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Tidal River Orwell polluted by sewage 52 times in 2025 - lasting 176 hours

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Totals for Tidal River Orwell in 2025
2 Sites polluted by Anglian Water
52 sewage dumps
176 h duration
That's 7.33 days. 4.3 times a month, over the year
Constituencies along Tidal River Orwell
Places along Tidal River Orwell

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Anglian Water Tidal River Orwell IPSWICH-CLIFF QUAY WRC 41 153 100
Anglian Water Tidal River Orwell STOKE BRIDGE CSO 11 23 99.9

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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