Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Oct 8, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "325693",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-10-08T11:00:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-10-08T12:13:00",
    "closed": "2026-10-09T09:24:04",
    "modified": "2026-10-09T09:24:04",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Town of Hillsville - Hillsville WWTP - Jett Street Manhole",
    "address": "123 Jett Street",
    "city": "Hillsville",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Carroll County",
    "region": "Southwest",
    "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": "Hillsville WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Hillsville Town",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On October 8, 2026, [name removed] with the Town of Hillsville provided email notification reporting an overflow from a manhole located at 123 Jett Street in Hillsville. The overflow was reported to town employees at 11:00 am on October 8, 2026, and it was cleared and cleaned up at 12:00 pm the same day. The amount spilled was approximately 5-10 gallons. The overflow did not reached a waterway. It appeared the line was blocked with grease. The area will be cleaned, and lime will be applied if needed. No other issues are anticipated in this area. The incident was closed on October 9, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "123 Jett Street, Hillsville, VA",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on October 8, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on October 8, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 1,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 10,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Line was cleared and cleaned out; lime will be applied if needed",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "at": "2026-10-08T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-08T14:13:46",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-08T14:15:59",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-08T14:15:59",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-09T09:24:04",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-10-08T14:13:46",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0089443",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0089443"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
    "by_permit": null,
    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 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": null,
    "towns": [
      "Hillsville",
      "Carroll County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.763249,
    "lon": -80.736562,
    "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": "2026-10-08T11:00:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-10-08T12:13:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325693?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), Southwest Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 325693, reported Oct 8, 2026, 12:13 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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