Argyll and Bute was polluted by sewage 3,768 times in 2023
lasting 30,073 hours - that's 3.48 years!
- but monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more

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✔ means we have experimental daily data since 2023

Totals for Argyll and Bute in 2023

21 Sites polluted by Scottish Water

3,768 sewage dumps
30,073 h duration

That's 3.48 years! On average 10.3 times a day

Change Over Time

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Waterways in Argyll and Bute

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Argyll and Bute in 2023. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Reporting refers to how much of the time the monitoring was active. In this constituency 46 of the total 72 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year, of which 46 had zero reporting.

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
Scottish Water	Clyde Estuary	HELENSBURGH WWTW 2001 NS321800	1,521	7,686	100
Scottish Water	Clyde Estuary/Firth of Clyde	TOR-NA-DEE SPS NS168754	57	5,518	98.36
Scottish Water	Holy Loch	ARDNADAM WWPS NS164803	207	4,487	99.59
Scottish Water	Kyles of Bute	TIGHNABRUAICH WWTW NR980700	477	3,079	100
Scottish Water	East Loch Tarbert	TARBERT HARBOUR TPS 1 CSO 2005 NR866687	57	2,774	100
Scottish Water	Seil Sound	CLACHAN BALVICAR WWTW 2009 NM771177	368	1,486	100
Scottish Water	Campbeltown Loch	CAMPBELTOWN, KINLOCH PARK SPS CSO	515	1,102	100
Scottish Water	Clyde Estuary/Firth of Clyde	KIRN WWPS NS185785	33	984	99.86
Scottish Water	Clyde Estuary/Firth of Clyde	WEST BAY WWPS NS169761	362	940	99.86
Scottish Water	Sea channel btwn Islay and Orsay	PORTNAHAVEN WWTW NR167519	14	782	98.36
Scottish Water	Loch Gilp	KILMORY WWTW 2006 NR864868	40	746	100
Scottish Water	Sound Of Mull	SALEN SEP 2008 NM577436	66	341	89.32
Scottish Water	Firth of Clyde	INNELLAN SEP NS140690	8	45	77.81
Scottish Water	Abhainn na cille water	KILMELFORD WWTW NM845126	5	25	99.73
Scottish Water	Clyde Estuary/Firth of Clyde	MILTON BURN CSO NS179773	12	22	99.73
Scottish Water	East Loch Tarbert	TARBERT GARVEL SPS CSO 2005 NR868692	13	21	98.63
Scottish Water	Campbeltown Loch	CAMPBELTOWN KINLOCH PARK SPS CSO	6	16	100
Scottish Water	Seil Sound	BALVICAR POST OFFICE WWPS NM766170	1	4	99.45
Scottish Water	Seil Sound	CLACHAN SEIL NORTH WWPS NM782193	1	3	99.45
Scottish Water	East Loch Tarbert	TARBERT PIER SPS CSO 2005 NR875687	2	2	99.45
Scottish Water	Holy Loch	SANDHAVEN WWPS NS152815	3	1	97.81
Scottish Water	Unknown	PORT WEMYSS WWPS NR169516	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Seil Sound	CLACHAN SEIL BROOKSIDE WWPS NM781188	0	0	100
Scottish Water	Loch Indaal	BOWMORE SPS1 WWPS 2008 NR314602	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch a Bhealaich	TAYVALLICH TPS 1 WWPS 2006 NR745874	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Clyde Estuary	HELENSBURGH, SUFFOLK STREET SPS CSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Unknown	CONNEL SOUTH ACHALEVEN SPS CSO NM919342	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Unknown	ARDRISHAIG WWPS 2	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Kames Bay	MARINE PLACE WEST CSO 4 2011 NS081671	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Gilp	PEDDIE BURN CSO 2008 NR865877	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Kames Bay	PORT BANNATYNE CSO 1 2011 NS070673	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Oban Bay	OBAN GEORGE STREET CSO NM859299	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Leodamis	PORT ELLEN WWPS4 NR359457	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Seil Sound	BALVICAR COTTAGE WWPS	0	0	98.9
Scottish Water	Holy Loch	HOLY LOCH WWPS NS180799	0	0	99.86
Scottish Water	Seil Sound	CLACHAN SEIL SOUTH WWPS NM781186	0	0	96.44
Scottish Water	Loch Fyne	MINARD WWTW NR979962	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Gilp	ARDRISHAIG WWPS 4	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Unknown	LOCHGILPHEAD FRONT GREEN CSO 08 NR863879	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Kames Bay	ARDBEG ROAD SOUTH CSO 3 2011 NS084660	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Indaal	PORT CHARLOTTE WWPS 2 2005 NR253581	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Fyne	FURNACE QUEEN ELIZABETH CTS SPS NS023999	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Kames Bay	MARINE PLACE SOUTH CSO 2 2011 NS084668	0	0	0
Scottish Water	River Nant	TAYNUILT WWTW NN005316	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Unknown	PORTNAHAVEN WWPS NR167522	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Indaal	PORT CHARLOTTE WWTW	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Gilp	ARDRISHAIG, OAKFIELD ROAD, (NO1) CSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Machrihanish Bay	MACHRIHANISH WWPS 2003 NR629207	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Sound of Kerrera	CORRAN ESPLANADE PS	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Long	ARROCHAR CHURCH RD SEP NN300039	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Gilp	ARDRISHAIG WWPS 2 CSO 2005 NR852858	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Fyne	FURNACE SEP WWPS 2003 NS027999	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Indaal	BOWMORE TPS1 WWPS 2008 NR310598	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Caolas Eilean nan Cacrach	PORT ELLEN SEP NR372450	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Indaal	PORT CHARLOTTE WWPS 1 2005 NR253583	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Leodamis	PORT ELLEN WWPS3 NR364448	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Unknown	INVERARAY PIER WWPS NN097085	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Leodamis	PORT ELLEN WWPS1 NR367451	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Clyde Estuary	HELENSBURGH, HANOVER STREET SPS CSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch a Bhealaich	TAYVALLICH WWPS 2 2006 NR743873	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Sound of Kerrera	OBAN GALLANACH SPS CSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch Sween	TAYVALLICH SEP NR748871	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Clyde Estuary	HELENSBURGH, CAIRNDHU SPS CSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Unknown	CONNEL SOUTH TPS1 CSO NM909343	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Clyde Estuary	HELENSBURGH, NO6 CSO (COLQUHOUN STREET)	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Milligs Burn	HELENSBURGH KILBRIDE DRIVE CSO NS301833	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Loch a'Chumhainn	DERVAIG WWTW 2008 NM435515	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Tobermory Bay	TOBERMORY GLENGORM TPS2 WWPS NM497552	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Seil Sound	CLACHAN BRIDGE WWPS NM785197	0	0	99.45
Scottish Water	Drumlemble Ditch	CAMPBELTOWN DRUMLEMBLE SPS 2003 NR661197	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Chiscan Water	CAMPBELTOWN STEWARTON WWPS 2003 NR693200	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Clyde Estuary	HELENSBURGH, CUMBERLAND AVENUE SPS CSO	0	0	0

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.

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