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Totals for North Sea in 2023

27 Sites polluted by Anglian Water

881 sewage dumps
2,821 h duration

That's 3.92 months. On average 2.4 times a day

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Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for North Sea in 2023. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

These numbers are very slightly different from the Rivers page. We're working on it.

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
Anglian Water	North Sea	CLACTON (HOLLAND HAVEN) WRC	131	681	97.05
Anglian Water	North Sea	CAISTER- HEADWORKS PS	106	562	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	MUNDESLEY-KNAPTON ROAD WRC	63	250	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	JAYWICK WATER RECYCLING CENTRE	69	248	99.4
Anglian Water	North Sea	ALDEBURGH STW	94	240	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	INGOLDMELLS WRC	50	178	99.4
Anglian Water	North Sea	NESS POINT PUMPING STATION	90	141	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	WEST RUNTON WATER LANE PUMPING ST.	33	94	94.8
Anglian Water	North Sea	WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE TERMINAL PS	39	93	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	CORTON BAKERS SCORE PUMPING STATION	43	76	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	CROMER WATER RECYCLING CENTRE	35	43	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	JAYWICK CLACTON 23 PARK SQUARE CSO	22	41	95.6
Anglian Water	North Sea	CLACTON SEA FRONT / GUNFLEET CSO	4	34	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	CLACTON WEST ROAD TERMINAL PS	11	27	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	NESS POINT PUMPING STATION	11	25	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	PROMENADE SEWER STORAGE TANK	24	23	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	MUNDESLEY - THE PROM PS	3	19	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	CLACTON GOLF GREEN ROAD JAYWICK CSO	22	8	95.6
Anglian Water	North Sea	EAST RUNTON BEACH ROAD TERMINAL PS	6	8	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	SHERINGHM EBEACH SEW TK	2	5	97.3
Anglian Water	North Sea	QUEENS ROAD/ESPLANADE CSO	4	4	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	FRINTON - ESPLANADE/SECOND AVE CSO	2	3	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	CORTON - CHURCH LANE TPS	2	3	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	CLACTON VICTORIA ROAD CSO	6	2	99.8
Anglian Water	North Sea	CROMER PROMENADE TERMINAL PS	5	0	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	CLACTON COLLINGWOOD RD/WASH LN CSO	2	0	100
Anglian Water	North Sea	JAYWICK BROOKLANDS GARDENS PS	2	0	94.3
Anglian Water	North Sea	CLACTON PARK ROAD/VICARAGE GRD CSO	0	0	96.1

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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North Sea polluted by sewage 881 times in 2023 - lasting 2,821 hours

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