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River Amber polluted by sewage 489 times in 2025 - lasting 4,950 hours

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Totals for River Amber in 2025
9 Sites polluted by Severn Trent Water
489 sewage dumps
4,950 h duration
That's 6.88 months. On average 1.3 times a day

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Severn Trent Water River Amber ASHOVER STW 152 1,780 99.5
Severn Trent Water River Amber WESSINGTON PUMPING STATION 68 1,210 100
Severn Trent Water River Amber OGSTON WTW CSO 80 986 99.9
Severn Trent Water River Amber SOUTH WINGFIELD STW 28 253 100
Severn Trent Water River Amber KELSTEDGE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 75 207 99.3
Severn Trent Water River Amber AMBERGATE STW 21 202 100
Severn Trent Water River Amber AMBERGATE PUMPING STATION 23 171 99.9
Severn Trent Water River Amber SOUTH WINGFIELD STW 23 89 99.2
Severn Trent Water River Amber AMBERGATE (HAGWOOD) PUMPING ST 19 47 99.8

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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