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Totals for River Teme in 2025

12 Sites polluted by Severn Trent Water

292 sewage dumps
1,468 h duration

That's 2.04 months. 5.6 times a week, on average

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Constituencies along River Teme

Places along River Teme

Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Teme 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 Teme	LUDLOW SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	59	583	100
Severn Trent Water	River Teme	TENBURY WELLS SEWAGE WORKS	44	292	100
Severn Trent Water	River Teme	WATLING STREET CSO	24	114	96.8
Severn Trent Water	River Teme	SHELSLEY BEAUCHAMP STW	46	109	99.7
Severn Trent Water	River Teme	BROAD GREEN PUMPING STATION	7	92	100
Severn Trent Water	River Teme	HIGH STREET CSO	41	89	100
Severn Trent Water	River Teme	TEMESIDE PUMPING STATION	28	85	88.8
Severn Trent Water	River Teme	ALFRICK CLAY GREEN STW	19	50	100
Severn Trent Water	River Teme	BURFORD - SWAN HOTEL SPS	6	15	97.9
Severn Trent Water	River Teme	CHURCH STREET SPS	7	14	100
Severn Trent Water	River Teme	WHITBOURNE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	3	11	99.2
Severn Trent Water	River Teme	LUDFORD SPS - EMERG O/F & STORM O/F	8	10	100
Severn Trent Water	River Teme	OLD STREET CSO	0	0	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. 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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