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Arundel and South Downs - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 14,285 hours in 2026 - That's 1.65 years , potential overflows 645 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Arundel and South Downs so far for 2026. It is an estimate, based on very poor quality live data from the Water Companies. The water companies report their sewage to the Environment Agency every year in April. You can see the last reported year in the other page

What's a potential overflow? If the CSO goes 'Offline' while its Overflowing, we don't know if it stopped overflowing until we get a 'Stop' event.

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Daily Data

Jan - 7,136 hours
Feb - 6,874 hours , 585 potential
Mar - 273 hours , 59 potential
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Southern Water SOUTH HARTING SSO - 115830 River Rother 62 1,475 h 30m -
Southern Water LIDSEY SSO - 115776 Lidsey Rife 56 1,291 h 48m -
Southern Water BARNETTS BRIDGE GRAFFHAM CEO - 108187 River Rother 55 1,287 h 59m -
Southern Water HENFIELD SSO - 115743 Chess Brook 48 1,087 h 2m -
Southern Water ASHINGTON SSO - 115787 Honeybridge Striver R.Adur 45 963 h 47m -
Southern Water PULBOROUGH SSO - 115429 River Stor 44 825 h 39m -
Southern Water SOUTH AMBERSHAM SSO - 115439 River Rother 35 776 h 2m -
Southern Water FERNHURST SSO - 115866 River Lod 41 673 h 46m -
Southern Water ROGATE SSO - 115749 River Rother 37 640 h 6m -
Southern Water MARSHALL CLOSE BARNHAM CSO - 108037 Barnham Rife 53 593 h 41m -
Southern Water SMALL DOLE SSO - 115768 Unnamed Tidal River Adur 34 570 h 31m -
Southern Water STORRINGTON SSO - 115931 River Stor 38 559 h 47m 131 h
Southern Water STEYNING SSO - 115442 Black Sewer River Adur 29 532 h 50m 513 h
Southern Water WISBOROUGH GREEN SSO - 115793 River Kird 30 468 h 36m -
Southern Water FITTLEWORTH SSO - 115744 River Rother 53 462 h 40m -
Southern Water BURY SSO - 115801 River Arun 24 439 h 59m -
Southern Water BREWHURST MILL LOXWOOD CEO - 108302 Loxwood Stream 31 391 h 32m -
Southern Water HOLLANDS ROAD HENFIELD CEO - 107409 River Adur 24 269 h 40m -
Southern Water FORD ROAD ARUNDEL CEO - 108002 Tidal Waters Of River Arun 31 257 h 22m -
Southern Water LOXWOOD SSO - 115416 Loxwood Stream 12 158 h 5m -
Southern Water LURGASHALL SSO - 115872 River Lod 11 123 h 35m -
Southern Water PETWORTH CSO - 115427 River Rother 20 112 h 39m -
Southern Water MILL ROAD WEST CHILTINGTON CSO - 111802 River Chilt 13 105 h 56m -
Southern Water THE WHARF MIDHURST CEO - 108361 Freshwater River 8 62 h 31m -
Southern Water THE LEYS FERNHURST CSO - 108357 River Rother West 9 49 h 44m -
Southern Water ABBEY ROAD STEYNING CSO - 107379 River Adur 6 21 h 43m -
Southern Water GLEBE ROAD FERNHURST CSO - 108077 River Rother West 6 20 h 20m -
Southern Water COLDWALTHAM CSO - 116054 River Arun 2 19 h 6m -
Southern Water PETWORTH ROAD HAMBLEDON CEO - 109386 Un River Arun 3 18 h 6m -
Southern Water TOWN QUAY ARUNDEL CEO - 108012 Freshwater River 8 16 h 44m -
Southern Water IPING LANE IPING NORTH CEO - 108261 Freshwater River 2 6 h 6m -
Southern Water BRIDGEFOOT KIRDFORD CEO - 108193 Freshwater River 1 2 h 42m -
Southern Water MARSHALL CLOSE BARNHAM CSO - 108037 Barnham Rife 0 0 h -
Southern Water THE WHARF MIDHURST CEO - 108361 Freshwater River 0 0 h -
Southern Water MILL ROAD WEST CHILTINGTON CSO - 111802 River Chilt 0 0 h -
Southern Water BARNETTS BRIDGE GRAFFHAM CEO - 108187 River Rother 0 0 h -
Southern Water LURGASHALL SSO - 115872 River Lod 0 0 h -
Southern Water STORRINGTON SSO - 115931 River Stor 0 0 h -
Southern Water THE LEYS FERNHURST CSO - 108357 River Rother West 0 0 h -
Southern Water BURY SSO - 115801 River Arun 0 0 h -
Southern Water IPING LANE IPING NORTH CEO - 108261 Freshwater River 0 0 h -
Southern Water SINGLETON RELIEF CEO - 108335 River Lavant 0 0 h -
Southern Water HENFIELD SSO - 115743 Chess Brook 0 0 h -
Southern Water SMALL DOLE SSO - 115768 Unnamed Tidal River Adur 0 0 h -
Southern Water ROGATE SSO - 115749 River Rother 0 0 h -
Southern Water HOLLANDS ROAD HENFIELD CEO - 107409 River Adur 0 0 h -
Southern Water FITTLEWORTH SSO - 115744 River Rother 0 0 h -
Southern Water PETWORTH ROAD HAMBLEDON CEO - 109386 Un River Arun 0 0 h -
Southern Water FERNHURST SSO - 115866 River Lod 0 0 h -
Southern Water STEYNING SSO - 115442 Black Sewer River Adur 0 0 h -
Southern Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Southern Water WISBOROUGH GREEN SSO - 115793 River Kird 0 0 h -
Southern Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Southern Water LOXWOOD SSO - 115416 Loxwood Stream 0 0 h -
Southern Water BREWHURST MILL LOXWOOD CEO - 108302 Loxwood Stream 0 0 h -
Southern Water PULBOROUGH SSO - 115429 River Stor 0 0 h -
Southern Water SINGLETON RELIEF CEO - 108335 River Lavant 0 0 h -
Southern Water LIDSEY SSO - 115776 Lidsey Rife 0 0 h -
Southern Water SOUTH AMBERSHAM SSO - 115439 River Rother 0 0 h -
Southern Water GLEBE ROAD FERNHURST CSO - 108077 River Rother West 0 0 h -
Southern Water BRIDGEFOOT KIRDFORD CEO - 108193 Freshwater River 0 0 h -
Southern Water ASHINGTON SSO - 115787 Honeybridge Striver R.Adur 0 0 h -
Southern Water PETWORTH CSO - 115427 River Rother 0 0 h -
Southern Water COLDWALTHAM CSO - 116054 River Arun 0 0 h -
Southern Water FORD ROAD ARUNDEL CEO - 108002 Tidal Waters Of River Arun 0 0 h -
Southern Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Southern Water ABBEY ROAD STEYNING CSO - 107379 River Adur 0 0 h -
Southern Water TOWN QUAY ARUNDEL CEO - 108012 Freshwater River 0 0 h -
Southern Water WYKEHAM CLOSE STEYNING CSO - 108251 River Adur 0 0 h -
Southern Water SOUTH HARTING SSO - 115830 River Rother 0 0 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

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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