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

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "325861",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-10-11T13:05:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-10-11T00:00:00",
    "closed": "2026-10-19T13:49:51",
    "modified": "2026-10-19T13:49:51",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO-ACSA-Stuarts Draft WWTP-Patton Farm Road",
    "address": "828 Patton Farm Rd",
    "city": "Stuarts Draft",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Augusta County",
    "region": "Valley",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "South River",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "South River",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 9275,
    "high": 9275,
    "unit": "Gallons",
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Stuarts Draft WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Augusta County Service Authority",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "SSO at Brookmill pump station due to heavy rainfall I&I. Approx 9,275 gal discharged and it did reach the South River.\nNo impacts to state waters or fish kills were observed.",
    "location_comment": "Brookmill pump station\n828 Patton Farm Rd\nStuarts Draft",
    "closure_comment": "See VA0066877."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 31,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 9275,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "Y",
      "treated": null,
      "precipitation_in": 4.3,
      "causes": [
        "High Levels of Inflow and/or Infiltration"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "The area surrounding the overflow point was assessed after the cessation of the overflow. The area was cleaned up in accordance with Augusta Water standard operating procedures.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-10-11T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-19T13:44:41",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-19T13:44:51",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-19T13:44:51",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-19T13:49:51",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-10-19T13:44:41",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0066877",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0066877"
    ],
    "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 31 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": "South River",
    "towns": [
      "Stuarts Draft",
      "Augusta County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.00628,
    "lon": -78.988402,
    "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": "2026-10-11T13:05:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-10-11T00:00:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325861?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), Valley Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 325861, reported Oct 11, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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