Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Alexandria Renew Enterprises (AlexRenew WRRF and Alexandria combined sewer outfalls), Sep 27, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "325529",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-09-27T14:25:57",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-09-27T17:25:15",
    "closed": "2026-09-30T14:50:07",
    "modified": "2026-09-30T14:50:07",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Unpermitted - Alex Renew - Manor Rd",
    "address": "3105 Manor Rd",
    "city": "Falls Church",
    "zip": "22042",
    "county_city": "Fairfax County",
    "region": "Northern",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
      "Risk Tier 2"
    ],
    "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": null,
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "DEQ received an online pollution report for a SSO (sanitary sewer overflow) in Fairfax Co. The sanitary piping at this location terminated at AlexRenew WWTP (unpermitted). Co personnel responded, removed blockage, and restored flow. Approximately 500 gallons of untreated wastewater was discharged onto the street and into a storm sewer. No detrimental impacts at stream outfall. Co response report received. No additional DEQ action necessary.",
    "location_comment": "Grid map 50-3, manhole 084. Manhole located at the intersection.",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 2,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 500,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Other"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "blockage due to FOG\nremoved blockage - restored flow",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-09-27T17:25:17",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-28T10:17:54",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-28T10:17:54",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-29T00:00:00",
      "type": "Other Correspondence/Reports"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-30T14:49:55",
      "type": "Program Participant Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-09-30T14:50:07",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-09-27T17:25:17",
  "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": {
    "by_permit": null,
    "by_name": [
      "va-alexrenew"
    ],
    "result": "by operator name in the report"
  },
  "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": [
      "Falls Church",
      "Fairfax County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.865021,
    "lon": -77.188141,
    "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": "2026-09-27T14:25:57-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-09-27T17:25:15-04:00"
  },
  "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/325529?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), Northern Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 325529, reported Sep 27, 2026, 5:25 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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