River Wye Estuary polluted by sewage 353 times in 2023 - lasting 2,011 hours

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Totals for River Wye Estuary in 2023
3 Sites polluted by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
353 sewage dumps
2,011 h duration
That's 2.79 months. 6.8 times a week, on average
Constituencies along River Wye Estuary

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Wye Estuary 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 %
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye Estuary Chepstow South SPS Hunger Pill STW 142 1,378 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye Estuary Chepstow North Fairfield SPS 120 540 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye Estuary Chepstow North SPS The Back 91 92 100

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. 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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