Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Sep 18, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "325500",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-09-18T13:30:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-09-18T00:00:00",
    "closed": "2026-09-23T15:13:01",
    "modified": "2026-10-01T13:02:35",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO-Unpermitted-City of Staunton-W Beverley Street",
    "address": "1625 W Beverley St",
    "city": "Staunton",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Staunton City",
    "region": "Valley",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": null,
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "N",
    "low": null,
    "high": null,
    "unit": null,
    "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 1625 W Beverley St due to a blockage (sewer main clogged with roots). Approx 300 gallons discharged but did not reach any state waters.",
    "location_comment": "1625 W Beverley St",
    "closure_comment": "No disharge to state waters."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 2,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 300,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": null,
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "Crew jetted the blockage, clearing the main, and restoring normal flow. Roots were removed from the manhole. After blockage cleared, the crew cleaned the area, washed down any residual on the ground, and applied lime to the area.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "at": "2026-09-23T15:09:58",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-23T15:10:06",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-23T15:10:06",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-23T15:13:01",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-09-23T15:09:58",
  "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": {
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 2 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": null,
    "towns": [
      "Staunton",
      "Staunton City"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.153271,
    "lon": -79.090686,
    "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": "2026-09-18T13:30:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-09-18T00:00:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325500?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 325500, reported Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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