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Polluted by sewage 66 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 2,979 hours so far..
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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Donate Now| Company | Site Name | Receiving Waterway | Overflow Days | Total Duration (hours) | Offline/Potential Pollution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Water | Harpenden STW | Lee | 4 | 21h 45m | - |
| Thames Water | Watery Lane (Marsworth) SPS | Tring Bourne | 12 | 19h 15m | - |
| Thames Water | Berkhamsted STW | Grand Union Canal | 3 | 12h 15m | - |
| Thames Water | Wheathampstead SPS | River Lee | 4 | 6h 46m | 2,979 h |
| Thames Water | Caddington STW | Gw Via Boreholes | 2 | 3h 30m | - |
| Thames Water | Markyate STW | River Ver | 1 | 2h 15m | - |
| Thames Water | Tring STW | Into Guc/Reservoir | 1 | 0h 30m | - |
| Thames Water | Markyate STW | River Ver | 0 | 0h | - |
| Thames Water | Harpenden STW | Lee | 0 | 0h | - |
| Thames Water | Caddington STW | Gw Via Boreholes | 0 | 0h | - |
| Thames Water | Wheathampstead SPS | River Lee | 0 | 0h | - |
| Thames Water | Berkhamsted STW | Grand Union Canal | 0 | 0h | - |
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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