Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported — Western Virginia Water Authority (Roanoke Regional Water Pollution Control Plant and collection system)
Ongoing (as reported) · Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office
Source: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 326076, reported Nov 1, 2026, 2:11 PM EST, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice
Current status from this report
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1. Reported wastewater outlet
Operator named in the record: Western Virginia Water Authority (Roanoke Regional Water Pollution Control Plant and collection system) (federal wastewater discharge permit, NPDES, VA0025020). Outlet: not stated. Location: not given in the report or in the outlet records.
Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.
2. Waters named in the notice
The notice names no water. Not linked to a mapped water.
3. Estimated downstream stretch
We estimate routes only on rivers before they become tidal. We do not estimate routes through tidal water or lakes.
When it happened and when it was reported
Event and notice times use Eastern Time (EST or EDT). Retrieval times use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
- Started
- not reported
- Ended
- ongoing, as last reported
- Detail provided by the source
- not stated
- Reported to the source
- Published
- not given
- Source last updated
- Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch
What and how much
- Type
- Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater.
- Status in the record
- Ongoing (as reported)
- Material
- “untreated sewage”
- Volume
- volume not reported (not stated whether estimated or measured)
- Volume as reported
- none
Advice from Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office
This report includes no advice. Check current local health notices.
- Advice period
- This report does not state a period. See the rule DirtyWaterWatch applies and its source.
- Basis
- not stated
Source and versions
- Source
- Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related
- Source record number
- 326076
- Original notice
- Read the original notice
- Earlier version
- None: this is the first record
- Later versions
- None
Record details
| Record identifier | va-deq-prep:326076 |
|---|---|
| Source identifier | va-deq-prep |
| Source record number | 326076 |
| Earlier version | Not provided |
| Type | Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) |
| Status in the report | Ongoing (as reported) |
| Sewer operator identifier | va-wvwa |
| Sewer operator | Western Virginia Water Authority (Roanoke Regional Water Pollution Control Plant and collection system) |
| Federal wastewater discharge permit (NPDES) | VA0025020 |
| Outlet number | Not provided |
| Outlet name | Not provided |
| Water named in the report | Not provided |
| Linked waters | Not provided |
| How this report was linked to the water | not linked to a mapped water |
| Latitude | Not provided |
| Longitude | Not provided |
| Location source | Not provided |
| Location accuracy, in metres | Not provided |
| Started | Not provided |
| Ended | Not provided |
| Detail provided by the source | Not provided |
| Reported to the source | Nov 1, 2026, 2:11 PM EST (2026-11-01T14:11:00-05:00) |
| Published | Not provided |
| Source last updated | Nov 2, 2026, 11:54 AM EST (2026-11-02T11:54:11-05:00) |
| Last retrieved by DirtyWaterWatch | Nov 2, 2026, 9:40 PM EST (2026-11-03T02:40:36Z) |
| Material | untreated sewage |
| Volume, in gallons | Not provided |
| Volume as reported | Not provided |
| How volume was determined | not stated whether estimated or measured |
| Authority | Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office |
| Advice | Not provided |
| Advice period, in hours | Not provided |
| Basis of the advice period | Not provided |
| Original notice | https://portal.deq.virginia.gov/v2/prep/prepReport/326076 |
Original source data
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"_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).",
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"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.",
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} Source: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Blue Ridge Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 326076, reported Nov 1, 2026, 2:11 PM EST, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice
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