Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Oct 17, 2026

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{
  "report": {
    "id": "326059",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-10-17T21:15:00",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-10-18T00:00:00",
    "closed": "2026-10-30T13:09:28",
    "modified": "2026-10-30T13:09:28",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "Spill-City of Waynesboro-Waynesboro WWTP-Essex Avenue",
    "address": "930 Essex Ave",
    "city": "Waynesboro",
    "zip": null,
    "county_city": "Waynesboro City",
    "region": "Valley",
    "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": "Waynesboro WWTP",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "City of Waynesboro",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "On October 17th, 2026 the City of Waynesboro experienced a spill from the BNR #1 tank. The cause of the spill was a busted chemical (Micro C 2000) line going to the tank. Mixed liquor back fed from the tank and out of the busted line. The estimated amount of the spill is 1500-2000 gallons. The tank has been repaired and returned back into service with no issues.",
    "location_comment": "930 Essex Ave",
    "closure_comment": "See VA0025151"
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": 2,
      "component": null,
      "component_id": null,
      "volume_gal": 2000,
      "volume_unknown": null,
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": null,
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Broken Pipe"
      ],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "BNR Tank #1 was taken out of service and drained until the water level was below the Micro C 2000 feed line and it stopped back feeding mixed liquor onto the ground. The area was cleaned and lime was spread throughout the area. Repairs to the feed line will happen this week and the tank will be put back into service.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": null,
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00",
      "type": "5-Day Letter"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-30T13:04:49",
      "type": "Call Received"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-30T13:06:55",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-30T13:06:55",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-30T13:09:28",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
  ],
  "created_in_prep": "2026-10-30T13:04:49",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
    "typed_permit": "VA0025151",
    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0025151"
    ],
    "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 2 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": [
      "Waynesboro",
      "Waynesboro City"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
  },
  "point": {
    "lat": 38.080259,
    "lon": -78.876358,
    "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": "2026-10-17T21:15:00-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-10-18T00:00:00-04:00"
  },
  "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/326059?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 326059, reported Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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