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Polluted by sewage 153 hours in 2025
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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Donate Now| Company | Site Name | Receiving Waterway | Overflow Days | Total Duration (hours) | Offline/Potential Pollution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglian Water | STANFORD LE HOPE BROADHOPE PS | Stanford Creek: Tidal River Thames | 19 | 52h 7m | - |
| Anglian Water | Basildon Wastewater Treatment Works | Pitsea Creek | 8 | 36h 4m | - |
| Anglian Water | UPMINSTER STW | Mar Dyke West | 6 | 33h 49m | - |
| Anglian Water | PITSEA STW | Timbermans Creek | 5 | 12h 50m | - |
| Anglian Water | PITSEA STW | Timbermans Creek | 16 | 9h 10m | - |
| Anglian Water | E TILBURY-BATA(LINFORD) TPS | Drainage Channel River Thames | 3 | 7h 23m | - |
| Anglian Water | STANFORD LE HOPE BROADHOPE PS | Stanford Creek: Tidal River Thames | 1 | 1h 41m | - |
| Anglian Water | E TILBURY-BATA(LINFORD) TPS | Drainage Channel River Thames | 0 | 0h | - |
| Anglian Water | UPMINSTER STW | Mar Dyke West | 0 | 0h | - |
| Anglian Water | Basildon Wastewater Treatment Works | Pitsea Creek | 0 | 0h | - |
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.
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