Maidstone and The Weald polluted by sewage 249 times in 2022 - lasting 2,306 hours

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Totals for Maidstone and The Weald in 2022
16 Sites polluted by Southern Water
249 sewage dumps
2,306 h duration
That's 3.2 months. 4.8 times a week, on average

Pollution Summary 2022

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Southern Water Crane Brook CRANBROOK WWTW 70 940 99.1
Southern Water Freshwater River YALDING P.S. 46 479 99.7
Southern Water Hammer Stream SISSINGHURST WWTW 47 451 98.4
Southern Water Maplehurst Stream FRITTENDEN WWTW 15 94 96.4
Southern Water River Beult TATT YALDING CEO 8 78 97.1
Southern Water River Beult STAPLEHURST WWTW 11 78 98.7
Southern Water Newmill Channel BENENDEN WWTW 7 63 99.3
Southern Water Freshwater River MARDEN OLD WORKS PUMPING STATION 10 62 100
Southern Water River Beult LINTON WWTW 9 26 99.8
Southern Water Medway Estuary CASTLE RD ALLINGTON PS+STORM TK CEO 9 23 98.6
Southern Water River Medway SOUTH STREET EAST BARMING CEO 2 3 100
Southern Water River Medway KNIGHTRIDER STREET CSO 5 2 99.9
Southern Water River Len ALBION PLACE MAIDSTONE CSO 2 0 81.1
Southern Water River Len KING STREET MAIDSTONE CSO 4 0 100
Southern Water Hammer Stream HARTLEY ROAD CRANBROOK CSO 1 0 57.7
Southern Water River Medway SANDLING LANE MAIDSTONE CSO 3 0 99.65
Southern Water River Medway BOXLEY ROAD MAIDSTONE CSO 0 0 98.3
Southern Water River Len PADSOLE LANE MAIDSTONE CSO 0 0 100
Southern Water Freshwater River PATTENDEN LANE PUMPING STATION 0 0 0
Southern Water River Medway WESTREE PLACE MAIDSTONE CSO 0 0 0
Southern Water River Medway BARKER ROAD MAIDSTONE CSO 0 0 99.9
Southern Water River Len LOWER STONE STREET MAIDSTONE CSO 0 0 99.9
Southern Water River Medway TOVIL WHARF WASTEWATER PS 0 0 99.9

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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