Firth of Forth polluted by sewage 158 times in 2023 - lasting 360 hours

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Totals for Firth of Forth in 2023
2 Sites polluted by Scottish Water
158 sewage dumps
360 h duration
That's 15 days. 3 times a week, on average

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Firth of Forth 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 Firth of Forth NORTH BERWICK WWTW NT566851 139 229 95.89
Scottish Water Firth of Forth KIRKCALDY WWTW 1987 NT287923 19 131 95.62
Scottish Water Firth of Forth JOPPA, JOPPA SPS CSO 0 0 0
Scottish Water Firth of Forth PORT SETON, POND HALL SPS CSO 0 0 0
Scottish Water Firth of Forth GULLANE WWPS NT481833 0 0 0
Scottish Water Firth of Forth BELHAVEN, BELHAVEN SPS CSO 0 0 0
Scottish Water Firth of Forth GULLANE PUMP STATION CSO 2000 NT481833 0 0 0
Scottish Water Firth of Forth WEST BARNS, WEST BARNS SPS CSO 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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