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Rochester and Strood - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 459 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 2,922 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Rochester and Strood 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 - 206 hours , 744 offline
Feb - 181 hours , 672 offline
Mar - 29 hours , 744 offline
Apr - 22 hours , 720 offline
May - 20 hours , 42 offline
Jun - 0 hours
Jul - 0 hours
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Southern Water CHATHAM HILL CHATHAM OUTSIDE 425 CSO - 108603 River Medway Estuary 26 152h 28m -
Southern Water CONSTITUTION HILL CHATHAM CSO - 108616 Tidal Estuary Of River Medway 10 112h 6m -
Southern Water HOO ST WERBURGH SSO - 115968 River Medway Estuary 10 108h 55m -
Southern Water CHARLES STREET STROOD CSO - 108601 Medway Estuary 17 42h 38m -
Southern Water DOCK ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 108628 River Medway 9 14h 44m -
Southern Water SECOND AVENUE CHATHAM NO 3 CSO - 108874 River Medway Estuary 7 6h 54m -
Southern Water BRAMBLETREE CRESCENT BORSTAL CEO - 108904 River Medway Estuary 6 6h 46m -
Southern Water MAGPIE HALL ROAD CHATHAM OUTSIDE 33 CSO - 108674 River Medway Estuary 5 5h 20m -
Southern Water GODDINGTON ROAD STROOD CSO - 108638 River Medway 2 2h 14m -
Southern Water SECOND AVENUE CHATHAM NO 1 CSO - 108725 River Medway Estuary 2 1h 34m -
Southern Water MAIDA ROAD CHATHAM CSO - 108675 River Medway 1 1h 12m -
Southern Water GRAIN CEO - 115411 Medway Estuary 2 1h 6m -
Southern Water RIDGEWAY BANKS CHATHAM CSO - 108873 River Medway 1 1h -
Southern Water VICARAGE ROAD STROOD CEO - 108750 River Medway Estuary 1 0h 43m -
Southern Water FRINDSBURY ROAD STROOD CSO - 108637 Medway Estuary 1 0h 30m -
Southern Water CORPORATION STREET ROCHESTER NO 2 CSO - 108620 Tidal Estaury Of River Medway 1 0h 22m -
Southern Water SECOND AVENUE CHATHAM NO 2 CSO - 108726 River Medway Estuary 1 0h 20m -
Southern Water ORDNANCE TERRACE CHATHAM CSO - 108875 River Medway Estuary 1 0h 6m -
Southern Water CLOVER STREET CHATHAM CSO - 108608 River Medway Estuary 1 0h 2m -
Southern Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Southern Water BRAMBLETREE CRESCENT BORSTAL CEO - 108904 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water FRINDSBURY ROAD STROOD CSO - 108637 Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water STURLA ROAD CHATHAM CSO - 108741 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water NORTHGATE ROCHESTER CSO - 108692 Tidal Estuary Of River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water MARSH LANE CLIFFE CEO - 108607 Cliffe Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water MARSH ROAD HALLING CEO - 111646 Tidal River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water CASTLE HILL ROCHESTER CSO - 109538 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Southern Water DOCK ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO - 108628 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Southern Water ROCHESTER AVENUE ROCHESTER CSO - 108720 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water CORPORATION STREET ROCHESTER NO 2 CSO - 108620 Tidal Estaury Of River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water GRAIN CEO - 115411 Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water MARSH ROAD HALLING CEO - 111646 Tidal River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water HOO ST WERBURGH SSO - 115968 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water RIDGEWAY BANKS CHATHAM CSO - 108873 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water WALDERSLADE ROAD CHATHAM OUTSIDE 149 CSO - 108752 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water VICARAGE ROAD STROOD CEO - 108750 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water CASTLE HILL ROCHESTER CSO - 109538 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water CHARLES STREET STROOD CSO - 108601 Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Southern Water NEW BROOK CHATHAM CEO - 108687 Saline Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water WALDERSLADE ROAD CHATHAM OUTSIDE 149 CSO - 108752 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water BRYANT ROAD STROOD CSO - 108594 Tidal River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water CHATHAM HILL CHATHAM OUTSIDE 425 CSO - 108603 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water MAGPIE HALL ROAD CHATHAM OUTSIDE 33 CSO - 108674 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water MAGPIE HALL ROAD CHATHAM OUTSIDE 60 CSO - 108673 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water CORPORATION STREET ROCHESTER NO 1 CSO - 108619 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water NEW BROOK CHATHAM CEO - 108687 Saline Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water MARSH LANE CLIFFE CEO - 108607 Cliffe Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water GROVE ROAD CHATHAM OUTSIDE 1 CSO - 108646 Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water NORTHGATE ROCHESTER CSO - 108692 Tidal Estuary Of River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Southern Water CONSTITUTION HILL CHATHAM CSO - 108616 Tidal Estuary Of River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water GODDINGTON ROAD STROOD CSO - 108638 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water WHITEWALL CREEK SSO - 115854 Whitewall Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water GROVE ROAD CHATHAM OUTSIDE 1 CSO - 108646 Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water STURLA ROAD CHATHAM CSO - 108741 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water GROVE ROAD CHATHAM OUTSIDE 77 CSO - 108647 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water SECOND AVENUE CHATHAM NO 2 CSO - 108726 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water MAIDA ROAD CHATHAM CSO - 108675 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water SECOND AVENUE CHATHAM NO 1 CSO - 108725 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water CLOVER STREET CHATHAM CSO - 108608 River Medway Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water MELBOURNE ROAD CHATHAM CSO - 108682 River Medway Estuary 0 0h 2,922 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

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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