Treatment bypass reported — Henrico County Department of Public Utilities (Henrico Water Reclamation Facility and collection system), Sep 6, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "325233",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-09-06T06:49:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-09-06T19:29:00",
    "closed": "2026-09-11T09:25:47",
    "modified": "2026-09-11T09:25:46",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Henrico Conveyance - Sewage Spill at 1604 Glenside Drive during bypass ops for sewer line replacement",
    "address": "1604 Glenside Drive",
    "city": "Richmond",
    "zip": "23226",
    "county_city": "Richmond City",
    "region": "Piedmont",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Upham Brook",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Upham Brook",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 0,
    "high": 185,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Henrico County Water Reclamation Facility",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": null,
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "A sanitary sewer overflow occurred on September 6, 2026, from a temporary bypass system located near 1604 Glenside Drive. The bypass was installed by a County contractor to convey wastewater around the sewer segment between SMH101NE019 and SMH101NE012. This segment is blocked as a result of a collapsed concrete sewer pipe and is scheduled for replacement. \n\nThe overflow was caused by the failure of a coupling on the bypass pump discharge line. The temporary bypass had been installed in advance of planned work across Glenside Avenue to replace the collapsed sewer segment. \n\nCounty staff were notified of the overflow at approximately 6:49 a.m. on Sunday, September 6, 2026. The County contractor responsible for the bypass responded and repaired the failed connection by approximately 8:35 a.m., at which time the overflow ceased. \n\nThe estimated discharge volume was approximately 185 gallons. The affected area was cleaned, and no adverse impacts associated with the overflow have been observed.",
    "location_comment": "A sewer spill occurred from a bypass system set up to bypass the sewer segment between SMH101NE019 and SMH101NE012 (approx 1604 Glenside Dr), which is blocked and scheduled for replacement.",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 2,
      "component": "Other",
      "component_id": 7,
      "volume_gal": 185,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Other"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Repaired/replaced failed couplings used during bypass operation for sewer line replacement.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": "Failed couplings",
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-09-08T06:55:42",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-08T07:05:44",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-08T07:05:44",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-11T09:25:47",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-09-08T06:55:42",
  "event_type_basis": "bypass structure or site name (structure: Other)",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0063690",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0063690"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
    "by_permit": "va-henrico-dpu",
    "by_name": [
      "va-henrico-dpu"
    ],
    "result": "by permit"
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 2 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": "Upham Brook",
    "towns": [
      "Richmond",
      "Richmond City"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.601893,
    "lon": -77.528529,
    "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": "2026-09-06T06:49:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-09-06T19:29:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325233?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 325233, reported Sep 6, 2026, 7:29 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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