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Polluted by sewage 55 times in 2024 - lasting 255 hours
Ryde, Seagrove, St Helens was the #196 most polluted bathing area in England & Wales, by duration of sewage overflows, as reported by the water companies
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Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Ryde, Seagrove, St Helens in 2024.
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.
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.
Other CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s 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 | SEAGROVE WPS CSO | 32 | 221 | 100 |
| Southern Water | Solent | SALTERNS WPS CSO | 4 | 17 | 100 |
| Southern Water | Solent | WESTWOOD ROAD CSO | 11 | 6 | 71.1 |
| Southern Water | Solent | SPRINGVALE WPS CSO | 2 | 5 | 100 |
| Southern Water | Solent | SPRINGVALE WPS CSO | 2 | 2 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | Solent | SEAVIEW WPS | 4 | 2 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | Solent | SPENCER ROAD RYDE CSO | 0 | 0 | 100 |
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
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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