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Tunbridge Wells - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 6,245 hours in 2025 , monitoring offline 145 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Tunbridge Wells 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 - 2,858 hours
Feb - 1,442 hours
Mar - 62 hours
Apr - 48 hours
May - 0 hours
Jun - 102 hours
Jul - 187 hours , 145 offline
Aug - 16 hours
Sept - 153 hours
Oct - 449 hours
Nov - 214 hours
Dec - 707 hours
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Southern Water HAWKHURST SOUTH SSO - 115732 Hawkhurst South Stream 50 913 h 40m -
Southern Water SANDHURST SSO - 115755 Hexden Channel 53 831 h 14m -
Southern Water HAWKHURST NORTH SSO - 115719 Hexden Channel 55 685 h 33m -
Southern Water TUNBRIDGE WELLS SOUTH SSO - 115447 River Grom 41 609 h 42m -
Southern Water TUNBRIDGE WELLS SOUTH CSO - 115448 River Grom 42 479 h 12m -
Southern Water BIDBOROUGH SSO - 115882 Barden Mill Stream 24 304 h 5m -
Southern Water TUNBRIDGE WELLS NORTH SSO - 115819 Somerhill Stream 17 302 h 55m -
Southern Water CHEQUERS LAMBERHURST CEO - 108604 Freshwater River 22 212 h 14m -
Southern Water TUDELEY CEO - 116069 River Medway 22 160 h 3m -
Southern Water SANDHURST SSO - 115755 Hexden Channel 10 132 h 32m -
Southern Water PADDOCK WOOD SSO - 115424 Rhoden Stream 18 130 h 32m -
Southern Water FURNACE POND CEO - 108888 River Teise 13 115 h 6m -
Southern Water UNDERHILL GOUDHURST SSO - 115750 River Teise 14 106 h 43m -
Southern Water CHEQUERS LAMBERHURST CEO - 108604 Freshwater River 10 93 h 18m -
Southern Water HAWKHURST NORTH SSO - 115719 Hexden Channel 10 90 h 19m -
Southern Water HAWKHURST SOUTH SSO - 115732 Hawkhurst South Stream 11 83 h 39m -
Southern Water COCKSHOT FARM HAWKHURST NO X CSO - 110321 Hawkhurst South Stream 16 83 h 25m -
Southern Water APPLE TREE LANE TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 107414 Somerhill Stream 37 78 h 26m -
Southern Water TAYLOR STREET SOUTHBOROUGH CSO - 108745 Unnamed Stream To River Medway 26 75 h 13m -
Southern Water TUNBRIDGE WELLS SOUTH SSO - 115447 River Grom 12 74 h -
Southern Water TUDELEY CEO - 116069 River Medway 11 72 h 14m -
Southern Water BROADFORD CEO - 108592 River Teise 6 66 h 47m -
Southern Water SOUTHBOROUGH CEMETERY TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 108734 River Medway 18 65 h 45m -
Southern Water CASTLE TERRACE HAWKHURST CSO - 108597 Hexden Channel 21 50 h 32m -
Southern Water HORSMONDEN ROAD BRENCHLEY CEO - 108658 River Teise 11 45 h 51m -
Southern Water COCKSHOT FARM HAWKHURST NO X CSO - 110321 Hawkhurst South Stream 5 36 h 43m -
Southern Water KILNDOWN CSO - 116040 Chalybeate Spring 5 32 h 2m -
Southern Water HURSTWOOD TUNBRIDGE WELLS CEO - 108661 Barden Mill Stream 10 29 h 27m -
Southern Water PADDOCK WOOD SSO - 115424 Rhoden Stream 4 27 h 28m -
Southern Water BIDBOROUGH SSO - 115882 Barden Mill Stream 3 25 h 32m -
Southern Water HOLDEN CORNER TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 108656 Barden Mill Stream 17 25 h 11m 145 h
Southern Water CURTISDEN GREEN GOUDHURST CEO - 108624 Freshwater River 5 25 h 3m -
Southern Water TUNBRIDGE WELLS SOUTH CSO - 115448 River Grom 7 20 h 44m -
Southern Water FURNACE POND CEO - 108888 River Teise 3 19 h 20m -
Southern Water KILNDOWN CSO - 116040 Chalybeate Spring 3 18 h 5m -
Southern Water APPLE TREE LANE TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 107414 Somerhill Stream 9 14 h 48m -
Southern Water PEMBURY SSO - 115922 Tudely Brook 2 13 h 15m -
Southern Water NORTH FARM ROAD TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 108690 River Medway 22 12 h 43m -
Southern Water NEVILLE STREET TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 107370 River Grom 8 10 h 45m -
Southern Water HURSTWOOD TUNBRIDGE WELLS CEO - 108661 Barden Mill Stream 2 9 h 42m -
Southern Water SOUTHBOROUGH CEMETERY TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 108734 River Medway 4 8 h 14m -
Southern Water WATERFRETS LANGTON GREEN CSO - 108753 Barden Stream 5 7 h 28m -
Southern Water HORSMONDEN ROAD BRENCHLEY CEO - 108658 River Teise 1 6 h 42m -
Southern Water LAKE ROAD TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 111357 Hurstwood Stream 6 6 h 34m -
Southern Water BROADFORD CEO - 108592 River Teise 1 6 h 18m -
Southern Water TUNBRIDGE WELLS NORTH SSO - 115819 Somerhill Stream 2 6 h 10m -
Southern Water UNDERHILL GOUDHURST SSO - 115750 River Teise 2 5 h 14m -
Southern Water WATERFRETS LANGTON GREEN CSO - 108753 Barden Stream 2 4 h 23m -
Southern Water HOLDEN CORNER TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 108656 Barden Mill Stream 2 2 h 58m -
Southern Water NEVILLE STREET TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 107370 River Grom 2 2 h 27m -
Southern Water ST LUKES ROAD TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 111356 Gasworks Stream 3 1 h 28m -
Southern Water LANGHOLM ROAD LANGTON GREEN CSO - 109529 Barden Mill Stream 6 1 h 20m -
Southern Water SMITHS LANE GOUDHURST CSO - 116045 River Teise 1 1 h 17m -
Southern Water LAKE ROAD TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 111357 Hurstwood Stream 1 0 h 40m -
Southern Water TANYARD LANE SOUTHBOROUGH CSO - 115160 Unknown 1 0 h 28m -
Southern Water TAYLOR STREET SOUTHBOROUGH CSO - 108745 Unnamed Stream To River Medway 2 0 h -
Southern Water CURTISDEN GREEN GOUDHURST CEO - 108624 Freshwater River 0 0 h -
Southern Water TANYARD LANE SOUTHBOROUGH CSO - 115160 Unknown 0 0 h -
Southern Water SMITHS LANE GOUDHURST CSO - 116045 River Teise 0 0 h -
Southern Water PENNINGTON ROAD SOUTHBOROUGH CEO - 108700 River Medway 0 0 h -
Southern Water PEMBURY SSO - 115922 Tudely Brook 0 0 h -
Southern Water ST LUKES ROAD TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 111356 Gasworks Stream 0 0 h -
Southern Water LANGHOLM ROAD LANGTON GREEN CSO - 109529 Barden Mill Stream 0 0 h -
Southern Water NORTH FARM ROAD TUNBRIDGE WELLS CSO - 108690 River Medway 0 0 h -
Southern Water CASTLE TERRACE HAWKHURST CSO - 108597 Hexden Channel 0 0 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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