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Polluted by sewage 72 times in 2025 - lasting 186 hours
Swale Central was the #61 most polluted shellfish area in England & Wales, by duration of sewage overflows, as reported by the water companies
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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Swale Central in 2025.
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 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s 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 | Milton Creek | SITTINGBOURNE WWTW | 19 | 106 | 99.8 |
| Southern Water | Milton Creek | ST PAULS STREET SITTINGBOURNE CSO | 32 | 55 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | Faversham Creek | ABBEY ROAD FAVERSHAM CEO | 7 | 12 | 88.2 |
| Southern Water | Non Tidal Milton Creek | EAST ST SITTINGBOURNE CSO | 8 | 4 | 100 |
| Southern Water | River Swale | RIDHAM AVENUE KEMSLEY CEO | 1 | 3 | 100 |
| Southern Water | Milton Creek | CHALKWELL ROAD SITTINGBOURNE CSO | 3 | 2 | 77 |
| Southern Water | Nontidal Milton Creek | SURF. WATER SEWER SITTINGBOURNE | 2 | 1 | 100 |
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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