Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Aug 31, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "325182",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-08-31T10:40:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-08-31T00:00:00",
    "closed": "2026-09-08T08:56:30",
    "modified": "2026-10-01T12:58:44",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO-ACSA-Stuarts Draft WWTP-Wayne Avenue",
    "address": "391 Wayne Ave",
    "city": "Stuarts Draft",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Augusta County",
    "region": "Valley",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "South River",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "South River",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 25000,
    "high": 25000,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Stuarts Draft WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Augusta County Service Authority",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "Overflow at plant, approx 25,000 gallons discharged and it did reach the South River. Delivery driver drove over scum line cleanout. Broken line was isolated and flow was stopped using shut off valves, storm drains were plugged to prevent further discharge into the stormwater drains, Augusta Water's standard cleanup operations were followed to cleanup remaining overflow.",
    "location_comment": "391 Wayne Ave",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 0.25,
      "component": null,
      "component_id": null,
      "volume_gal": 25000,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": null,
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Other"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Broken line isolated and flow stopped. Storm drains plugged. Standard cleanup operations were followed.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "at": "2026-08-31T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-02T11:04:21",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-02T11:04:29",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-02T11:04:29",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-08T08:56:30",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-09-02T11:04:21",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0066877",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0066877"
    ],
    "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 0.25 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": "South River",
    "towns": [
      "Stuarts Draft",
      "Augusta County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.020397,
    "lon": -79.018442,
    "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": "2026-08-31T10:40:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-08-31T00:00:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325182?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 325182, reported Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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