Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), Sep 23, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "325515",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-09-23T05:30:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-09-23T16:35:00",
    "closed": "2026-09-28T07:19:12",
    "modified": "2026-09-28T07:19:12",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Beaver Dam Pump Station MT-PS-006",
    "address": "7511 John Clayton Memorial Hwy",
    "city": "Gloucester",
    "zip": "23061",
    "county_city": "Gloucester County",
    "region": "Piedmont",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Beaverdam Swamp",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Beaverdam Swamp",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 0,
    "high": 1000,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "HRSD - York River Sewage Treatment Plant",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": null,
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "DATE & TIME PROBLEM DISCOVERED 9/23/26 0530\n\nDATE & TIME PROBLEM ENDED  9/23/26 0530\n\nDESCRIPTION/CAUSE OF PROBLEM  The pump station (PS) experienced a power loss, and the uninterruptible power supply battery backup for the programmable logic controller, MOSCAD remote terminal unit/Telog system failed. This prevented the station pumps from operating, and prevented the upstream HRSD PS from interlocking and stopping the pumps at that station from operating. The equalization (EQ) tanks at both PS's filled, with the EQ tank at 7511 John Clayton Memorial Hwy overflowing. Using telemetry data, it was determined the upstream station pumped approximately 7,500 gallons during the timeframe the Beaver Dam station was offline. There was approximately 6,500 gallons of capacity available in the EQ tanks when the station went offline.\n\nACTION TAKEN TO RESOLVE PROBLEM  HRSD staff responded to a communication loss alarm at 0530, quickly bringing the station pumps back online, and pumping the EQ tank levels down. Though there was no active spill, staff found evidence that a spill had occurred. Staff recovered as much volume as possible before cleaning the area and spreading lime.",
    "location_comment": "Spill location: Beaver Dam Pump Station (PS) (MT-PS-006), 7511 John Clayton Memorial Hwy, Gloucester, VA 23061",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 0.1,
      "component": "Pump Station",
      "component_id": 11,
      "volume_gal": 1000,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "TWTDS Electrical Failure"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "HRSD staff responded to the communication loss alarm at 0530, quickly bringing the station pumps back online, and pumping the EQ tank levels down. Staff then recovered as much volume as possible before cleaning the area and spreading lime.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "at": "2026-09-25T06:11:41",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-25T06:16:45",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-25T06:16:45",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-28T07:19:12",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-09-25T06:11:41",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0081311",
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      "VA0081311"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
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  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 0.1 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": "Beaverdam Swamp",
    "towns": [
      "Gloucester",
      "Gloucester County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.417567,
    "lon": -76.51526,
    "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": "2026-09-23T05:30:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-09-23T16:35:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325515?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 325515, reported Sep 23, 2026, 4:35 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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