Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Polluted by sewage 1,480 times in 2024 lasting 20,033 hours - That's 2.32 years!

Monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more

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Totals for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale in 2024

16 Sites polluted by Scottish Water, United Utilities

1,480 sewage dumps

20,033 hours duration

That's 2.32 years! On average 4.1 times a day

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Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale in 2024. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Reporting refers to how much of the time the monitoring was active. In this constituency 23 of the total 38 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year. Of these 22 had zero reporting.

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
Scottish Water	River Esk	LANGHOLM WWTW CSO AND EO	76	4,378	99.73
Scottish Water	River Clyde	BIGGAR WWTW - POST-PST SSSO	144	3,003	84.93
Scottish Water	Lyne Water	WEST LINTON WWTW SSSO	86	2,616	99.18
Scottish Water	River Annan	CHAPELCROSS WWTW-POSTPRELIM SCREEN CSO	73	2,340	97.26
Scottish Water	River Nith	SANQUHAR WWTW SSSO	171	1,677	100.27
Scottish Water	River Nith	THORNHILL WWTW (D&G) SSSO	65	1,124	99.73
Scottish Water	River Annan	MOFFAT WWTW CSO AND EO	89	950	100.27
Scottish Water	Douglas Water	DOUGLAS WWTW SSSO	194	813	100
Scottish Water	River Annan	ANNAN WWTW - POST-PST SSSO	128	784	100.27
United Utilities	River Ellen	DEARHAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	124	733	99.9
Scottish Water	River Annan	MOFFAT WWTW SSSO	21	599	100.27
Scottish Water	River Clyde	CARSTAIRS JUNCTION WWTW INLET WORKS CSO	27	351	99.73
Scottish Water	River Annan	ANNAN, KENZIELS STW INLET CSO	85	327	100.27
Scottish Water	Biggar Burn	BIGGAR WWTW - STORM TANK SSSO	142	272	33.97
Scottish Water	Douglas Water	DOUGLAS, DOUGLAS STW INLET WORKS CSO	52	55	100
Scottish Water	Biggar Burn	BIGGAR STW INLET WORKS CSO	3	5	100.27
Scottish Water	Biggar Burn	BIGGAR WWTW 2002 NT049369	0	0	0
Scottish Water	River Esk	CANONBIE WWTW SSSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Pow Water	CARRUTHERSTOWN WWTW CSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Pow Water	CARRUTHERSTOWN WWTW SSSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	River Clyde	CARSTAIRS JUNCTION WWTW AFTER PST SSSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Lochar Water	COLLIN WWTW CSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Lochar Water	COLLIN WWTW SSSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Dalswinton Loch	DALSWINTON WWTW CSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Dalswinton Loch	DALSWINTON WWTW SSSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Kirtle Water	EAGLESFIELD WWTW (29M3) SSSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Kirtle Water	EAGLESFIELD WWTW (55M3) SSSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Solway Firth	EASTRIGGS WWTW CSO AND EO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Solway Firth	EASTRIGGS WWTW SSSO AND EO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Mein Water	ECCLEFECHAN WWPS CSO AND EO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	River Nith	KIRKCONNEL STW CSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	River Esk	LANGHOLM WWTW SSSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	River Tweed	PEEBLES, WIREBRIDGE SPS PCSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Un-named tributary of River Nith	SANQUHAR WWTW CSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	River Tweed	WALKERBURN WWTW POST GRIT TRAP3 6DWF CSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	River Tweed	WALKERBURN WWTW POST PST 3DWF SSSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Wanlock Water	WANLOCKHEAD WWTW CSO	0	0	0
Scottish Water	Wanlock Water	WANLOCKHEAD WWTW SSSO	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, 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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Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Polluted by sewage 1,480 times in 2024 lasting 20,033 hours - That's 2.32 years! Monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale