Report not fully read reported
Ended (as reported) · Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Tidewater Regional Office
Source: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Tidewater Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 325624, reported Oct 1, 2026, 12:03 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice
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1. Reported wastewater outlet
Operator named in the record: not named. Outlet: not stated. Location: 36.79713, -76.27907; location source: geocoded from an address or place name.
Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.
2. Waters named in the notice
The notice names no water. DirtyWaterWatch links this report to Southern Branch Elizabeth River, VA. Match basis: the report's location, matched to the nearest tracked water.
3. Estimated downstream stretch
No downstream estimate is available for this report.
Map sources: water outlines and launches from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (Open Database License); wastewater outlets from EPA and state records; downstream estimates by DirtyWaterWatch using U.S. Geological Survey maps and flow data. Base map: OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.
When it happened and when it was reported
Event and notice times use Eastern Time (EST or EDT). Retrieval times use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
- Started
- not reported
- Ended
- not reported
- Detail provided by the source
- not stated
- Reported to the source
- Published
- not given
- Source last updated
- Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch
What and how much
- Type
- Report not fully read
- Status in the record
- Ended (as reported)
- Material
- “untreated sewage”
- Volume
- volume not reported (not stated whether estimated or measured)
- Volume as reported
- none
Advice from Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Tidewater Regional Office
This report includes no advice. Check current local health notices.
- Advice period
- This report does not state a period. See the rule DirtyWaterWatch applies and its source.
- Basis
- not stated
Source and versions
- Source
- Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related
- Source record number
- 325624
- Original notice
- Read the original notice
- Earlier version
- None: this is the first record
- Later versions
- None
- Note
- Some details could not be read automatically. Check the original notice.
Record details
| Record identifier | va-deq-prep:325624 |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | va-deq-prep |
| Source record number | 325624 |
| Earlier version | Not provided |
| Type | Report not fully read |
| Status in the report | Ended (as reported) |
| Sewer operator identifier | Not provided |
| Sewer operator | Not provided |
| Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES) | Not provided |
| Outlet number | Not provided |
| Outlet name | Not provided |
| Water named in the report | Not provided |
| Linked waters | southern-branch-elizabeth-river-va |
| How this report was linked to the water | the report's location, matched to the nearest tracked water |
| Latitude | 36.797 |
| Longitude | -76.279 |
| Location source | geocoded from an address or place name |
| Location accuracy, in metres | Not provided |
| Started | Not provided |
| Ended | Not provided |
| Detail provided by the source | Not provided |
| Reported to the source | Oct 1, 2026, 12:03 PM EDT (2026-10-01T12:03:00-04:00) |
| Published | Not provided |
| Source last updated | Oct 5, 2026, 11:11 AM EDT (2026-10-05T11:11:20-04:00) |
| Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch | Nov 2, 2026, 9:40 PM EST (2026-11-03T02:40:36Z) |
| Material | untreated sewage |
| Volume, in gallons | Not provided |
| Volume as reported | Not provided |
| How volume was determined | not stated whether estimated or measured |
| Authority | Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Tidewater Regional Office |
| Advice | Not provided |
| Advice period, in hours | Not provided |
| Basis of the advice period | Not provided |
| Original notice | https://portal.deq.virginia.gov/v2/prep/prepReport/325624 |
Original source data
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"closed": "2026-10-05T11:11:20",
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"site_name": "Private SSO - 2624 Yale Ct - Chesapeake",
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"incident_comment": "DEQ received a report from Suffolk Health Dept. concerning a citizen report they received stating there has been raw sewage under their apartment building located at 2624 Yale Ct, Chesapeake for approximately 5 months.\n\nDEQ investigated and observed no impacts to State waterways and no visual impacts to the ground surrounding the identified property.",
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"_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": {
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"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",
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},
"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.",
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} Source: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Tidewater Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 325624, reported Oct 1, 2026, 12:03 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice
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