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Clyde Estuary polluted by sewage 2,090 times in 2023 - lasting 15,194 hours

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Totals for Clyde Estuary in 2023
5 Sites polluted by Scottish Water
2,090 sewage dumps
15,194 h duration
That's 1.76 years! On average 5.7 times a day

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Clyde 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 %
Scottish Water Clyde Estuary HELENSBURGH WWTW 2001 NS321800 1,521 7,686 100
Scottish Water Clyde Estuary ARDOCH WWTW 2002 NS374758 346 4,293 100
Scottish Water Clyde Estuary ERSKINE WWTW NS494691 160 2,707 100
Scottish Water Clyde Estuary SHIELDHALL WWTW NS533659 29 422 17.81
Scottish Water Clyde Estuary ERSKINE, ERSKINE HOSPITAL CSO 34 85 80.55
Scottish Water Clyde Estuary HELENSBURGH, SUFFOLK STREET SPS CSO 0 0 0
Scottish Water Clyde Estuary HELENSBURGH, CUMBERLAND AVENUE SPS CSO 0 0 0
Scottish Water Clyde Estuary HELENSBURGH, CAIRNDHU SPS CSO 0 0 0
Scottish Water Clyde Estuary HELENSBURGH, NO6 CSO (COLQUHOUN STREET) 0 0 0
Scottish Water Clyde Estuary HELENSBURGH, HANOVER STREET SPS CSO 0 0 0
Scottish Water Clyde Estuary GREENLAW COURT CSO 2014 NS510688 0 0 0
Scottish Water Clyde Estuary MILTON TRANSFER CSO 2007 NS423741 0 0 0
Scottish Water Clyde Estuary CASTLEGREEN WWPS CSO NS408745 0 0 0

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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