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Totals for North Sea in 2025

16 Sites polluted by Anglian Water

563 sewage dumps
1,720 h duration

That's 2.39 months. On average 1.5 times a day

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for North Sea in 2025. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
Anglian Water	North Sea	CAISTER- HEADWORKS PS	73	376	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	CLACTON (HOLLAND HAVEN) WRC	66	274	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	CROMER WATER RECYCLING CENTRE	72	272	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	JAYWICK WATER RECYCLING CENTRE	52	186	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	MUNDESLEY-KNAPTON ROAD WRC	56	176	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	INGOLDMELLS WRC	72	159	97.2
Anglian Water	North Sea	NESS POINT PUMPING STATION	56	103	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	NESS POINT PUMPING STATION	19	71	97.3
Anglian Water	North Sea	CORTON BAKERS SCORE PUMPING STATION	20	35	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	ALDEBURGH STW	32	33	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	PROMENADE SEWER STORAGE TANK	11	14	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	CLACTON VICTORIA ROAD CSO	20	7	95.3
Anglian Water	North Sea	WEST RUNTON WATER LANE PUMPING ST.	7	6	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	EAST RUNTON BEACH ROAD TERMINAL PS	5	2	99.8
Anglian Water	North Sea	CORTON - CHURCH LANE TPS	1	0	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	CLACTON PARK ROAD/VICARAGE GRD CSO	1	0	99.8
Anglian Water	North Sea	CLACTON COLLINGWOOD RD/WASH LN CSO	0	0	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	CLACTON SEA FRONT / GUNFLEET CSO	0	0	100

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. 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.

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