to Ground Surface",
    "address": "4300 Castlewood Road",
    "city": "Richmond",
    "zip": "23234",
    "county_city": "Richmond City",
    "region": "Piedmont",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Unauthorized Discharge of Pollutant(s)"
    ],
    "waterbody": null,
    "other_waterbody": "Discharge was to ground surface.",
    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "N",
    "low": 0,
    "high": 750,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "UniFirst Corporation",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "UniFirst Corporation",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "To whom it may,\n\nAttached is our 5-day written report regarding a wastewater overflow incident that occurred on August 11, 2026, at approximately 2:15 p.m.\n\nDuring repairs to an electrical panel, portions of our wastewater system were temporarily offline, resulting in the equalization tank overfilling. The overflow discharged wastewater from the building and onto the parking lot for approximately 30 minutes. Operations were immediately stopped, the discharge was halted, and absorbent barriers were deployed to prevent further migration of wastewater.\n\nWe estimate that approximately 750 gallons of wastewater were discharged. The wastewater flowed east from the building toward the east side and northeast corner of the property. A portion flowed through the grassy area separating our property from the adjacent property near Buford Avenue, while another portion flowed directly onto Buford Avenue. The flows converged and entered a storm drain located near 4300 Route 1, Richmond, VA 23234.\n\nRepairs to the electrical panel and wastewater treatment equipment were completed, and the system was returned to normal operation by approximately 3:00 p.m. that same day.\n\nThe incident was reported to the City of Richmond Wastewater Treatment Plant at approximately 4:14 p.m. on August 11, 2026, via the reporting phone number [phone removed], where a voicemail message was left.",
    "location_comment": "UniFirst Corporation, 4300 Castlewood Rd., Richmond, VA 23234",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
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      "component": "Other",
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      "volume_gal": 750,
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      "wet_weather": null,
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Other"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "We immediately stopped all laundering and wastewater processes and stopped the flow of wastewater out of our building. We then utilized several absorbent barriers to stop all wastewater from flowing out of our building.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": "EQ Tank",
      "other_cause": null
    }
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    {
      "at": "2026-08-18T15:16:56",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-19T09:43:04",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-19T09:43:04",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-25T11:05:34",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-08-18T15:16:56",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Unauthorized Discharge of Pollutant(s) is not a sewer-overflow category",
  "permit": {
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    "deq_vpdes_links": null,
    "ms4": null,
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    "basis": "none"
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  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 0.5 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": "Discharge was to ground surface.",
    "towns": [
      "Richmond",
      "Richmond City"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.467066,
    "lon": -77.445834,
    "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": "2026-08-11T15:00:02-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-08-18T15:16:55-04:00"
  },
  "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/324956?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 324956, reported Aug 18, 2026, 3:16 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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