Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Solway Coast - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 1,299 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 1,997 hours , potential overflows 276 hours so far..

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Totals for Solway Coast in 2026

Sewage1,299 hours
Monitoring offline1,997 hours
Potential pollution276 hours
Storm overflows32

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Daily Data - when it rained, and when they spilled

Square = rainfall none → heavy
Drop = sewage minutes → all day
Potential pollution Monitoring offline
Jan - 378 hours , 29 potential
Feb - 68 hours , 470 offline
Mar - 369 hours , 1 potential
Apr - 33 hours , 116 potential
May - 12 hours , 351 offline
Jun - 0 hours , 417 offline
Jul - 0 hours
Aug - 59 hours , 156 offline
Sept - 25 hours , 31 potential
Oct - 346 hours , 24 potential
Nov - 4 hours , 72 potential

Storm overflows in and around Solway Coast

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
United Utilities Longburgh PS Ridding Sough 42 392h 58m 85 h
United Utilities ROCKCLIFFE WwTW River Eden Estuary 39 178h 16m 2 h
United Utilities Bowness on Solway PS Solway Firth 16 128h 2m 49 h
United Utilities Newton Arlosh West PS River Wampool 10 123h 27m 53 h
United Utilities NEWTON ARLOSH WwTW River Wampool 34 106h 5m 99 h
United Utilities Rockcliffe Pumping Station (Site ID RCKCL) (CAR0027) Rockcliffe Beck 28 75h 7m 725 h
United Utilities BURGH BY SANDS WwTW Ridding Sough 17 57h 42m 147 h
United Utilities CROSSCANONBY WwTW Scad Beck 16 56h 46m -
United Utilities Eastland Farm CSO Scad Beck Solway Est'Y 36 53h 36m 12 h
United Utilities Glasson PS Un-Named Solway Firth 23 40h 44m 24 h
United Utilities Anthorn PS River Wampool Estuary 16 38h 3m 29 h
United Utilities Glasson Wastewater Treatment Works (GLASN) Solway Firth Estuarine Wt 13 23h 28m 225 h
United Utilities ALLONBY WwTW Irish Sea 4 12h 39m 817 h
United Utilities Port Carlisle Pumping Station (Site ID PRTCA) (ALL0135) Solway Firth 6 12h 9m -
United Utilities Drumburgh PS Tidal Solway Firth 1 0h 45m -
United Utilities Port Carlisle Pumping Station (Site ID PRTCA) (ALL0135) Solway Firth 0 0h -
United Utilities Moricambe Park PS Great Gutter Estuarine Water 0 0h -
United Utilities CROSSCANONBY WwTW Scad Beck 0 0h -
United Utilities Anthorn PS River Wampool Estuary 0 0h -
United Utilities Drumburgh PS Tidal Solway Firth 0 0h -
United Utilities NEWTON ARLOSH WwTW River Wampool 0 0h -
United Utilities Newton Arlosh West PS River Wampool 0 0h -
United Utilities Longburgh PS Ridding Sough 0 0h -
United Utilities Moricambe Park PS Great Gutter Estuarine Water 0 0h -
United Utilities Rockcliffe Pumping Station (Site ID RCKCL) (CAR0027) Rockcliffe Beck 0 0h -
United Utilities BURGH BY SANDS WwTW Ridding Sough 0 0h -
United Utilities Glasson Wastewater Treatment Works (GLASN) Solway Firth Estuarine Wt 0 0h -
United Utilities ROCKCLIFFE WwTW River Eden Estuary 0 0h -
United Utilities Eastland Farm CSO Scad Beck Solway Est'Y 0 0h -
United Utilities Bowness on Solway PS Solway Firth 0 0h -
United Utilities ALLONBY WwTW Irish Sea 0 0h -
United Utilities Glasson PS Un-Named Solway Firth 0 0h -

Data Sources & Accuracy

EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales, and Scottish Water

Experimental derived data from Thames Water API, Some data may be missing or inaccurate. Live sewage data from Stream Water API

Annual figures up to and including 2025 come from official water company returns. The 2026 figure is our own estimate, derived continuously from the companies' live data feeds.

Uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.

This website is intended to provide an accurate representation of the Environment Agency data. The data is hard to use, and thus some errors may have been made. If you find something that is incorrect, please raise an issue at the GitHub issues page and we'll endeavour to fix it quickly.

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