Buckingham polluted by sewage 1,022 times in 2022 - lasting 12,199 hours

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Totals for Buckingham in 2022
35 Sites polluted by Anglian Water, Thames Water
1,022 sewage dumps
12,199 h duration
That's 1.41 years! On average 2.8 times a day
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Pollution Summary 2022

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Thames Water Hardwick Brook STEWKLEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 107 1,931 99.6
Thames Water Rowsham Brook WINGRAVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 89 1,433 99.7
Thames Water Summerstown Ditch Marsh Gibbon 64 1,195 95.2
Thames Water Scotsgrove Brook STONE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 56 1,013 100
Thames Water Ludgershall Brook LUDGERSHALL WWTW 70 948 100
Thames Water Fleet Marston Brook WADDESDON WWTW 55 763 99.7
Anglian Water Calverton Brook WHADDON WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 41 684 100
Anglian Water Padbury Brook PADBURY STW 40 650 100
Anglian Water River Great Ouse BRACKLEY-NEW WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 23 484 100
Thames Water Scotsgrove Brook HADDENHAM WWTW 27 435 100
Thames Water Oxon Ray GRENDON UNDERWOOD WWTW 45 409 31.5
Thames Water Groundwater Via Infilt System DAGNALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 47 250 99.8
Thames Water Shabbington Brook SHABBINGTON WWTW 32 243 100
Anglian Water River Great Ouse BUCKINGHAM (MAIDS MORETON) WRC 26 241 100
Anglian Water Leckhampstead Brook AKELEY (EX STW) PS 25 210 100
Anglian Water Brickhill Brook River Ouzel GREAT BRICKHILL STW 13 189 100
Anglian Water Un Tingewick Br TINGEWICK - FOUL TPS 23 159 100
Anglian Water Newton Longville Brook NEWTON LONGVILLE-WHADDON ROAD PS 39 152 100
Anglian Water River Ouzel DRAYTON PARSLOW STW 47 139 100
Thames Water Worminghallbrook WORMINGHALL STW, WORMINGHALL, BUCKS 17 131 100
Anglian Water Claydon Brook NORTHMARSTON WATER RECYLCING CENTRE 49 86 100
Anglian Water Wing Brook River Ouzel CUBLINGTON (WING) STW 7 84 100
Thames Water Rowsham Brook ROWSHAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 9 83 100
Thames Water River Thame CUDDINGTON WWTW 4 62 100
Thames Water Horsenden Stream PRINCES RISBOROUGH STW, SUMMERLEYS 10 58 100
Anglian Water Un River Ouzel MENTMORE STW 7 34 100
Anglian Water Claydon Brook SWANBOURNE WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 3 33 100
Anglian Water Padbury Brook STEEPLE CLAYDON TPS 3 29 100
Thames Water Dorton Brook DORTON WWTW 15 24 99.9
Anglian Water Horwood Brk/Claydon Brk River GREAT HORWOOD STW 8 21 100
Anglian Water Padbury Brook TWYFORD - SCHOOL LANE TPS 11 8 100
Anglian Water Whistle Brook, River Ouzel IVINGHOE STW 4 2 100
Thames Water Crendon Stream LONG CRENDON WWTW 1 2 99.5
Anglian Water River Great Ouse WESTBURY STW 4 1 100
Anglian Water River Ouzel NORTHALL PUMPING STATION 1 1 100
Thames Water Thame Marsworth 0 0 100
Anglian Water Coombe Bottom Brook, R Ouzel PUMPING STN AT IVINGHOE ASTON STW 0 0 0
Anglian Water Great River Ouse BUCKINGHAM-WEST STREET CSO 0 0 100
Anglian Water Gawcott Brook GAWCOTT BROOK 0 0 0
Anglian Water River Great Ouse BUCKINGHAM - STOWE AVENUE SSO 0 0 100
Anglian Water Unnamed Winslow Brook GRANBOROUGH - BATES CLOSE TPS 0 0 95.5
Anglian Water Claydon Brook River Great Ouse STEEPLE CLAYDON STW 0 0 100
Anglian Water River Great Ouse BUCKINGHAM HUNTER STREET CSO 0 0 100
Anglian Water Claydon Brook-Great River Ouse NASH - REAR OF CHURCH SP 0 0 100
Anglian Water Poundon Brook POUNDON TERMINAL PS 0 0 0
Anglian Water Claydon Brook WINSLOW STW 0 0 0
Thames Water Tring Bourne WATERY LANE SPS 0 0 99.8
Anglian Water River Ouse BUCKINGHAM TOWN PS 0 0 100

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