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North Dorset - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 11,092 hours in 2025 - That's 1.28 years , monitoring offline 1,215 hours , potential overflows 12 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in North Dorset for 2025. It is an estimate, based on very poor quality live data from the Water Companies. This may not align with the 'official' reported sewage values from the water companies, which is reported in April following then end of the year - so 2025 numbers are reported in April 2026.

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 - 4,117 hours
Feb - 2,546 hours , 12 potential
Mar - 569 hours
Apr - 4 hours , 84 offline
May - 11 hours , 0 offline
Jun - 9 hours , 190 offline
Jul - 0 hours , 2 offline
Aug - 14 hours , 44 offline
Sept - 23 hours , 9 offline
Oct - 35 hours , 46 offline
Nov - 484 hours , 733 offline
Dec - 3,275 hours , 103 offline
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Wessex Water IWERNE MINSTER STORM TANK River Iwerne 56 1,214h 53m -
Wessex Water HAZELBURY BRYAN STORM TANK River Lydden 38 811h 35m -
Wessex Water HAZELBURY BRYAN STORM TANK River Lydden 44 807h 35m -
Wessex Water MARNHULL COMMON STORM TANK River Stour 42 740h 28m -
Wessex Water MARNHULL COMMON STORM TANK River Stour 32 622h 19m -
Wessex Water BOURTON SILTON STORM TANK River Stour 37 539h 49m -
Wessex Water CRANBORNE HIGHER HOLWELL STORM TANK River Crane 30 537h 37m 12 h
Wessex Water SHILLINGSTONE STORM TANK Stour 32 528h 52m -
Wessex Water MAPPOWDER INLET River Lydden 25 421h 45m -
Wessex Water MAPPOWDER INLET River Lydden 29 395h 33m -
Wessex Water STOURTON CAUNDLE STORM TANK Caundle Brook 18 353h 15m -
Wessex Water STOURTON CAUNDLE STORM TANK Caundle Brook 22 316h 13m -
Wessex Water LYDLINCH INLET River Lydden 35 238h 20m 701 h
Wessex Water BOURTON SILTON STORM TANK River Stour 21 219h 35m -
Wessex Water STURMINSTER NEWTON OPP RIXON CLOSE STORM TANK River Stour 11 203h 42m -
Wessex Water STALBRIDGE Bibbern Brook 21 200h 40m -
Wessex Water STALBRIDGE Bibbern Brook 19 198h 44m -
Wessex Water MARNHULL SODOM LANE Chivricks Brook 18 174h 26m 3 h
Wessex Water GILLINGHAM COMMON MEAD LANE STORM TANK River Stour 15 158h 5m -
Wessex Water KINGS STAG STORM TANK River Lydden 12 150h 48m -
Wessex Water GILLINGHAM COMMON MEAD LANE STORM TANK River Stour 15 148h 12m -
Wessex Water Unknown Unknown 18 143h 45m -
Wessex Water STURMINSTER NEWTON OPP RIXON CLOSE STORM TANK River Stour 10 132h 15m -
Wessex Water LYDLINCH INLET River Lydden 21 125h 35m 65 h
Wessex Water STURMINSTER NEWTON BULL INN River Stour 11 122h 8m -
Wessex Water MOTCOMBE TANK (PUMPED) River Lodden 9 117h 24m -
Wessex Water GILLINGHAM BUCKINGHAM ROAD River Stour 19 115h 52m -
Wessex Water SHAFTESBURY LONG CROSS Key Brook To R Stour 22 96h 3m 5 h
Wessex Water KINGS STAG STORM TANK River Lydden 9 94h 42m -
Wessex Water VERWOOD POTTERNE WAY River Crane 16 86h 33m -
Wessex Water MARNHULL SODOM LANE Chivricks Brook 8 76h 30m -
Wessex Water STURMINSTER NEWTON OPP RIXON CLOSE INLET River Stour 6 68h 42m -
Wessex Water GILLINGHAM BUCKINGHAM ROAD River Stour 11 67h 36m -
Wessex Water GILLINGHAM QUEEN STREET Shreen Water 9 65h 50m -
Wessex Water STOUR ROW Key Brook 8 64h 24m -
Wessex Water STURMINSTER NEWTON BULL INN River Stour 10 63h 58m -
Wessex Water MARNHULL REED BEDS STORM TANK River Stour 6 60h 1m -
Wessex Water IWERNE MINSTER STORM TANK River Iwerne 5 53h 34m -
Wessex Water TARRANT CRAWFORD STORM TANK Stour 4 48h 17m -
Wessex Water STURMINSTER NEWTON THE BRIDGE River Stour 8 48h 4m -
Wessex Water STOUR ROW Key Brook 10 46h 26m -
Wessex Water SHAFTESBURY GEARS MILL STORM TANK Stirchell Brook 6 44h 16m -
Wessex Water MOTCOMBE TANK (PUMPED) River Lodden 8 43h 17m -
Wessex Water VERWOOD POTTERNE WAY River Crane 6 39h 54m -
Wessex Water DURWESTON WATER LANE River Stour 3 39h 7m -
Wessex Water TARRANT CRAWFORD STORM TANK Stour 4 37h 4m -
Wessex Water GILLINGHAM QUEEN STREET Shreen Water 7 31h 30m -
Wessex Water SHILLINGSTONE STORM TANK Stour 9 28h 6m -
Wessex Water GILLINGHAM BRICKYARD LANE River Stour 3 20h 28m -
Wessex Water SHAFTESBURY LONG CROSS Key Brook To R Stour 10 19h 41m -
Wessex Water DURWESTON WATER LANE River Stour 1 15h 40m -
Wessex Water STURMINSTER NEWTON OPP RIXON CLOSE INLET River Stour 4 15h 7m -
Wessex Water HINTON ST MARY INLET Chivericks Brook 14 12h 28m -
Wessex Water CHILD OKEFORD GOLD HILL River Stour 2 11h 4m -
Wessex Water MILBORNE ST ANDREW STORM TANK Bere Stream 2 10h 24m -
Wessex Water SHAFTESBURY GEARS MILL INLET Stirchell Brook 12 10h 4m -
Wessex Water STURMINSTER NEWTON THE BRIDGE River Stour 3 6h 48m -
Wessex Water SHAFTESBURY GEARS MILL STORM TANK Stirchell Brook 2 6h -
Wessex Water SHROTON River Iwerne 2 4h 28m -
Wessex Water Unknown Unknown 3 4h 25m -
Wessex Water CHILD OKEFORD GOLD HILL River Stour 2 4h -
Wessex Water SUTTON WALDRON Fontmell Brook 2 3h -
Wessex Water SHAFTESBURY GEARS MILL INLET Stirchell Brook 5 2h 34m -
Wessex Water SHAFTESBURY HOLLYROOD FARM Stirchell Brook 3 1h 14m -
Wessex Water BLANDFORD LANGTON ROAD (BLANDFORD NO X) River Stour 1 0h 34m -
Wessex Water SHAFTESBURY HOLLYROOD FARM Stirchell Brook 2 0h 30m -
Wessex Water HINTON ST MARY INLET Chivericks Brook 2 0h 18m -
Wessex Water SHILLINGSTONE HAYWARDS BRIDGE Cookwell Brook 1 0h -
Wessex Water SHAFTESBURY NEW ROAD/ WOOLANDS LANE Fern Brook 0 0h -
Wessex Water VERWOOD ACACIA AVENUE Ebblake Stream Via Sws 0 0h 2 h
Wessex Water BLANDFORD ST MARY BOURNEMOUTH ROAD River Stour 0 0h 0 h
Wessex Water GILLINGHAM BRICKYARD LANE River Stour 0 0h -
Wessex Water MARNHULL REED BEDS STORM TANK River Stour 0 0h -
Wessex Water VERWOOD ACACIA AVENUE Ebblake Stream Via Sws 0 0h -
Wessex Water MILBORNE ST ANDREW STORM TANK Bere Stream 0 0h 18 h
Wessex Water SHAFTESBURY NEW ROAD/ WOOLANDS LANE Fern Brook 0 0h -
Wessex Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h 16 h
Wessex Water SHROTON River Iwerne 0 0h -
Wessex Water MILBORNE ST ANDREW MANOR FARM Bere Stream 0 0h -
Wessex Water BLANDFORD ST MARY BOURNEMOUTH ROAD River Stour 0 0h -
Wessex Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h 21 h
Wessex Water SUTTON WALDRON Fontmell Brook 0 0h -
Wessex Water CRANBORNE HIGHER HOLWELL STORM TANK River Crane 0 0h 100 h
Wessex Water MILBORNE ST ANDREW MANOR FARM Bere Stream 0 0h 14 h
Wessex Water SPETISBURY CRAWFORD BRIDGE River Stour 0 0h 5 h
Wessex Water BLANDFORD LANGTON ROAD (BLANDFORD NO X) River Stour 0 0h 16 h
Wessex Water PUDDLETOWN PIDDLEHINTON ROAD Unknown 0 0h 1 h
Wessex Water SPETISBURY CRAWFORD BRIDGE River Stour 0 0h -
Wessex Water SHILLINGSTONE HAYWARDS BRIDGE Cookwell Brook 0 0h 238 h
Wessex Water PUDDLETOWN PIDDLEHINTON ROAD Unknown 0 0h 2 h

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

Annual figures up to and including 2025 come from official water company returns. The 2026 figure is our own estimate, derived continuously from the companies' live data feeds.

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.