Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Henrico County Department of Public Utilities (Henrico Water Reclamation Facility and collection system), Sep 12, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "325340",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-09-12T18:45:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-09-13T14:35:00",
    "closed": "2026-09-15T12:58:19",
    "modified": "2026-09-15T12:58:19",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Henrico Conveyance - Almond Creek Sewage Pumping Station Manhole SMH#052NE009",
    "address": "5700 Old Osborne Turnpike",
    "city": "Henrico",
    "zip": "23231",
    "county_city": "Henrico County",
    "region": "Piedmont",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Almond Creek",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Almond Creek",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 0,
    "high": 25200,
    "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 sewage overflow occurred from MH# 052NE009 located at 5700 Old Osborne Turnpike (Almond Creek Sewage Pumping Station). The overflow was discovered at 6:45 PM on September 12, 2026.  The spill resulted from excessive rainfall that occurred on September 12th, 2026. The overflow ceased after the rain diminished. The spill entered Almond Creek. \n\nThe overflow began on September 12, 2026 at approximately 6:45 PM and ended 210 minutes later at approximately 10:15 PM on September 12, 2026. With an average flow rate of 120 GPM, approximately 25,200 gallons of sewage were spilled. The area surrounding the spill was cleaned and lime was applied. No adverse effects were noted.\n\nA CIP project is scheduled to be bid in early 2026 to upgrade the station and increase its capacity from approximately 3 MGD to 7 MGD, with the expectation that this will reduce the frequency and magnitude of overflows at this station",
    "location_comment": "A sewage overflow occurred from MH# 052NE009, located at 5700 Old Osborne Turnpike (Almond Creek Sewage Pumping Station),",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 3.5,
      "component": "Pump Station",
      "component_id": 11,
      "volume_gal": 25200,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "High Levels of Inflow and/or Infiltration"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Flows subsided after rain event.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-09-15T06:34:45",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-15T06:38:35",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-15T06:38:35",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-15T12:58:19",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-09-15T06:34:45",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "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 3.5 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": "Almond Creek",
    "towns": [
      "Henrico",
      "Henrico County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.505873,
    "lon": -77.412081,
    "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": "2026-09-12T18:45:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-09-13T14:35:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325340?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 325340, reported Sep 13, 2026, 2:35 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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