Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Oct 20, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "325878",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-10-20T12:00:32",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-10-20T15:55:39",
    "closed": "2026-10-26T16:07:18",
    "modified": "2026-10-26T16:07:18",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Stafford Co - Aquia WWTP - Richmond Hwy",
    "address": "3071 Richmond Hwy",
    "city": "Stafford",
    "zip": "22554",
    "county_city": "Stafford County",
    "region": "Northern",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
      "Risk Tier 2"
    ],
    "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": "Aquia WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Stafford Utilities",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "SSO of approximately 2500 gallons that per the five day letter did not reach state waters,  SSO was due to blockage, which was removed, incident ceased and five day letter received.",
    "location_comment": "Sewer Manhole",
    "closure_comment": "Corrective actions taken, incident ceased, and five day letter rcvd."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 1.75,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 2501,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Sewage on Land Surface with Potential Human Exposure"
      ],
      "corrective_action": null,
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "at": "2026-10-20T15:55:41",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-20T16:08:48",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-20T16:08:48",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-26T00:00:00",
      "type": "Notification Sent"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-26T16:07:18",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-10-20T15:55:41",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
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    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0060968"
    ],
    "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 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": null,
    "towns": [
      "Stafford",
      "Stafford County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.471285,
    "lon": -77.399943,
    "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": "2026-10-20T12:00:32-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-10-20T15:55:39-04:00"
  },
  "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/325878?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 325878, reported Oct 20, 2026, 3:55 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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