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Designated shellfish area 'CENTRAL SOLENT, COWES, MEDINA, SPITHEAD AND STOKES BAY, STANSWOOD BAY, TOTLAND' polluted by sewage 166 times in 2023 - lasting 1,223 hours

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Totals for CENTRAL SOLENT, COWES, MEDINA, SPITHEAD AND STOKES BAY, STANSWOOD BAY, TOTLAND in 2023
2 Sites polluted by Southern Water
166 sewage dumps
1,223 h duration
That's 1.7 months. 3.2 times a week, on average
How does CENTRAL SOLENT, COWES, MEDINA, SPITHEAD AND STOKES BAY, STANSWOOD BAY, TOTLAND compare?

CENTRAL SOLENT, COWES, MEDINA, SPITHEAD AND STOKES BAY, STANSWOOD BAY, TOTLAND was the #39 most polluted shellfish area in England & Wales, by duration of sewage overflows, as reported by the water companies

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for CENTRAL SOLENT, COWES, MEDINA, SPITHEAD AND STOKES BAY, STANSWOOD BAY, TOTLAND in 2023.

Accuracy Warning We use data from the water companies, but we are seeing many anomalies, that make us believe that location information is quite poor. The situation is likely far worse than reported here.

In particular: Totals on this page can differ from totals in the Ranked Shellfish page - number on this page are higher - this is due to a lack of standardization on shellfish area names. This page more accurately counts the differing names. For example "Solway" and "SOLWAY" are counted as different in the rankings, but correctly aggregated here.

Other CSOs may also be located nearby, however the water companies claim that these do not affect the water quality here.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Southern Water Solent ST MARY ROAD COWES WWPS CSO 90 674 100
Southern Water Solent TERMINUS ROAD COWES CSO 76 549 99.9

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. 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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