Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Oct 13, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "325756",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-10-13T07:30:34",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-10-13T15:13:37",
    "closed": "2026-10-15T12:18:48",
    "modified": "2026-10-15T12:21:48",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - RSA - Wilderness WTP - Somerset Ridge Rd",
    "address": "35205 Somerset Ridge Rd",
    "city": "Locust Grove",
    "zip": "22508",
    "county_city": "Orange County",
    "region": "Northern",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Risk Tier 2",
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Rapidan River",
    "other_waterbody": "UT of Rapidan River",
    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 1000,
    "high": 1000,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Wilderness WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Rapidan Service Authority",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "SSO of 1000 gallons due to hydraulic overloading of force main at pump station.  Corrective action was taken and all the required information was provided in 24 hr notice.  Duration was provided on October 15, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "Near intersection of Somerset Ridge Rd and Balmoral Dr, Locust Grove, VA",
    "closure_comment": "Incident ceased after corrective actions taken."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 0.5,
      "component": "Pump Station Failure",
      "component_id": 4,
      "volume_gal": 1000,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Other"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": null,
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "at": "2026-10-13T15:13:38",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-13T15:46:52",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-13T15:46:52",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-15T12:18:48",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-10-13T15:13:38",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0083411",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0083411"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
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    "by_name": null
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 0.5 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": "Rapidan River; UT of Rapidan River",
    "towns": [
      "Locust Grove",
      "Orange County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.37762,
    "lon": -77.763312,
    "layer": "DEQ EDMA layer 175 (PReP Reports, Daily)",
    "reference_point": "FC",
    "note": "DEQ's geocode of the report's site address (REFERENCE_POINT 'PG'), not an outfall point",
    "edma_incident": "2026-10-13T07:30:34-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-10-13T15:13:37-04:00"
  },
  "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/325756?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 325756, reported Oct 13, 2026, 3:13 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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