Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Sep 15, 2026

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Original source data

{
  "report": {
    "id": "325354",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-09-15T11:30:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-09-15T13:29:00",
    "closed": "2026-09-21T09:17:15",
    "modified": "2026-09-21T09:17:15",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Town of Lebanon - Lebanon WWTP - South Angle Street Manhole",
    "address": "South Angle Street",
    "city": "Lebanon",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Russell County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Little Cedar Creek",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Little Cedar Creek",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 200,
    "high": 1000,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Lebanon WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Lebanon Town",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On September 15, 2026, [name removed], Operator at the Lebanon WWTP, provided email notification reporting that an overflow occurred on September 15, 2026, at 1130 and stopped at 1300 the same day.  Location was South Angle Street, Lebanon VA.  The overflow was estimated at 1000 gallons total and approximately 200 gallons made it to Little Cedar Creek.  Clogged sewer line was the cause.  The Town of Lebanon's Sewer and Water Department went out with the sewer machine and cleared the line which stopped the overflow. The area was cleaned up of any debris left from the overflow. The incident was closed on September 21, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "South Angle Street, Lebanon VA",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on September 15, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on September 15, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 1.5,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 1000,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Staff went out with the sewer machine and cleared the line and cleaned up the area of any debris.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-09-15T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-15T14:08:46",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-15T14:09:38",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-15T14:09:38",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-21T09:17:15",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-09-15T14:08:46",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0020745",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0020745"
    ],
    "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 1.5 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": "Little Cedar Creek",
    "towns": [
      "Lebanon",
      "Russell County"
    ],
    "notes": [
      "'cedar creek' preceded by 'little': a different water, not used"
    ],
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.898366,
    "lon": -82.083672,
    "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": "2026-09-15T11:30:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-09-15T13:29:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325354?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), Southwest Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 325354, reported Sep 15, 2026, 1:29 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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