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Hastings and Rye - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 3,481 hours in 2026 so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Hastings and Rye 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 - 1,920 hours
Feb - 1,478 hours
Mar - 81 hours
Apr - 0 hours
May - 2 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 IDEN SSO - 115824 River Rother 56 1,304h 6m -
Southern Water BEXHILL & HASTINGS CSO - 115398 English Channel 49 554h 54m -
Southern Water RYE SSO - 115433 River Rother 35 345h 56m -
Southern Water PEASMARSH CEO - 108307 River Rother 27 283h 18m -
Southern Water MILITARY ROAD IDEN CSO - 108286 Tidal River Rother 17 268h 46m -
Southern Water FAIRLIGHT SSO - 115941 Marsham Sewer 19 156h 6m -
Southern Water RYE FOREIGN CEO - 108328 Freshwater River 13 121h 20m -
Southern Water GUESTLING GREEN CSO - 115985 Pannel Sewer 22 117h 22m -
Southern Water WINCHELSEA ROAD RYE B CEO - 111902 River Tillingham 5 85h 55m -
Southern Water ICKLESHAM SSO - 115756 Royal Military Canal 11 82h 51m -
Southern Water FERRY HILL WINCHELSEA SSO - 115808 River Brede 6 46h 3m -
Southern Water LOWER WAITES LANE FAIRLIGHT NO X CSO - 108276 Freshwater River 9 41h 23m -
Southern Water WISH STREET RYE CEO - 111900 River Tillingham 24 18h 51m -
Southern Water GIBBETS MARSH RYE CEO - 108236 Freshwater River 5 12h 37m -
Southern Water LOWER WAITES LANE FAIRLIGHT NO X CSO - 108277 Marsham Sewer 4 12h 8m -
Southern Water EBDENS HILL HASTINGS CEO - 110338 Forge Stream 4 10h 29m -
Southern Water ST MARGARETS TERRACE RYE CSO - 108342 River Tillingham 2 6h 31m -
Southern Water ST HELENS DOWN HASTINGS CSO - 109050 English Channel, Via Sewer 2 3h 30m -
Southern Water WAITES LANE FAIRLIGHT CSO - 108374 Marsham Sewer 3 3h 2m -
Southern Water COOMBS HASTINGS CEO - 110211 English Channel 2 3h 1m -
Southern Water MONKBRETTON BRIDGE RYE CEO - 108224 Rye Harbour 6 2h 15m -
Southern Water CRICKET SALTS RYE CEO - 111926 River Rother 4 0h 48m -
Southern Water HILL HOUSE RYE CEO - 108252 River Tillingham 1 0h -
Southern Water MILL LANE HASTINGS CSO - 109033 Sailors Stream 0 0h -
Southern Water CRICKET SALTS RYE CEO - 111926 River Rother 0 0h -
Southern Water MILL LANE HASTINGS CSO - 109033 Sailors Stream 0 0h -
Southern Water GUESTLING GREEN CSO - 115985 Pannel Sewer 0 0h -
Southern Water LYDD ROAD CAMBER CEO - 108279 Guldeford Sewer 0 0h -
Southern Water ROCK A NORE HASTINGS CEO - 110200 English Channel 0 0h -
Southern Water MILITARY ROAD IDEN CSO - 108286 Tidal River Rother 0 0h -
Southern Water ST MARGARETS TERRACE RYE CSO - 108342 River Tillingham 0 0h -
Southern Water LYDD ROAD CAMBER CEO - 108279 Guldeford Sewer 0 0h -
Southern Water COOMBS HASTINGS CEO - 110211 English Channel 0 0h -
Southern Water FISHMARKET ROAD RYE CEO - 108216 River Rother 0 0h -
Southern Water FAIRLIGHT SSO - 115941 Marsham Sewer 0 0h -
Southern Water FERRY HILL WINCHELSEA SSO - 115808 River Brede 0 0h -
Southern Water MONKBRETTON BRIDGE RYE CEO - 108224 Rye Harbour 0 0h -
Southern Water GLEBE COTTAGES PETT CEO - 110663 Freshwater River 0 0h -
Southern Water HILL HOUSE RYE CEO - 108252 River Tillingham 0 0h -
Southern Water BEXHILL & HASTINGS CSO - 115398 English Channel 0 0h -
Southern Water RYE SSO - 115433 River Rother 0 0h -
Southern Water EBDENS HILL HASTINGS CEO - 110338 Forge Stream 0 0h -
Southern Water LOWER WAITES LANE FAIRLIGHT NO X CSO - 108276 Freshwater River 0 0h -
Southern Water ICKLESHAM SSO - 115756 Royal Military Canal 0 0h -
Southern Water GIBBETS MARSH RYE CEO - 108236 Freshwater River 0 0h -
Southern Water SEASIDE ROAD HASTINGS NO X SSO - 107639 English Channel 0 0h -
Southern Water WISH STREET RYE CEO - 111900 River Tillingham 0 0h -
Southern Water IDEN SSO - 115824 River Rother 0 0h -
Southern Water WINCHELSEA ROAD RYE B CEO - 111902 River Tillingham 0 0h -
Southern Water ROCK A NORE HASTINGS CEO - 110200 English Channel 0 0h -
Southern Water LOWER WAITES LANE FAIRLIGHT NO X CSO - 108277 Marsham Sewer 0 0h -
Southern Water PEASMARSH CEO - 108307 River Rother 0 0h -
Southern Water GLEBE COTTAGES PETT CEO - 110663 Freshwater River 0 0h -
Southern Water ST HELENS DOWN HASTINGS CSO - 109050 English Channel, Via Sewer 0 0h -
Southern Water WAITES LANE FAIRLIGHT CSO - 108374 Marsham Sewer 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.

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