Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Henrico County Department of Public Utilities (Henrico Water Reclamation Facility and collection system), Oct 17, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "325853",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-10-17T12:30:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-10-19T09:39:00",
    "closed": "2026-11-02T12:10:28",
    "modified": "2026-11-02T12:10:28",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Henrico Conveyance - Sewer Line Blockage at 3816 Francistown Rd",
    "address": "3816 Francistown Rd",
    "city": "Henrico",
    "zip": "23294",
    "county_city": "Richmond City",
    "region": "Piedmont",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Meredith Branch",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 0,
    "high": 1575,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Henrico County Water Reclamation Facility",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": null,
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "This letter serves as the delayed formal report for a Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) that occurred within Henrico County’s collection system on October 17, 2026. A sewage overflow occurred at 3816 Francistown Rd with a blockage identified between MH# 328SW004 and MH# 328NW068. County staff reported the overflow at 12:30 PM on 10/17/2026. The overflow officially ceased at 2:15 PM, lasting 105 mins. The estimated discharge volume was 15 gpm for a total of 1575 gallons.\n\nDPU staff performed a CCTV inspection on October 19, 2026 to determine the cause of the blockage. The blockage was caused by significant gravel accumulation due to a pipe collapse. A bypass was then installed on MH# 328SW004 and was discharged into MH# 328NW067. This bypass ended the overflow.  The affected area has been cleaned up, and no adverse impacts have been observed at the site or downstream.\n\nNOTE: Receiving Stream obtained via Google Search.",
    "location_comment": "A sewage overflow occurred at 3816 Francistown Rd with a blockage identified between MH 328SW004 and MH 328NW068.",
    "closure_comment": null
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 1.75,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 1575,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Use of bypass pump until blockage can be removed.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-10-19T10:20:03",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-19T10:24:44",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-19T10:24:44",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-11-02T12:10:28",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-10-19T10:20:03",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0063690",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0063690"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
    "ms4_links": null,
    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
  "discharger_match": {
    "by_permit": "va-henrico-dpu",
    "by_name": [
      "va-henrico-dpu"
    ],
    "result": "by permit"
  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": "incident time + duration 1.75 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": "Meredith Branch",
    "towns": [
      "Henrico",
      "Richmond City"
    ],
    "notes": [
      "'meredith branch': the point is not near any of the 1 Virginia waters with this name: not used"
    ],
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.642583,
    "lon": -77.550223,
    "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": "2026-10-17T12:30:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-10-19T09:39:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325853?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), Piedmont Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 325853, reported Oct 19, 2026, 9:39 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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