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Bristol Central - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 241 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 449 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Bristol Central 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 - 93 hours
Feb - 122 hours , 23 offline
Mar - 13 hours , 122 offline
Apr - 0 hours
May - 10 hours
Jun - 0 hours
Jul - 0 hours
Aug - 0 hours , 302 offline
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Wessex Water BRISTOL PORTWAY NEAR PLIMSOLL BRIDGE (PUMPED) River Avon 25 225h 56m -
Wessex Water BRISTOL CRANBROOK ROAD O/S NO.XX Cranbrook Via Sws 15 8h 40m -
Wessex Water BRISTOL COMMERCIAL ROAD / BEDMIN BRIDGE River Avon 2 3h 14m 302 h
Wessex Water BRISTOL HOTWELLS ROAD EAST Floating Harbour 4 1h 54m -
Wessex Water BRISTOL PRINCE STREET ROUNDABOUT River Avon 2 0h 52m -
Wessex Water BRISTOL DEVONSHIRE ROAD O/S XX Cranbrook Via Sws 5 0h 27m -
Wessex Water BRISTOL CRANBROOK ROAD O/S NO 192 Cranbrook Brook Via Sws 2 0h 6m -
Wessex Water BRISTOL CUMBERLAND ROAD OLD GAOL SIPHON River Avon Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL HOWARD RD JNC FALLODON WY/HALSBURY RD Cranbrook 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL PRINCE STREET ROUNDABOUT River Avon 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL WELLINGTON ROAD PLAYGROUND River Frome 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL CAIRNS ROAD O/S XX Cranbrook 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL LEWIN MEAD O/S GREYFRIARS River Frome Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL BROADMEAD ON HUB River Frome 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL BOND STREET O/S CAR PARK River Frome 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL NELSON STREET O/S POLICE STATION River Frome 0 0h 146 h
Wessex Water BRISTOL BOND STREET O/S CAR PARK River Frome 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL ST OSWALDS ROAD NO X IN BACK GARDEN Cranbrook 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL CLARE STREET River Avon Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL WELLINGTON ROAD PLAYGROUND River Frome 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL COMMERCIAL ROAD / BEDMIN BRIDGE River Avon 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL HOTWELLS ROAD APPROX NO XXX Bristol Frome Floating Harbour 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL CUMBERLAND ROAD OLD GAOL SIPHON River Avon Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL BROADMEAD / PENN STREET River Frome Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL HOWARD RD JNC FALLODON WY/HALSBURY RD Cranbrook 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL SILVER ST/BROADMEAD River Frome 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL SILVER ST/BROADMEAD River Frome 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL DEVONSHIRE ROAD O/S XX Cranbrook Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL SUSSEX PLACE R/O NO XX Groundwater Via Infilt System 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL PORTWAY NEAR PLIMSOLL BRIDGE (PUMPED) River Avon 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL CLARE STREET River Avon Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL HOTWELLS ROAD EAST Floating Harbour 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL ST JAMES BARTON River Frome Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL LINDEN ROAD JNC HOWARD ROAD Cranbrook Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL NURSING SCHOOL MARLBOROUGH STREET River Frome 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL BROADMEAD / SILVER STREET River Frome 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL LINDEN ROAD JNC HOWARD ROAD Cranbrook Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL CRANBROOK ROAD O/S NO 192 Cranbrook Brook Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL ST JAMES BARTON River Frome Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL NELSON STREET O/S POLICE STATION River Frome 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL BROADMEAD / PENN STREET River Frome Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL NEWFOUNDLAND ROAD / PRITCHARD STREET River Frome Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL NURSING SCHOOL MARLBOROUGH STREET River Frome 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL SUSSEX PLACE R/O NO XX Groundwater Via Infilt System 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL CAIRNS ROAD O/S XX Cranbrook 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL BROADMEAD ON HUB River Frome 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL CRANBROOK ROAD O/S NO.XX Cranbrook Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water BRISTOL HOTWELLS ROAD APPROX NO XXX Bristol Frome Floating Harbour 0 0h -

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.

This project is not associated, approved or endorsed by any of the companies whose logos you see here.