Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Oct 11, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "325797",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-10-11T08:50:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-10-12T10:48:00",
    "closed": "2026-10-15T09:34:29",
    "modified": "2026-10-15T09:34:29",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - City of Galax - Galax WWTP - BC Vaughan Pump Station",
    "address": "Furniture Plant Road",
    "city": "Galax",
    "zip": "24333",
    "county_city": "Galax City",
    "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": "Galax WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Galax City",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On October 12, 2026, [name removed] with the City of Galax, provided email and written notification reporting that an overflow occurred on October 11, 2026, at the BC Vaughan Pump Station due to excessive rainfall from Hurricane Isaias along with a power pump failure.  Start time was 8:50 am and end time was 1:30 pm on October 11, 2026.   No receiving waters were affected.  Total estimated amount of overflow was 0.251 MGD. The incident was closed on October 15, 2026.",
    "location_comment": "BC Vaughan Pump Station, Furniture Plant Road, Galax, VA",
    "closure_comment": "The overflow stopped on October 11, 2026, and the 5-day written report was provided via email on October 12, 2026, should further action be needed it will be taken by DEQ SWRO Water Compliance section staff"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 4.83,
      "component": "Pump Station",
      "component_id": 11,
      "volume_gal": 215000,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Pump Station"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Electrician was hired to check why the pump malfunctioned and to investigate the reason for the power loss to the pump.  Future testing of the sewer lines will be completed to reduce I & I problems.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "at": "2026-10-12T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-14T13:48:14",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-14T13:48:36",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-14T13:48:37",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-15T09:34:29",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-10-14T13:48:14",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0078484",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0078484"
    ],
    "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 4.83 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": [
      "Galax",
      "Galax City"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 36.692163,
    "lon": -80.918086,
    "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": "2026-10-11T08:50:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-10-12T10:48:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325797?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 325797, reported Oct 12, 2026, 10:48 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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