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Gillingham and Rainham - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 1,167 hours in 2026 so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Gillingham and Rainham 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 - 397 hours
Feb - 751 hours
Mar - 12 hours
Apr - 5 hours
May - 1 hours
Jun - 0 hours
Jul - 0 hours
Aug - 0 hours
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Southern Water HAZELDENE LANE NEWICK CEO - 108246 Freshwater River 45 688h 5m -
Southern Water PUMP LANE GILLINGHAM TANK CSO - 102333 River Medway Estuary 12 210h 19m -
Southern Water LOWER RAINHAM ROAD LOWER RAINHAM CEO - 102791 River Medway Estuary 9 179h 20m -
Southern Water THE STRAND GILLINGHAM CEO - 108740 River Medway 12 23h 20m -
Southern Water MAIDSTONE ROAD RAINHAM CSO - 108676 Otterham Creek 9 22h 51m -
Southern Water BERENGRAVE CHALKY BANK ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 109038 River Medway 7 8h 30m -
Southern Water BEECHINGS WAY GILLINGHAM NO 4 CSO - 101998 Medway Estuary 6 6h 59m -
Southern Water STATION ROAD RAINHAM CSO - 108738 Otterham Creek 3 6h 26m -
Southern Water BEECHINGS WAY GILLINGHAM NO 2 CSO - 101174 Medway Estuary 6 5h 22m -
Southern Water BEECHINGS WAY GILLINGHAM NO 3 CSO - 100312 River Medway Estuary 4 3h 8m -
Southern Water MOTNEY HILL NO.2 SSO - 115456 Medway Estaury 1 2h 48m -
Southern Water WOODCHURCH CRESCENT GILLINGHAM CSO - 103116 River Medway Estuary 3 2h 39m -
Southern Water ORCHARD STREET GILLINGHAM CSO - 108694 Otterham Creek 2 2h 3m -
Southern Water HAWTHORNE AVENUE GILLINGHAM CSO - 102229 River Medway 3 1h 48m -
Southern Water WOODSIDE WIGMORE CSO - 108761 Otterham Creek 1 1h 37m -
Southern Water LOWER TWYDALL LANE GILLINGHAM CSO - 101648 River Medway 2 1h 1m -
Southern Water Unknown Unknown 1 0h 55m -
Southern Water BROOMCROFT ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 108593 Otterham Creek 2 0h 20m -
Southern Water SAUNDERS STREET GILLINGHAM CSO - 107454 Gillingham Reach/ Medway Est 1 0h 9m -
Southern Water BEECHINGS WAY GILLINGHAM NO 1 CSO - 101855 Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Southern Water MOTNEY HILL NO.1 SSO - 115421 Medway Estaury 0 0h -
Southern Water PIER ROAD GILLINGHAM NO.1 CSO - 111895 Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water WOODCHURCH CRESCENT GILLINGHAM CSO - 103116 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water PUMP LANE GILLINGHAM TANK CSO - 102333 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water PLANTATION ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 101453 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water HAZELDENE LANE NEWICK CEO - 108246 Freshwater River 0 0h -
Southern Water SAUNDERS STREET GILLINGHAM CSO - 107454 Gillingham Reach/ Medway Est 0 0h -
Southern Water BEECHINGS WAY GILLINGHAM NO 4 CSO - 101998 Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water HERNE ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 107632 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water THE STRAND GILLINGHAM CEO - 108740 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water ASQUITH ROAD WIGMORE CSO - 108577 Otterham Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water GILLINGHAM ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 100080 Unknown 0 0h -
Southern Water COWSTEAD LANE GILLINGHAM CEO - 102357 Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water ORCHARD STREET GILLINGHAM CSO - 108694 Otterham Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water LOWER RAINHAM ROAD LOWER RAINHAM CEO - 102791 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water MOTNEY HILL NO.2 SSO - 115456 Medway Estaury 0 0h -
Southern Water GILLINGHAM ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 100080 Unknown 0 0h -
Southern Water FERNDALE ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 108635 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water ASQUITH ROAD WIGMORE CSO - 108577 Otterham Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water HAWTHORNE AVENUE GILLINGHAM CSO - 102229 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water BERENGRAVE CHALKY BANK ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 109038 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Southern Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Southern Water MOTNEY HILL NO.1 SSO - 115421 Medway Estaury 0 0h -
Southern Water BEECHINGS WAY GILLINGHAM NO 2 CSO - 101174 Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water ST MARYS ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 108735 Gillingham Reach/ Medway Est 0 0h -
Southern Water FERNDALE ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 108635 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water STATION ROAD RAINHAM CSO - 108738 Otterham Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water BEECHINGS WAY GILLINGHAM NO 1 CSO - 101855 Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water COWSTEAD LANE GILLINGHAM CEO - 102357 Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water BEECHINGS WAY GILLINGHAM NO 3 CSO - 100312 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water PUMP LANE GILLINGHAM NO 1 CSO - 107446 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water WOODSIDE WIGMORE CSO - 108761 Otterham Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water LOWER TWYDALL LANE GILLINGHAM CSO - 101648 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water PLANTATION ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 101453 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water BROOMCROFT ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 108593 Otterham Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water ST MARYS ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 108735 Gillingham Reach/ Medway Est 0 0h -
Southern Water MAIDSTONE ROAD RAINHAM CSO - 108676 Otterham Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water SEATON ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 103209 Unknown 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.