West Dorset polluted by sewage 1,913 times in 2022 - lasting 15,908 hours

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Totals for West Dorset in 2022
70 Sites polluted by South West Water, Wessex Water
1,913 sewage dumps
15,908 h duration
That's 1.84 years! On average 5.2 times a day

Pollution Summary 2022

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Wessex Water River Lydden BUCKLAND NEWTON WRC 107 1,690 100
Wessex Water River Bride CHICKSBRIDGE PS 89 1,614 99.7
Wessex Water River Yeo HALSTOCK WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 87 1,497 99.7
Wessex Water Sydling Water SYDLING ST.NICHOLAS WRC 55 1,025 100
Wessex Water River Bride PUNCKNOWLE WRC 46 866 89.6
Wessex Water Caundle Brook BISHOPS CAUNDLE STW 45 823 100
South West Water Drimpton Stream BROADWINDSOR WWTW 103 646 100
South West Water River Lim JERICHO CSO 43 628 100
Wessex Water River Yeo POYNTINGTON WATER RECYLCING CENTRE 57 599 99.7
Wessex Water River Frome MAIDEN NEWTON WATER RECYCLING CENTR 27 465 99.3
Wessex Water River Brit SOUTHGATE PUMPING STATION 43 421 100
Wessex Water River Brit NETHERBURY PUMPING STATION 39 368 99.9
Wessex Water River Winniford CHIDEOCK STW 35 363 100
Wessex Water Sea Lagoon Chessel Beach WEST BEXINGTON PUMPING STATION 46 302 86.7
Wessex Water River Frome DORCHESTER (LOUDS MILL) STW 51 299 100
Wessex Water River Frome EVERSHOT WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 36 291 100
Wessex Water South Winterbourne MARTINSTOWN PS 49 280 100
Wessex Water Lyme Bay BRIDPORT SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 40 239 100
Wessex Water Halstock Stream CORSCOMBE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORK 30 214 100
Wessex Water River Hooke TOLLER PORCORUM WRC 43 211 99.3
Wessex Water River Simene WEST ROAD FOUNDRY PUMPING STATION 35 210 100
Wessex Water River Piddle PUMPING STN ADJACENT THE PIDDLE INN 10 210 100
Wessex Water River Brit SOUTH STREET CSO 56 199 96.2
Wessex Water River Piddle PUMPING STATION ADJACENT RIVENDELL 10 190 100
South West Water River Axe MOSTERTON PUMPING STATION 38 165 100
Wessex Water Wriggle River FRAMPTON FARM PUMPING STATION 30 158 100
Wessex Water Bridport Harbour WEST BAY SLUICES 23 148 100
Wessex Water Tadnoll Brook BROADMAYNE WWTW 22 147 100
Wessex Water River Parrett SOUTH PERROTT WWTW 21 147 99.7
South West Water Temple Brook DRIMPTON PUMPING STATION 17 124 99
Wessex Water Sydling Water SYDLING ST NICHOLAS PUMPING STATION 7 118 99.3
Wessex Water River Asker SOUTH BRIDGE COMB. STORM OVERFLOW 26 117 95.3
Wessex Water River Yeo SHERBORNE WWTW 39 107 99.35
Wessex Water River Frome EVERSHOT COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 63 100 100
Wessex Water River Wriggle LEIGH BRIDGE FARM PUMPING STATION 14 94 100
Wessex Water Lyme Bay CHARMOUTH SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS 66 92 100
Wessex Water Wriggle River BEER HACKETT PUMPING STATION 19 91 99.9
Wessex Water Dorchester Mill Stream 16 HIGH STREET CSO 27 84 98.3
Wessex Water Abbotsbury Brook ABBOTSBURY WWTW 24 69 99.9
South West Water River Lim HORN BRIDGE PSEO/CSO 21 68 99
Wessex Water River Brit BRIDPORT WEST STREET CSO 41 64 87.6
Wessex Water River Yeo SANDFORD ORCAS WRC 10 47 100
Wessex Water Unknown CSO AT SCOUT HUT 10 43 100
Wessex Water River Asker LEE LANE PUMPING STATION 13 43 100
Wessex Water Mill Stream Via Sws 35 KINGS ROAD 24 41 97.7
Wessex Water West Fleet LANGTON HERRING WRC 14 33 100
Wessex Water Lyme Bay BRIDPORT WATER RECYCLING CENTRE PS 9 15 100
South West Water River Synderford THORNCOMBE WWTW 9 13 98
Wessex Water Tadnoll Brook KNIGHTON LANE CSO 24 13 99.9
Wessex Water River Brit HAMS PATH COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 7 11 100
Wessex Water Mangerton River WEST MILTON WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 7 10 100
Wessex Water River Yeo MILL LANE PUMPING STATION 1 9 99.3
Wessex Water Winniford SEATOWN PUMPING STATION 4 9 99.7
Wessex Water River Yeo Via Sws LUDBORNE ROAD CSO 6 6 94.9
Wessex Water River Yeo Via Sws 63 CHEAP STREET CSO 20 6 100
Wessex Water River Yeo ABBEY ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 11 5 100
South West Water River Lim GUN CLIFF PSEO/CSO 1 5 100
Wessex Water River Bride BURTON BRADSTOCK 4 4 100
Wessex Water River Brit WEST BRIDGE CSO 5 4 72.6
Wessex Water River Yeo Via Sws NEWLAND COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 11 3 98.8
Wessex Water Mill Stream CHURCH STREET PUMPING STATION 8 3 99.9
Wessex Water River Yeo Via Sws CHEAP STREET NORTH CSO 12 2 100
Wessex Water River Wey FAIRFIELD SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 3 2 100
Wessex Water River Asker EAST BRIDGE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 3 2 100
Wessex Water Mill Stream Via Sws VICTORIA ROAD CSO 6 1 100
Wessex Water River Yeo Via Sws LONG STREET CSO 3 0 100
Wessex Water Unknown CSO AT 97 HIGH STREET 2 0 98.6
Wessex Water River Yeo Via Sws THORN BANK CSO 3 0 100
Wessex Water River Yeo Via Sws WESTBURY COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 2 0 99.9
Wessex Water River Brit WEST BAY ROAD CSO 1 0 100
Wessex Water River Char THE STREET CSO, CHARMOUTH 0 0 100
Wessex Water Corton Denham Stream SANDFORD ORCAS PUMPING STATION 0 0 99.9
Wessex Water River Bride SHIPTON GORGE PUMPING STATION 0 0 0
Wessex Water River Frome Via Sws CSO AT TOP OF SOUTH WALKS 0 0 99.9
Wessex Water River Frome NORTH STREET PS 0 0 0
Wessex Water Caundle Brook HOLWELL STW 0 0 0
Wessex Water River Yeo Via Sws THE AVENUE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 0 0 0
Wessex Water Unknown CSO AT PRINCES BRIDGE 0 0 89.7
Wessex Water River Bride BURTON SOUTHOVER PS 0 0 100
South West Water River Lim GOSLINGS BRIDGE CSO 0 0 25
Wessex Water River Asker Via Sws FISHWEIR FIELDS PS 0 0 100
Wessex Water South Winterbourne DORCHESTER ROAD PS 0 0 99.8
Wessex Water River Cerne GODMANSTONE STW 0 0 0

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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