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Waveney Valley - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 7,282 hours in 2025 , monitoring offline 6,389 hours , potential overflows 703 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Waveney Valley 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 - 968 hours
Feb - 466 hours
Mar - 78 hours
Apr - 29 hours
May - 48 hours , 84 potential
Jun - 39 hours , 81 potential
Jul - 108 hours , 0 offline
Aug - 4 hours , 731 offline
Sept - 31 hours , 0 potential
Oct - 81 hours , 818 offline
Nov - 4,203 hours , 427 potential
Dec - 1,222 hours , 109 potential
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Anglian Water DICKLEBURGH-RECTORY RD STW River Frenze River Waveney 52 849 h 17m -
Anglian Water BADWELL ASH STW Salary Brook 46 790 h 2m -
Anglian Water THORNDON-CATBRIDGE STW River Dove 44 721 h 43m -
Anglian Water BUNGAY-DITCHINGHAM DAM SP River Waveney 38 546 h 7m -
Anglian Water BUNGAY STW Tin River, River Waveney 37 537 h 14m -
Anglian Water MENDLESHAM-TPS R Dove 32 535 h 32m -
Anglian Water BUNGAY STW Tin River, River Waveney 33 535 h 10m -
Anglian Water HALESWORTH STW River Blyth 28 524 h 28m -
Anglian Water HARLESTON STW Starston Beck River Waveney N 22 508 h 52m -
Anglian Water BEDFIELD-CROWN LA SP River Waveney 17 301 h 55m -
Anglian Water DICKLEBURGH-RECTORY RD STW River Frenze River Waveney 21 296 h 48m -
Anglian Water Uplands Way CSO River Waveney 20 288 h 19m -
Anglian Water DISS, Victoria Road CSO River Waveney 53 210 h 27m -
Anglian Water BADWELL ASH STW Salary Brook 14 147 h 31m -
Anglian Water THORNDON-CATBRIDGE STW River Dove 6 75 h 6m -
Anglian Water PULHAM ST MARY STW Starston Beck 6 71 h 45m -
Anglian Water BUNGAY STW Tin River, River Waveney 4 49 h 22m -
Anglian Water MENDLESHAM-TPS R Dove 5 45 h 44m -
Anglian Water HAUGHLEY-OLD ST STW Haughley Water Course River Gi 6 43 h 53m 3,024 h
Anglian Water Bacton Water Recycling Centre River Blackwtaer 4 35 h 45m -
Anglian Water HALESWORTH STW River Blyth 4 22 h 15m -
Anglian Water THORNDON-STANDWELL GN TPS River Dove 3 19 h 15m -
Anglian Water HARLESTON STW Starston Beck River Waveney N 4 19 h -
Anglian Water WALSHAM LE WILLOWS-CAUSEWY TPS Stowlangtoft Stream 4 18 h 15m -
Anglian Water BUNGAY STW Tin River, River Waveney 4 17 h 15m -
Anglian Water Laxfield WRC Pumping Station River Blyth 3 7 h 20m 337 h
Anglian Water HARLESTON STW Starston Beck River Waveney N 9 7 h 10m -
Anglian Water DISS STW River Waveney 3 6 h 40m -
Anglian Water Laxfield WRC Pumping Station River Blyth 4 6 h 40m 509 h
Anglian Water THORNDON-STANDWELL GN TPS River Dove 4 5 h 44m -
Anglian Water Bacton Water Recycling Centre River Blackwtaer 1 5 h 15m -
Anglian Water DISS STW River Waveney 3 5 h 2m -
Anglian Water BUNGAY NETHERGATE ST CSO River Waveney 9 4 h 3m -
Anglian Water WALSHAM LE WILLOWS-CAUSEWY TPS Stowlangtoft Stream 4 3 h 58m 728 h
Anglian Water BUNGAY-DITCHINGHAM DAM SP River Waveney 2 3 h 29m -
Anglian Water HARLESTON STW Starston Beck River Waveney N 1 3 h 14m -
Anglian Water EYE-HOXNE RD STW River Dove 2 2 h 45m -
Anglian Water HALESWORTH STW River Blyth 2 2 h 28m -
Anglian Water BUNGAY-ST JOHNS ROAD SSO River Waveney 8 2 h 5m 0 h
Anglian Water BUNGAY-EARSHAM STREET SSO River Waveney 5 1 h 55m -
Anglian Water PULHAM ST MARY STW Starston Beck 1 1 h 9m -
Anglian Water DISS-SARACENS HD MOUNT ST OV Un River Wavene 3 0 h 48m -
Anglian Water ROYDON-BREWERS GREEN SP (DISS) River Frenze 1 0 h 45m -
Anglian Water BUNGAY-ST JOHNS ROAD SSO River Waveney 2 0 h 30m -
Anglian Water EYE-KINGS BR LOWGATE ST TPS River Dove 1 0 h 7m -
Anglian Water DISS-SHELFANGER RD OV River Waveney 1 0 h 165 h
Anglian Water DISS, Victoria Road CSO River Waveney 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BEDFIELD-CROWN LA SP River Waveney 0 0 h -
Anglian Water OCCOLD-TPS R Dove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BUNGAY-BOYSCOTT LA SP Wolds Dyke, R Waveney 0 0 h -
Anglian Water WICKHAM SKEITH-TPS R Dove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BUNGAY-BOYSCOTT LA SP Wolds Dyke, R Waveney 0 0 h -
Anglian Water WICKHAM SKEITH-TPS R Dove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water STRADBROKE OLD STW SP River Waveney 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BUNGAY-EARSHAM STREET SSO River Waveney 0 0 h -
Anglian Water EYE-KINGS BR LOWGATE ST TPS River Dove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water OCCOLD-TPS R Dove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water Uplands Way CSO River Waveney 0 0 h 1,162 h
Anglian Water BUNGAY NETHERGATE ST CSO River Waveney 0 0 h -
Anglian Water HALESWORTH STW River Blyth 0 0 h -
Anglian Water Horham Terminal Pumping Station River Waveney 0 0 h -
Anglian Water DISS-SHELFANGER RD OV River Waveney 0 0 h -
Anglian Water EYE-HOXNE RD STW River Dove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water DISS - VICTORIA ROAD CSO (MORRISONS) River Waveney 0 0 h -
Anglian Water STRADBROKE OLD STW SP River Waveney 0 0 h -
Anglian Water ROYDON-BREWERS GREEN SP (DISS) River Frenze 0 0 h -
Anglian Water DISS-SARACENS HD MOUNT ST OV Un River Wavene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water Horham Terminal Pumping Station River Waveney 0 0 h -
Anglian Water HAUGHLEY-OLD ST STW Haughley Water Course River Gi 0 0 h 1,162 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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