Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Aug 27, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "325177",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-08-27T16:30:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-08-28T00:00:00",
    "closed": "2026-09-02T10:12:56",
    "modified": "2026-10-01T12:57:28",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO-Unpermitted-City of Staunton-Stack Street",
    "address": "1229 Stack St",
    "city": "Staunton",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Staunton City",
    "region": "Valley",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": null,
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "N",
    "low": null,
    "high": null,
    "unit": null,
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": null,
    "facility_permitted": "N",
    "responsible_company": "City of Staunton",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "SSO at 1229 Stack St due to a blockage (clogged with roots). Approx 250 gallons discharged but did not reach any state waters.",
    "location_comment": "1229 Stack St",
    "closure_comment": "No discharge to state waters."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 1,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 250,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": null,
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "Crew jetted the blockage, clearing the main, and restoring normal flow. Roots were removed from the manhole. After the blockage was cleared, the crew cleaned the area, washed down any residual on the ground, and applied lime to the area. PW crews have already returned to the site to television the main pipe and have also applied root treatment.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "at": "2026-09-02T10:09:13",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-02T10:09:22",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-02T10:09:22",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-02T10:12:56",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-09-02T10:09:13",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
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    "deq_vpdes_links": null,
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "none"
  },
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 1 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": null,
    "towns": [
      "Staunton",
      "Staunton City"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.141321,
    "lon": -79.08316,
    "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": "2026-08-27T16:30:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-08-28T00:00:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325177?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), Valley Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 325177, reported Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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