Designated shellfish area 'SOUTHAMPTON WATER' polluted by sewage 533 times in 2023 - lasting 5,190 hours

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Totals for SOUTHAMPTON WATER in 2023
19 Sites polluted by Southern Water
533 sewage dumps
5,190 h duration
That's 7.21 months. On average 1.5 times a day
How does SOUTHAMPTON WATER compare?

SOUTHAMPTON WATER was the #9 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 SOUTHAMPTON WATER 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 River Test MILLBROOK WWTW 94 1,581 100
Southern Water Southampton Water SLOWHILL COPSE WWTW 95 1,227 98.8
Southern Water River Itchen Estuary PORTSWOOD WWTW 91 927 100
Southern Water River Itchen Estuary CHAPEL WHARF WPS 53 593 100
Southern Water River Itchen Estuary WOOLSTON WWTW 54 506 100
Southern Water River Itchen SIRDAR ROAD SOUTHAMPTON CSO 36 95 99.9
Southern Water Bartley Water DOWNS PARK TOTTON CEO 17 77 100
Southern Water Test Estuary CAWTE ROAD/PARK ROAD CSO 33 66 100
Southern Water River Test MILLBROOK WWTW 22 58 100
Southern Water River Itchen IMPERIAL ROAD MOUNT PLEASANT CEO 8 21 99.9
Southern Water River Itchen Estuary RAMPART ROAD PS 3 10 100
Southern Water River Itchen GATERS MILL 4 7 100
Southern Water River Test BLECHYNDEN TERRACE SOUTHAMPTON CSO 8 5 100
Southern Water Saline Estuary WESSEX LANE SOUTHAMPTON OUTSIDE 11 4 4 94
Southern Water Itchen Estuary SOUTHCLIFF ROAD/LIVERPOOL STREET 2 1 92
Southern Water Itchen Estuary LAWN ROAD/OSBOURNE ROAD 4 1 84.9
Southern Water River Itchen UPR SHAFTESBURY AVE SOUTHAMPTON CSO 2 0 99.9
Southern Water Saline Estuary WESSEX LANE SOUTHAMPTON OUTSIDE 15 2 0 75.6
Southern Water Saline Estuary WESSEX LANE SOUTHAMPTON 1 0 73.6

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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