Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Aug 17, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "324966",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-08-17T18:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-08-18T08:41:00",
    "closed": "2026-08-19T10:05:54",
    "modified": "2026-08-19T10:05:54",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Unpermitted - BVU - Fairview and Vermont Manhole",
    "address": "Fairview Street and Vermont Avenue",
    "city": "Bristol",
    "zip": "24201",
    "county_city": "Bristol City",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Beaver Creek",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Beaver Creek",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 1,
    "high": -1,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": null,
    "facility_permitted": "N",
    "responsible_company": null,
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On August 18, 2026, Will Witcher with BVU provided email notification and written report noting that on August 17, 2026, a manhole at the intersection of Fairview Street and Vermont Avenue in Bristol overflowed into Beaver Creek. The overflow was discovered at 6:00pm and August 17th and ended at 12:00am on August 18th. The amount of the overflow is unknown. BVU is conducting ongoing inflow and infiltration investigations and collection system rehabilitation projects to reduce overflows at this location. The incident was closed on August 19, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "Manhole in Beaver Creek at the intersection of Fairview Street and Vermont Avenue in Bristol",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on August 18, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on August 18, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 6,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": null,
      "volume_unknown": "Y",
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": 2,
      "causes": [
        "High Levels of Inflow and/or Infiltration"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "BVU is conducting ongoing inflow and infiltration investigations and collection system rehabilitation projects to reduce overflows at this location.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "at": "2026-08-18T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-19T09:55:33",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-19T09:55:57",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-19T09:55:57",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-19T10:05:54",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-08-19T09:55:33",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": null,
    "deq_vpdes_links": null,
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "none"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": null,
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 6 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": "Beaver Creek",
    "towns": [
      "Bristol",
      "Bristol City"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.601596,
    "lon": -82.170745,
    "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": "2026-08-17T18:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-08-18T08:41:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324966?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 324966, reported Aug 18, 2026, 8:41 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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