Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Sep 29, 2026

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    "id": "325678",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-09-29T09:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-09-29T00:00:00",
    "closed": "2026-10-07T14:25:00",
    "modified": "2026-10-19T15:08:31",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO-RWSA-Moores Creek Advanced WRRF-Moores Creek Lane",
    "address": "695 Moores Creek Ln",
    "city": "Charlottesville",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Albemarle County",
    "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,
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    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": null,
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "SSO at 695 Moores Creek Ln. The sewer line had been cut during the Administration Building upfits. The liquid level subsequently rose at the discharge, causing residuals to back feed into the sewer line. Approx 750 gallons discharged but did not reach any state waters.",
    "location_comment": "695 Moores Creek Ln",
    "closure_comment": "No state waters."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": null,
      "component": null,
      "component_id": null,
      "volume_gal": 750,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": null,
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Broken Pipe"
      ],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "The section of sewer line was plugged to prevent any further overflows in the event the discharge pipe became submerged. Debris was removed and lime was put down around the area where residuals had been discharged.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
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      "type": "5-Day Letter"
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      "at": "2026-10-07T14:20:28",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-07T14:20:36",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-07T14:20:36",
      "type": "Assigned"
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      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-10-07T14:20:28",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0025518",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0025518"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": null,
  "_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": [
      "Charlottesville",
      "Albemarle County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.016998,
    "lon": -78.459188,
    "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": "2026-09-29T09:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-09-29T00:00:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325678?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 325678, reported Sep 29, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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