Cowes, Gurnard polluted by sewage 510 times in 2024 - lasting 3,058 hours

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Totals for Cowes, Gurnard in 2024
14 Sites polluted by Southern Water
510 sewage dumps
3,058 h duration
That's 4.25 months. On average 1.4 times a day
How does Cowes, Gurnard compare?

Cowes, Gurnard was the #16 most polluted bathing area in England & Wales, by duration of sewage overflows, as reported by the water companies

Local Constituency

Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Cowes, Gurnard in 2024.

If the locations of the sewage outlets look a bit unusual, it is likely that the reporting of the data from the water company is in error. We rely on their data in order to draw these maps.

Accuracy Warning We use data from the water companies, but we are seeing many anomalies, that make us believe that bathing location information is quite poor. The situation is likely far worse than reported here.

Other CSOs may also be located nearby, however the water companies claim that these do not affect the water quality here.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Southern Water Solent ST MARY ROAD COWES WWPS CSO 114 1,042 98.9
Southern Water Solent COWES (SPRINGHILL) HEADWORKS WPS 72 712 100
Southern Water Solent WOODVALE TRANSFER SST 86 532 100
Southern Water Solent EGYPT POINT PS 61 263 100
Southern Water Solent GURNARD PS 29 220 99.7
Southern Water River Medina Estuary HIGH STREET PUMPING STATION 85 214 99.9
Southern Water River Medina MARKET HILL COWES CSO 21 33 98.7
Southern Water Medina Estuary THETIS WHARF PS 13 9 100
Southern Water River Medina FLOATING BRIDGE COWES CSO 10 9 100
Southern Water Gurnard Luck Stream WHITFORD BRIDGE CSO 4 7 100
Southern Water River Medina CASTLE STREET COWES CSO 9 4 100
Southern Water Solent EGYPT POINT PS 2 4 100
Southern Water Solent TERMINUS ROAD COWES CSO 3 2 98.9
Southern Water Cowes Harbour THE PARADE PS 1 1 99.9

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. This 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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