Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Sep 7, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "325234",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-09-07T15:00:15",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-09-08T07:41:11",
    "closed": "2026-09-17T08:18:49",
    "modified": "2026-09-17T08:19:43",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Spotsylvania Co - Massaponax WWTP - Jackson Trail",
    "address": "11709 Jackson Trail East",
    "city": "Spotsylvania",
    "zip": "22553",
    "county_city": "Spotsylvania County",
    "region": "Northern",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Risk Tier Referred",
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Ni River",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 1,
    "high": 500,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Massaponax Wastewater Treatment Facility",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Spotsylvania County Utilities",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On 9-7-2026, an overflow of sewage from Pump station 24 was reported. The overflow of sewage occurred as a result of a failure at the pump station. County staff responded to the pump station, placed the pumps into manual operation and flow was returned to normal. Sanitary sewer did have the potential to reach a nearby drainage ditch which is adjacent to the Ni River. Signage was posted along the impacted stream and affected land area was treated with lime. The estimate volume for the overflow was 500 Gallons. The pump station was repaired and returned back to normal operation.",
    "location_comment": "Sewer collection system pump station manhole",
    "closure_comment": "DEQ staff received 5-day letter on 9-10-2026. Signage was posted along the impacted stream and affected land area was treated with lime. No further action required at this time."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": null,
      "component": "Pump Station Failure",
      "component_id": 4,
      "volume_gal": 500,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "Y",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Pump Station"
      ],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "Signage was posted along the impacted stream and affected land area was treated with lime. The estimate volume for the overflow was 500 Gallons. The pump station was repaired and returned back to normal operation.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "at": "2026-09-08T07:41:12",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-08T09:34:08",
      "type": "Program Participant Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-08T09:34:15",
      "type": "Program Participant Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-08T09:35:05",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-08T09:35:05",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-17T08:18:49",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-09-08T07:41:12",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": null,
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0025658"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": null,
  "_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": "Ni River",
    "towns": [
      "Spotsylvania",
      "Spotsylvania County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.281185,
    "lon": -77.644969,
    "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": "2026-09-07T15:00:15-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-09-08T07:41:11-04:00"
  },
  "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/325234?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), Northern Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 325234, reported Sep 8, 2026, 7:41 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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