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English Channel polluted by sewage 983 times in 2023 - lasting 9,758 hours

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Totals for English Channel in 2023
16 Sites polluted by South West Water
983 sewage dumps
9,758 h duration
That's 1.13 years! On average 2.7 times a day

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for English Channel 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 %
South West Water English Channel ILSHAM VALLEY PUMPING STATION 140 2,003 100
South West Water English Channel POLPERRO WWTW 97 1,763 100
South West Water English Channel BUCKLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 110 1,568 100
South West Water English Channel SEATON PUMPING STATION 84 1,297 91.4
South West Water English Channel THE LIZARD PUMPING STATION 86 995 100
South West Water English Channel MAER PUMPING STATION & TANK CSO 74 883 100
South West Water English Channel LIME KILN TANK CSO 118 465 100
South West Water English Channel CLENNON VALLEY PUMPING STATION 47 279 82.43
South West Water English Channel HELLARCHER PUMPING STATION 72 214 99.7
South West Water English Channel BOLTON STREET CSO 71 118 100
South West Water English Channel CADGWITH NEW ROAD PSCSO/EO 9 61 100
South West Water English Channel DOWNDERRY 21 61 100
South West Water English Channel OVERSEAS ESTATE WEST PS 43 30 100
South West Water English Channel LAFLOUDER LANE PUMPING STATION 7 14 100
South West Water English Channel LITTLEGATE ROAD CSO 3 0 87.5
South West Water English Channel OVERSEAS ESTATE EAST PS 1 0 100
South West Water English Channel APPLETREE CSO 0 0 0
South West Water English Channel BEACH ROAD (MIDDLE) 0 0 0
South West Water English Channel BEACH ROAD 0 0 0
South West Water English Channel BEACH ROAD PSCSO/EO 0 0 0
South West Water English Channel BEACH ROAD (UPPER) 0 0 0
South West Water English Channel PORTLOE 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. 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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