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

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  "report": {
    "id": "325260",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-09-07T20:30:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-09-08T00:00:00",
    "closed": "2026-09-10T11:02:04",
    "modified": "2026-10-01T12:59:33",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO-Unpermitted-City of Staunton-Maple Street",
    "address": "906 Maple St",
    "city": "Staunton",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Staunton City",
    "region": "Valley",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Lewis Creek",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Lewis Creek",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 0,
    "high": 1000,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "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 906 Maple Street due to a blockage (sewer main clogged with wipes). Approximately 1000 gallons discharged and it reached Lewis Creek.",
    "location_comment": "906 Maple St",
    "closure_comment": "1000 gal"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 4,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 1000,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": null,
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Crew jetted the blockage, clearing the main, and restoring normal flow. Wipes were removed from the manhole. After blockage cleared, crew cleaned the area, washed down any residual on the ground, and applied lime to the area. \nPW crews will return to the site to television inspect the main for possible other defects.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-09-10T10:29:26",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-10T10:29:36",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-10T10:29:36",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-10T11:02:04",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-09-10T10:29:26",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": null,
    "deq_vpdes_links": null,
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "none"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
    "by_permit": null,
    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 4 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": "Lewis Creek",
    "towns": [
      "Staunton",
      "Staunton City"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.14314,
    "lon": -79.082239,
    "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": "2026-09-07T20:30:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-09-08T00:00:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325260?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 325260, reported Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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