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Atlantic Ocean polluted by sewage 412 times in 2025 - lasting 3,491 hours

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Totals for Atlantic Ocean in 2025
10 Sites polluted by South West Water
412 sewage dumps
3,491 h duration
That's 4.85 months. On average 1.1 times a day
Places along Atlantic Ocean

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
South West Water Atlantic Ocean BRIDGE PS / CSO / EO 134 2,332 100
South West Water Atlantic Ocean GORRAN HAVEN PSCSO/EO 50 387 96.1
South West Water Atlantic Ocean TINTAGEL CASTLE ROAD PUMP STATION 26 215 100
South West Water Atlantic Ocean BOSSINEY BACK LANE PUMPING STATION 22 206 100
South West Water Atlantic Ocean TOWAN HEAD PUMPING STATION 33 120 100
South West Water Atlantic Ocean YELLOWSANDS PUMPING STATION 37 85 100
South West Water Atlantic Ocean BOTALLACK PUMPING STATION 37 63 100
South West Water Atlantic Ocean CSO AT ATLANTIC HOTEL 60 52 100
South West Water Atlantic Ocean BOSWEDDEN PUMPING STATION 8 22 100
South West Water Atlantic Ocean BOSCASTLE HARBOUR PUMPING STATION 5 5 100
South West Water Atlantic Ocean ST AGNES WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 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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