Bridgwater and West Somerset polluted by sewage 1,307 times in 2022 - lasting 8,329 hours

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Totals for Bridgwater and West Somerset in 2022

60 Sites polluted by South West Water, Wessex Water

1,307 sewage dumps
8,329 h duration

That's 11.57 months. On average 3.6 times a day

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Pollution Summary 2022

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

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
South West Water	River Barle	DULVERTON WWTW	198	1,800	100
Wessex Water	Doniford Stream	CROWCOMBE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORK	60	750	99.9
Wessex Water	Nidon Rhyne	BROADMEAD LANE PUMP STATION	36	715	99.9
South West Water	River Exe	WINSFORD PSCSO/EO	50	550	46
Wessex Water	Sth Drain- Lwr Brue	SHAPWICK PUMPING STATION	34	512	100
South West Water	River Exe	EXFORD STW	43	431	92
Wessex Water	Washford River	BYE FARM COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	65	365	99.8
Wessex Water	Bristol Channel	KILVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	26	300	100
Wessex Water	Cannington Brook	CANNINGTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	41	291	99.9
Wessex Water	Nidon Brook	GOOSE LANE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	42	240	94.4
Wessex Water	Bristol Channel	WATCHET SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	13	187	100
Wessex Water	Unknown	MINEHEAD SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	23	159	100
Wessex Water	Porlock Bay Hawkcombestream	PORLOCK WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	11	144	100
Wessex Water	Petherton Stream	NORTH PETHERTON WRC	38	139	100
Wessex Water	Nidon Brook	CHILTON POLDEN PUMPING STATION	12	134	99.9
South West Water	River Exe	BRIDGETOWN WWTW PS	7	131	100
Wessex Water	River Parrett Estuary	COMBWICH PUMPING STATION	16	127	97.6
South West Water	River Barle	BRUSHFORD WWTW	31	119	100
Wessex Water	Pill River	BILBROOK PUMPING STATION	23	106	98.1
Wessex Water	Stogursey Brook	STOGURSEY WATER RECYCLING CENTRE	13	105	100
Wessex Water	Fiddington Book	FIDDINGTON PS	11	82	98
Wessex Water	Fiddington Brook	NETHER STOWEY WATER RECYCLING CENTR	13	81	100
Wessex Water	Doniford Stream	SAMPFORD BRETT CSO	22	80	100
Wessex Water	Unknown	TUNNEL PUMPING STATION	13	76	98.7
Wessex Water	Bristol Channel	DONIFORD PUMPING STATION	9	70	98.8
Wessex Water	River Avill	HAWKWELL COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	86	69	100
South West Water	Pulham River	BROMPTON REGIS STW	11	50	100
Wessex Water	Greinton Rhyne	PEDWELL PUMPING STATION	17	46	99.9
Wessex Water	Doniford Stream	BICKNOLLER CSO	27	46	100
Wessex Water	Brick Yard Rhyne V Sws	PAWLETT PUMPING STATION	6	45	98
Wessex Water	Unknown	7 MILL STREET CSO	60	38	100
Wessex Water	Sowy River	SUMMERHEDGE PUMPING STATION	7	37	100
Wessex Water	Cannington Brook	SPAXTON PUMPING STATION	6	33	99.1
Wessex Water	Greinton Rhyne Drain	GREINTON WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION	5	25	100
Wessex Water	Monksilver Stream	MONKSILVER PUMPING STATION	7	23	98.4
Wessex Water	River Parrett	EAST QUAY PUMPING STATION	26	20	100
Wessex Water	Cannington Brook	MARSH LANE CSO	17	19	100
Wessex Water	Huntspill River	MEADOW FARM PUMPING STATION	4	18	99.2
Wessex Water	Cossington Brook	BROOKHAYES CSO	27	17	86.6
Wessex Water	River Parrett	CHILTON STREET(SALTLANDS) PS	19	16	100
Wessex Water	River Avill	COWBRIDGE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	16	14	93.8
Wessex Water	River Parrett	TAUNTON ROAD PS	27	14	99.6
Wessex Water	Washford River	WATCHET PUMPING STATION OVERFLOW	10	13	100
Wessex Water	River Avill	WOOTTON COURTENAY PS	4	12	100
Wessex Water	Crowpill Rhyne	WEMBDON COMMON PUMPING STATION	7	11	100
Wessex Water	Unknown	SLOWAY LANE PUMPING STATION	4	9	100
Wessex Water	River Parrett	BRISTOL ROAD S P STN	17	8	100
Wessex Water	Bristol Channel	BLENHEIM ROAD CSO	9	7	100
Wessex Water	King Sedgemoors Drain	STAWELL PUMPING STATION	4	5	100
Wessex Water	Donniford Stream	UNION LANE CSO	11	5	99
Wessex Water	Parrett Estuary	VICARAGE LANE PUMPING STATION	2	4	99.9
Wessex Water	Sowy River	MIDDLEZOY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	2	2	100
Wessex Water	Stogursey Brook	CHURCH STREET CSO	6	2	91.6
Wessex Water	River Parrett	WEST QUAY PS	1	1	100
Wessex Water	Bath Road Rhyne	BATH ROAD PS	2	1	100
South West Water	River Barle	LOWER MILL COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	4	0	92
Wessex Water	Un-Named	PURITON SPS	1	0	99.9
Wessex Water	River Parrett	BLAKE GARDENS PS	2	0	100
Wessex Water	Pill River	OLD CLEEVE FARM CSO	2	0	100
Wessex Water	Hawkcombe Stream	PORLOCK COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	1	0	16.1
Wessex Water	River Parrett	COLLEY LANE PUMPING STATION	0	0	100
Wessex Water	Porlock Bay	PORLOCK WEIR PUMPING STATION	0	0	100
Wessex Water	Pigrhyne	SCHOOL ROAD CSO	0	0	100
Wessex Water	Porlock Bay	BOSSINGTON PUMPING STATION	0	0	100
Wessex Water	Bristol Channel	GREEN SPOT CSO	0	0	100
Wessex Water	River Avon	FLOWER LANE PUMPING STATION	0	0	100
South West Water	Wimbleball Lake	BESSOM BRIDGE PUMPING STATION	0	0	100
Wessex Water	Bristol Channel	QUAY WEST PUMPING STATION	0	0	100
Wessex Water	Kings Sedgemoor Drain	SUTTON MALLET PUMPING STATION	0	0	100
Wessex Water	Hamrod Rhyne	BROADSTONE PS	0	0	100
Wessex Water	River Tone	CHURCH ROAD PUMPING STATION	0	0	99.9
Wessex Water	River Pill	BLUE ANCHOR PUMPING STATION	0	0	99.7
Wessex Water	Doniford Stream	STOGUMBER 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

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Bridgwater and West Somerset polluted by sewage 1,307 times in 2022 - lasting 8,329 hours

60 Sites polluted by South West Water, Wessex Water

Pollution Summary 2022

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