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Designated shellfish area 'PORTLAND NORTH EASTERN BREAKWATER' polluted by sewage 155 times in 2023 - lasting 126 hours

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Totals for PORTLAND NORTH EASTERN BREAKWATER in 2023
14 Sites polluted by Wessex Water
155 sewage dumps
126 h duration
That's 5.25 days. 3 times a week, on average
How does PORTLAND NORTH EASTERN BREAKWATER compare?

PORTLAND NORTH EASTERN BREAKWATER was the #85 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 PORTLAND NORTH EASTERN BREAKWATER 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 %
Wessex Water Weymouth Harbour THE MARSH COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 9 24 96.1
Wessex Water Weymouth Harbour ADMIRAL HARDY CSO 8 24 99.8
Wessex Water Freshwater Bay SOUTHWELL PS 19 23 100
Wessex Water Weymouth Harbour CHICKERELL ROAD CSO 41 14 100
Wessex Water Portland Harbour REAR DONCASTER ROAD 11 8 99.9
Wessex Water English Channel PORTLAND BILL STORM OVERFLOW 8 6 98.2
Wessex Water River Wey FAIRFIELD SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 4 6 100
Wessex Water Weymouth Harbour CHICKERELL BOYS CLUB CSO 22 5 99.5
Wessex Water Portland Harbour CASTLE COVE PUMPING STATION 5 4 100
Wessex Water Portland Harbour VICTORIA SQUARE PORTLAND 12 3 100
Wessex Water Weymouth Harbour WESTON ROAD CSO 3 2 99.9
Wessex Water Portland Harbour HILLCREST ROAD PUMPIMG STATION 4 1 95
Wessex Water Weymouth Harbour LONGCROFT ROAD CSO 7 0 57.3
Wessex Water Weymouth Harbour SPRING ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 2 0 99.5

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.

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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