Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Henrico County Department of Public Utilities (Henrico Water Reclamation Facility and collection system), Oct 26, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "325988",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-10-26T10:44:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-10-26T15:31:00",
    "closed": "2026-11-02T16:47:52",
    "modified": "2026-11-02T16:47:52",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Henrico Conveyance - Gilles Creek Pump Station - Force Main Leak",
    "address": "2501 Jennie Scher Road",
    "city": "Henrico",
    "zip": "23231",
    "county_city": "Richmond City",
    "region": "Piedmont",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow"
    ],
    "waterbody": "Gillie Creek",
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": "Gillie Creek",
    "water_threatened": "Y",
    "low": 433100,
    "high": 433100,
    "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": "Length of event: Oct 26, about 10:44 a.m. to Oct 26, about 5:14 p.m. \nRate: About 2,500 gpm \nTotal Volume; About 433,100 gallons\nDischarge to Gillies Creek\nCause: 3-inch hole in the bottom of the pipe\nRepair completed: 24-inch wraparound sleeve",
    "location_comment": "A second sewage spill occurred on, October 26, 2026, on the 24-inch force main serving the Gillies Creek Sewage Pumping Station (SPS), 2501 Jennie Scher Road.",
    "closure_comment": "Repair complete; investigation referred to water compliance program for followup."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 6,
      "component": "Pipe Failure",
      "component_id": 3,
      "volume_gal": 252000,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "N",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Other"
      ],
      "impacts": [
        "Discharge to State Waters"
      ],
      "corrective_action": "Repaired leak on force main.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
  "status_log": [
    {
      "at": "2026-10-27T06:19:27",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-27T06:30:16",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-27T06:30:16",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-11-02T16:47:52",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-10-27T06:19:27",
  "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 6 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": "Gillie Creek",
    "towns": [
      "Henrico",
      "Richmond City"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 37.529806,
    "lon": -77.391908,
    "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": "2026-10-26T10:44:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-10-26T15:31:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/325988?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 325988, reported Oct 26, 2026, 3:31 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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