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Sittingbourne and Sheppey - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 167 hours in 2026 so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Sittingbourne and Sheppey 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 - 144 hours
Feb - 16 hours
Mar - 6 hours
Apr - 0 hours
May - 0 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 BARROWS BROOK EASTCHURCH CEO - 108109 Barrows Brook 7 34h 31m -
Southern Water EASTCHURCH SSO - 115408 Windmill Creek 4 33h 11m -
Southern Water SITTINGBOURNE SSO - 115437 Milton Creek 4 29h 38m -
Southern Water QUEENBOROUGH SSO - 115430 Swale Estuary 4 28h 17m -
Southern Water ST PAULS STREET SITTINGBOURNE CSO - 107453 Milton Creek 9 19h 39m -
Southern Water WARDS HILL ROAD MINSTER IOS CEO - 107413 Freshwater River 3 13h 6m -
Southern Water WILLIAM STREET RAINHAM CSO - 108024 River Medway 7 6h 55m -
Southern Water EAST STREET SITTINGBOURNE CSO - 108631 Non Tidal Milton Creek 1 0h 50m -
Southern Water CHALKWELL ROAD SITTINGBOURNE CSO - 110227 Milton Creek 1 0h 32m -
Southern Water SOUTH STREET QUEENBOROUGH CEO - 108732 River Swale Estuary 1 0h 22m -
Southern Water WARDEN BAY CEO - 108114 North Sea 0 0h -
Southern Water BRIELLE WAY WESTMINSTER CEO - 108810 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water ST PAULS STREET SITTINGBOURNE CSO - 107453 Milton Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water WILLIAM STREET RAINHAM CSO - 108024 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water BARROWS BROOK EASTCHURCH CEO - 108109 Barrows Brook 0 0h -
Southern Water IWADE CEO - 108662 Leading To River Swale 0 0h -
Southern Water QUEENBOROUGH ROAD QUEENBOROUGH CEO - 108710 River Swale 0 0h -
Southern Water MUSTARDS ROAD LEYSDOWN ON SEA CEO - 108113 Warden Bay Drain 0 0h -
Southern Water EASTCHURCH SSO - 115408 Windmill Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water WARDS HILL ROAD MINSTER IOS CEO - 107413 Freshwater River 0 0h -
Southern Water LITTLE GROVES LEYSDOWN ON SEA CEO - 108117 North Sea 0 0h -
Southern Water BRIELLE WAY WESTMINSTER CEO - 108810 River Medway 0 0h -
Southern Water SITTINGBOURNE SSO - 115437 Milton Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water RIDHAM AVENUE KEMSLEY CEO - 110184 River Swale 0 0h -
Southern Water QUEENBOROUGH SSO - 115430 Swale Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water WESTCLIFFE DRIVE MINSTER IOS CEO - 108755 North Sea 0 0h -
Southern Water CHALKWELL ROAD SITTINGBOURNE CSO - 110227 Milton Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water MUSTARDS ROAD LEYSDOWN ON SEA CEO - 108113 Warden Bay Drain 0 0h -
Southern Water RIDHAM AVENUE KEMSLEY CEO - 110184 River Swale 0 0h -
Southern Water DROVE ROAD SHEERNESS CEO - 108727 Drainage Minster Marshes 0 0h -
Southern Water CROWN QUAY LANE SITTINGBOURNE CSO - 108623 Milton Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water EAST STREET SITTINGBOURNE CSO - 108631 Non Tidal Milton Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water CROWN QUAY LANE SITTINGBOURNE CSO - 108623 Milton Creek 0 0h -
Southern Water SOUTH STREET QUEENBOROUGH CEO - 108732 River Swale Estuary 0 0h -
Southern Water WESTCLIFFE DRIVE MINSTER IOS CEO - 108755 North Sea 0 0h -
Southern Water LITTLE GROVES LEYSDOWN ON SEA CEO - 108117 North Sea 0 0h -
Southern Water WARDEN BAY CEO - 108114 North Sea 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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