Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Oct 12, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "325729",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-10-12T10:00:49",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-10-12T11:24:13",
    "closed": "2026-10-16T13:29:53",
    "modified": "2026-10-16T13:29:53",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Arlington Co Pollution Control Plant - Army Navy Dr",
    "address": "Army Navy Drive",
    "city": "Arlington",
    "zip": "22202",
    "county_city": "Arlington County",
    "region": "Northern",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Risk Tier Referred",
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": null,
    "other_waterbody": "very small amount of wastewater entered the Co MS4\nno detrimental environmental impacts",
    "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": "Y"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On October 12, 2026, Arlington County Department of Environmental Services responded to a sanitary sewer overflow caused by a blockage in an 8-inch sanitary sewer main due to bricks and other debris. The discharge entered an adjacent construction excavation, with a portion flowing over the curb, across an intersection, and into the storm drain system. County crews cleared the blockage and stopped the discharge by 12:00 p.m. The overflow has been resolved, and the County will inspect upstream sewer mains and structures for additional debris and continue its sanitary sewer inspection and maintenance program to help prevent recurrence.",
    "location_comment": "Sanitary manhole located on the north curb line of Army Navy Drive between South Lynn Street and South Joyce Street.",
    "closure_comment": "SSO event has stopped, and corrective action has been taken. DEQ staff received 5-day letter on 10-12-2026. No further action required at this time."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 2,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": null,
      "volume_unknown": "Y",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "Y",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "The upstream sanitary main and structures will be checked to look for additional debris in the main.\nThe County will continue to implement its sanitary sewer inspection and maintenance program.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "at": "2026-10-12T11:24:14",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-13T11:00:19",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-13T11:00:19",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
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      "at": "2026-10-13T11:09:26",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
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      "at": "2026-10-13T11:10:06",
      "type": "Program Participant Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-13T11:10:15",
      "type": "Program Participant Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-16T13:29:53",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-10-12T11:24:14",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
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    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0025143"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
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  },
  "volume_basis": null,
  "_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": "very small amount of wastewater entered the Co MS4\nno detrimental environmental impacts",
    "towns": [
      "Arlington",
      "Arlington County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.865793,
    "lon": -77.06393,
    "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": "2026-10-12T10:00:49-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-10-12T11:24:13-04:00"
  },
  "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/325729?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 325729, reported Oct 12, 2026, 11:24 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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