Somerton and Frome polluted by sewage 2,423 times in 2022 - lasting 21,886 hours

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Totals for Somerton and Frome in 2022
85 Sites polluted by Wessex Water
2,423 sewage dumps
21,886 h duration
That's 2.53 years! On average 6.6 times a day

Pollution Summary 2022

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Wessex Water River Brue BUTLEIGH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 106 1,770 100
Wessex Water Cunlease Rhyne TOOTLE BRIDGE PUMPING STATION 90 1,488 99.8
Wessex Water Mells River COLEFORD WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 120 1,344 99.9
Wessex Water Somerset Frome RODE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 82 1,247 100
Wessex Water River Isle FIVEHEAD WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 59 1,171 100
Wessex Water River Cary SOMERTON STW 47 915 100
Wessex Water Crouds Lake BENNETTS ORCHARD PUMPING STATION 48 840 95.8
Wessex Water Parrett And Hinton Meads Brook MARTOCK WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 88 815 100
Wessex Water Bull Brook ROOKERY FARM PS 54 765 94.2
Wessex Water Park Brook KINGSDON PUMPING STATION 41 714 100
Wessex Water River Cam FROG LANE PUMPING STATION 38 688 100
Wessex Water Long Sutton Catchwater PIBSBURY PUMPING STATION 29 659 100
Wessex Water Barton Brook BARTON ST DAVID PUMPING STATION 48 636 99.8
Wessex Water Crouds Lake BACK STREET CSO 41 598 100
Wessex Water Nunney Brook NUNNEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 38 556 100
Wessex Water River Cam SPARKFORD WRC 74 497 99.8
Wessex Water River Cale WINCANTON WWTW 39 466 99.8
Wessex Water Norton Brook NORTON ST PHILIP WWTW 42 450 100
Wessex Water Low Ham Rhyne PITNEY PUMPING STATION 26 402 100
Wessex Water River Yeo MARSTON MAGNA PUMPING STATION 31 394 100
Wessex Water Mells River EDFORD WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 67 377 98.5
Wessex Water River Isle ILTON WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 56 368 99.8
Wessex Water River Alham DITCHEAT WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 40 363 84.7
Wessex Water River Frome TRUDOXHILL PUMPING STATION 40 292 97.2
Wessex Water Bow Brook TEMPLECOMBE 29 292 100
Wessex Water Henover Brook MILBORNE PORT STW 25 283 100
Wessex Water River Alham EVERCREECH WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 53 268 100
Wessex Water River Cam NORTH CADBURY WATER RECYCLING CENTR 48 239 99.8
Wessex Water Wagg Rhyne WAGG BRIDGE PUMPING STATION 14 213 100
Wessex Water River Cale HENSTRIDGE PUMPING STATION 26 212 94.2
Wessex Water River Frome BECKINGTON WWTW 20 207 99.7
Wessex Water River Brue HAVYATT PUMPING STATION 22 191 100
Wessex Water River Cary CASTLE CARY WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 25 183 100
Wessex Water Kilmersdon Stream KILMERSDON PUMPING STATION 44 163 100
Wessex Water Mill Stream BALTONSBOROUGH(MAIN)PUMPING STATION 53 156 99.2
Wessex Water Whatley Brook CRANMORE WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 37 123 100
Wessex Water Cad Brook FROST LANE PUMPING STATION 12 121 100
Wessex Water River Frome WITHAM FRIARY PUMPING STATION 14 98 99.9
Wessex Water River Frome ADDERWELL CLOSE CSO 56 92 92.1
Wessex Water River Parrett THE COAT PUMPING STATION 27 89 100
Wessex Water Long Sutton Main Drain UPTON PUMPING STATION 9 86 100
Wessex Water Long Sutton Catch-Waters LITTLE UPTON BRIDGE CSO 9 86 100
Wessex Water Mells Stream MELLS WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 14 79 98
Wessex Water Bromers Brook CHARLTON HORETHORNE WWTW 20 79 100
Wessex Water Leigh Stream LEIGH ON MENDIP WWTW 15 77 100
Wessex Water Millstream LOWER SOMERTON PS 15 74 99.8
Wessex Water River Frome LOWER KEYFORD CSO 55 71 100
Wessex Water Mells Stream KINGS HEAD CSO 36 68 99.9
Wessex Water Of Kings Moor Main Drain KNOLE PUMPING STATION 5 62 100
Wessex Water River Frome FROME WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 34 47 100
Wessex Water River Parrett KINGSBURY EPISCOPI PUMPING STATION 5 42 99.9
Wessex Water River Brue ALFORD WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 13 40 99.9
Wessex Water River Carey KEINTON MANDEVILLE PS 13 35 100
Wessex Water River Cale Via Sws MOOR LANE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 13 31 99.9
Wessex Water Nunney Brook WANSTROW PS 10 28 96.8
Wessex Water Coxbridge Brook PARBROOK WRC 4 23 100
Wessex Water Mill Stream ORCHARD LEIGH CSO 10 23 100
Wessex Water River Frome YOUTH CENTRE CSO 34 16 90
Wessex Water River Frome Via Sws WHATCOMBE ROAD CSO 34 14 100
Wessex Water Oxleasedrove Rhyne East ALLER PUMPING STATION 8 14 100
Wessex Water River Cary CHARLTON ADAM PUMPING STATION 6 13 99.9
Wessex Water Drayton Drain CURRY RIVEL COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 8 11 100
Wessex Water River Cale BENNETTS FIELD CSO 17 10 100
Wessex Water Hinton Meads Brook HURST COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 21 10 97.8
Wessex Water Northstreet Moor Rhyne Via Sws SOMERTON ROAD COMBINED SEWER OF 24 9 99.9
Wessex Water River Frome WESTWAY PRECINCT CAR PARK CSO 22 8 88.2
Wessex Water Bow Brook TEMPLECOMBE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 19 8 99.8
Wessex Water River Frome RODE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 3 8 86.8
Wessex Water River Frome COURT HOUSE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 23 6 100
Wessex Water River Cam MILDMAY PLACE CSO 7 6 100
Wessex Water River Frome MERCHANTS BARTON CSO 13 4 86.3
Wessex Water River Frome RODDEN ROAD CSO 8 2 100
Wessex Water River Brue BRUTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 1 2 89.8
Wessex Water River Frome Via Sws 8 MARKET PLACE CSO 13 2 100
Wessex Water Luccombe Watercourse STRATTON ON FOSSE WWTW 1 2 99.9
Wessex Water Mells Stream STOKE HILL PUMPING STATION 1 1 100
Wessex Water River Frome NORTH OF CARPET FACTORY CSO 7 1 89.8
Wessex Water River Frome WALLBRIDGE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 5 1 100
Wessex Water Nunney Brook NUNNEY CASTLE CSO 4 0 100
Wessex Water Adderwell Brook FELTHAM DRIVE CSO 9 0 84.8
Wessex Water River Alham STONEY STRATTON PUMPING STATION 2 0 100
Wessex Water River Cale BAYFORD PUMPING STATION 1 0 100
Wessex Water River Stour PEN MILL PUMPING STATION 1 0 100
Wessex Water Mill Brook COURT HOUSE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 1 0 100
Wessex Water River Cary NEW HILL CSO 1 0 100
Wessex Water Bow Brook SLADES HILL PS 0 0 100
Wessex Water Ten Foot Rhyne PAGE LANE PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
Wessex Water Drayton Drain DUCKS LANE 0 0 100
Wessex Water River Cam SOUTH CADBURY PUMPING STATION 0 0 0
Wessex Water Mells Stream MELLS PS 0 0 100
Wessex Water River Frome PORTWAY LOCKS HILL CSO 0 0 0
Wessex Water River Cary TORBAY ROAD 0 0 0
Wessex Water River Cam GREEN LANE PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
Wessex Water River Cale CHARLTON MUSGROVE STW 0 0 0
Wessex Water Wagg Drove Rhyne WAGG DROVE PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
Wessex Water Nunney Brook MARSTON LANE PUMPING STATION 0 0 100

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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