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Polluted by sewage 6,086 hours in 2025 , monitoring offline 20 hours
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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| Company | Site Name | Receiving Waterway | Overflow Days | Total Duration (hours) | Offline/Potential Pollution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Water | ALBION GROYNE BRIGHTON CEO - 111086 | Controlled Sea | 215 | 5,123 h 28m | - |
| Southern Water | BLACK ROCK BRIGHTON CEO - 109383 | English Channel | 38 | 894 h 1m | - |
| Southern Water | MARINE DRIVE BRIGHTON NO.2 CEO - 116036 | English Channel | 5 | 28 h 32m | - |
| Southern Water | MARINE DRIVE BRIGHTON NO.2 CEO - 116036 | English Channel | 7 | 22 h 24m | 20 h |
| Southern Water | PORTOBELLO BRIGHTON CSO - 116012 | English Channel | 4 | 18 h | - |
| Southern Water | BLACK ROCK BRIGHTON CEO - 109383 | English Channel | 0 | 0 h | - |
| Southern Water | PORTOBELLO BRIGHTON CSO - 116012 | English Channel | 0 | 0 h | - |
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.
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