Treatment bypass reported — Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), Sep 22, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "325471",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-09-22T13:14:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-09-22T17:29:00",
    "closed": "2026-09-28T07:04:38",
    "modified": "2026-09-29T06:17:21",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "UAD - HRSD Urbanna STP - mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) release",
    "address": "110 Laurel Hill Road",
    "city": "Urbanna",
    "zip": "23175",
    "county_city": "Middlesex County",
    "region": "Piedmont",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Unauthorized Discharge of Pollutant(s)"
    ],
    "waterbody": null,
    "other_waterbody": "1500 gallons spilled to ground surface; 750 gals recovered via vac-truck.",
    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "N",
    "low": null,
    "high": null,
    "unit": null,
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "HRSD Urbanna Sewage Treatment Plant",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": null,
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "DATE & TIME PROBLEM DISCOVERED 9/22/26, 1314\n\nDATE & TIME PROBLEM ENDED  9/22/26 1335\n\nDESCRIPTION/CAUSE OF PROBLEM  The plant operator was wasting to the digester and failed to ensure the system was stopped prior to leaving the plant site causing the digester to overflow. An estimated 1,500 gallons of mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) was spilled onto concrete, grass, and a plant drain.\n\nACTION TAKEN TO RESOLVE PROBLEM  The operator received a text alarm for a high level in the digester and immediately returned to the plant. The operator stopped wasting and pumped down the digester to stop the overflow. Plant staff used a vacuum truck to recover approximately 750 gallons of MLSS. Lime was spread on affected areas.",
    "location_comment": "Location: 110 Laurel Hill Road, Urbanna, VA 23175",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 0.33,
      "component": "Pipe",
      "component_id": 10,
      "volume_gal": 1500,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Other"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "The operator received a text alarm for a high level in the digester and immediately returned to the plant. The operator stopped the wasting and pumped down the digester to stop the overflow. Plant staff used a vacuum truck to recover approximately 750 gallons of MLSS. Lime was spread on affected areas.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
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      "at": "2026-09-23T06:16:14",
      "type": "Call Received"
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      "at": "2026-09-23T06:28:31",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-23T06:28:31",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-28T07:04:38",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-09-23T06:16:14",
  "event_type_basis": "treatment-plant discharge not filed as a sanitary sewer overflow (category: Unauthorized Discharge of Pollutant(s))",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0026263",
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      "VA0026263"
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    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
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      "va-hrsd"
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    "result": "by operator name in the report"
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  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 0.33 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": "1500 gallons spilled to ground surface; 750 gals recovered via vac-truck.",
    "towns": [
      "Urbanna",
      "Middlesex County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.633154,
    "lon": -76.581348,
    "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": "2026-09-22T13:14:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-09-22T17:29:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325471?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 325471, reported Sep 22, 2026, 5:29 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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