Treatment bypass reported, Aug 18, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "324975",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-08-18T13:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-08-19T11:36:00",
    "closed": "2026-08-19T14:45:43",
    "modified": "2026-08-19T14:45:43",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "Unauthorized Discharge - Town of Dungannon - Dungannon WWTP - Outfall 001",
    "address": "260 Waterford Avenue",
    "city": "Dungannon",
    "zip": "24245",
    "county_city": "Scott County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Unauthorized Discharge of Pollutant(s)"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Clinch River",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Clinch River",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 1,
    "high": 80000,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Dungannon WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Town of Dungannon",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On August 19, 2026, [name removed], Operator at the Dungannon WWTP, provided email notification reporting an unusual discharge event at the Dungannon WWTP located at 260 Waterford Avenue in Dungannon. The discharge began at 1:00pm on August 18th and continued until 11:00 am on August 19th, with an estimated total volume of approximately 80,000 gallons. The event was caused by heavy localized rainfall over several days. The incident was closed on August 19, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "Dungannon WWTP",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on August 19, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on August 19, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 22,
      "component": "Other",
      "component_id": 7,
      "volume_gal": 80000,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": "Y",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "High Levels of Inflow and/or Infiltration"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": null,
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": "Outfall 001",
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-08-19T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-19T14:37:41",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-19T14:38:03",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-19T14:38:03",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-08-19T14:45:43",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-08-19T14:37:41",
  "event_type_basis": "treatment-plant discharge not filed as a sanitary sewer overflow (category: Unauthorized Discharge of Pollutant(s))",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0070670",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0070670"
    ],
    "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 22 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": "Clinch River",
    "towns": [
      "Dungannon",
      "Scott County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.823723,
    "lon": -82.466869,
    "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": "2026-08-18T13:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-08-19T11:36:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/324975?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 324975, reported Aug 19, 2026, 11:36 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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