It's a Dirty Business

Watch Channel 4's documentary about the state of the water industry, then sign the petition to bring water back to public ownership.

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Solway Coast - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 4,155 hours in 2025 , monitoring offline 709 hours , potential overflows 697 hours

© OpenStreetMap contributors
Contains OS Data © Crown copyright & database right 2021-2024
© Top of the Poops 2021-2024

Which Year?

Select Another Area

Totals for 2025

Sewage4,155 hours
Monitoring offline709 hours
Potential pollution697 hours
Storm overflows32

Take Action

Share this page, post a message, and tell others about the huge problem of sewage pollution across the UK
We need your support!

Please consider a one-off or small recurring donation. We need your help to keep this site going.

Donate Now

Daily Data - when it rained, and when they spilled

Square = rainfall none → heavy
Drop = sewage minutes → all day
Potential pollution Monitoring offline
Jan - 218 hours , 21 potential
Feb - 32 hours , 28 offline
Mar - 35 hours , 56 offline
Apr - 17 hours
May - 40 hours , 63 potential
Jun - 130 hours , 53 potential
Jul - 102 hours , 0 potential
Aug - 15 hours , 116 offline
Sept - 695 hours , 38 potential
Oct - 106 hours , 488 potential
Nov - 1,369 hours , 3 potential
Dec - 1,390 hours , 27 potential

Storm overflows in and around Solway Coast

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
United Utilities ROCKCLIFFE WwTW River Eden Estuary 66 572h 50m 591 h
United Utilities Longburgh PS Ridding Sough 51 345h 52m 6 h
United Utilities Bowness on Solway PS Solway Firth 16 268h 26m -
United Utilities Longburgh PS Ridding Sough 21 267h 28m 48 h
United Utilities CROSSCANONBY WwTW Scad Beck 37 237h 21m 0 h
United Utilities Bowness on Solway PS Solway Firth 21 206h 32m 31 h
United Utilities ROCKCLIFFE WwTW River Eden Estuary 17 192h 50m -
United Utilities NEWTON ARLOSH WwTW River Wampool 21 192h 2m 2 h
United Utilities NEWTON ARLOSH WwTW River Wampool 46 191h 27m 9 h
United Utilities ALLONBY WwTW Irish Sea 12 187h 20m -
United Utilities Rockcliffe Pumping Station (Site ID RCKCL) (CAR0027) Rockcliffe Beck 60 182h 52m 272 h
United Utilities BURGH BY SANDS WwTW Ridding Sough 29 157h 37m 35 h
United Utilities Glasson Wastewater Treatment Works (GLASN) Solway Firth Estuarine Wt 25 147h 57m 135 h
United Utilities Glasson Wastewater Treatment Works (GLASN) Solway Firth Estuarine Wt 14 126h 44m 2 h
United Utilities CROSSCANONBY WwTW Scad Beck 15 119h 32m 24 h
United Utilities ALLONBY WwTW Irish Sea 8 109h 53m 6 h
United Utilities BURGH BY SANDS WwTW Ridding Sough 13 102h 13m 24 h
United Utilities Eastland Farm CSO Scad Beck Solway Est'Y 57 71h 34m 1 h
United Utilities Eastland Farm CSO Scad Beck Solway Est'Y 20 70h 30m -
United Utilities Rockcliffe Pumping Station (Site ID RCKCL) (CAR0027) Rockcliffe Beck 13 67h 19m -
United Utilities Glasson PS Un-Named Solway Firth 36 67h 11m 23 h
United Utilities Drumburgh PS Tidal Solway Firth 9 65h 58m 23 h
United Utilities Newton Arlosh West PS River Wampool 10 46h 40m 35 h
United Utilities Anthorn PS River Wampool Estuary 9 36h 23m 104 h
United Utilities Anthorn PS River Wampool Estuary 13 35h 57m -
United Utilities Port Carlisle Pumping Station (Site ID PRTCA) (ALL0135) Solway Firth 4 33h 50m -
United Utilities Glasson PS Un-Named Solway Firth 11 33h 48m -
United Utilities Newton Arlosh West PS River Wampool 6 11h 47m 2 h
United Utilities Drumburgh PS Tidal Solway Firth 2 3h 2m -
United Utilities Port Carlisle Pumping Station (Site ID PRTCA) (ALL0135) Solway Firth 1 2h 28m -
United Utilities Moricambe Park PS Great Gutter Estuarine Water 1 0h 20m -
United Utilities Moricambe Park PS Great Gutter Estuarine Water 0 0h 24 h

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.

This project is not associated, approved or endorsed by any of the companies whose logos you see here.