Braintree polluted by sewage 350 times in 2022 - lasting 1,965 hours

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Totals for Braintree in 2022
19 Sites polluted by Anglian Water
350 sewage dumps
1,965 h duration
That's 2.73 months. 6.7 times a week, on average

Pollution Summary 2022

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Braintree in 2022. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Anglian Water Bourne Brook River Colne GOSFIELD STW 23 301 100
Anglian Water Bumpstead Brook River Stour N STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD STW 38 216 100
Anglian Water Stisted Brook River Blackwater STISTED STW 17 208 100
Anglian Water River Colne HALSTEAD (LANGLEY) WRC 31 183 100
Anglian Water Bumpstead Brook STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD PS-NOS.1,2,3 & 4 28 162 75
Anglian Water River Brain BRAINTREE WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 21 152 100
Anglian Water River Blackwater BOCKING WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 14 142 100
Anglian Water River Colne GREAT YELDHAM - POOLE STREET CSO 16 137 100
Anglian Water Toppesfield Brook River Colne TOPPESFIELD STW 37 136 99.9
Anglian Water River Colne SIBLE HEDINGHAM STW 20 112 100
Anglian Water Pods Brook River Brain RAYNE STW 10 74 100
Anglian Water River Brain NOTLEY ROAD CSO 17 34 100
Anglian Water River Colne EARLS COLNE CHURCH HILL #3 CSO 41 34 100
Anglian Water River Colne SIBLE HEDINGHAM - ALDERFORD ST CSO 18 24 98.7
Anglian Water River Colne CASTLE HEDINGHAM - QUEEN ST CSO 3 22 87
Anglian Water Pods Brook RAYNE TERMINAL PUMPING STATION 6 10 100
Anglian Water River Colne EARLS COLNE WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 2 8 100
Anglian Water River Colne EARLS COLNE ST ANDREWS CHURCH CSO 7 3 100
Anglian Water River Colne EARLS COLNE 1 0 99.9
Anglian Water River Stour BURES HAMLET PS 0 0 0
Anglian Water Culverted River Blackwate BRADFORD STREET FOUL SEWER 0 0 0
Anglian Water River Pant CHURCH STREET CSO 0 0 0
Anglian Water River Brain ROSE HILL 0 0 0
Anglian Water River Brain ROSE HILL 0 0 0
Anglian Water River Blackwater BRADFORD BRIDGE PS 0 0 100
Anglian Water River Brain SSO CLAPBRIDGE FARM 0 0 0
Anglian Water River Pant WETHERSFIELD WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 0 0 0
Anglian Water River Brain BRAINTREE WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 0 0 0
Anglian Water Unknown GROVE FIELD 0 0 0
Anglian Water Unknown ROSE HILL 0 0 0
Anglian Water River Brain SSO HOPPIT BRIDGE 0 0 0
Anglian Water River Colne WATER SUPPLY BOREHOLES AT PARSONAGE 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

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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