Folkestone and Hythe polluted by sewage 193 times in 2022 - lasting 1,505 hours

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Totals for Folkestone and Hythe in 2022
7 Sites polluted by Southern Water
193 sewage dumps
1,505 h duration
That's 2.09 months. 3.7 times a week, on average
Constituencies near Folkestone and Hythe

Pollution Summary 2022

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Southern Water English Channel WEST HYTHE WWTW 88 524 98.4
Southern Water Littlestone Sewer NEW ROMNEY WWTW 29 520 100
Southern Water East Stour River SELLINDGE WWTW 19 224 99.9
Southern Water English Channel DOVER AND FOLKESTONE WASTE WATER 42 165 99.73
Southern Water Queens Road Ditch QUEENS ROAD P.S. 4 43 99.8
Southern Water Controlled Sea SANDGATE PUMPING STATION 7 17 100
Southern Water East Stour River BOG FARM BRABOURNE LEES CEO 4 8 100
Southern Water Strait Of Dover SANDGATE ROAD SEABROOK WPS 0 0 98.9
Southern Water Great Stour STONEBRIDGE ROAD WWPS 0 0 100

Data Sources & Accuracy

EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales

Experimental derived data from Thames Water API, Some data may be missing or inaccurate. This 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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