Anglian Water

was responsible for 16,082 sewage overflows in 2022
On average 44.1 times a day

These lasted for 89,513 hours (That's 10.36 years!) - in 916 different locations across their service area

Worst Locations Anglian Water

1. HORNING KNACKERS WOOD WRC

North Norfolk polluted for 2,167 hours, into River Ant

115 incidents

That's 3.01 months.

2.2 times a week, on average

2. GREAT EASTON(LEICS) STW

Rutland and Melton polluted for 1,487 hours, into River Welland

81 incidents

That's 2.07 months.

1.6 times a week, on average

3. RUSHDEN - DUCK STREET CSO

Wellingborough polluted for 1,236 hours, into Wash Brook

80 incidents

That's 1.72 months.

1.5 times a week, on average

4. SAWTRY WATER RECYCLING CENTRE

North West Cambridgeshire polluted for 1,068 hours, into Middle Level Catch Drn

71 incidents

That's 1.48 months.

1.4 times a week, on average

5. UPPINGHAM STW

Rutland and Melton polluted for 1,000 hours, into Uppingham Brook

98 incidents

That's 1.39 months.

1.9 times a week, on average

6. GREAT OXENDON STW

Daventry polluted for 966 hours, into River Ise

65 incidents

That's 1.34 months.

1.2 times a week, on average

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Data Sources & Accuracy

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

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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