English Channel polluted by sewage 907 times in 2024 - lasting 8,056 hours

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Totals for English Channel in 2024
14 Sites polluted by South West Water
907 sewage dumps
8,056 h duration
That's 11.19 months. On average 2.5 times a day

Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for English Channel in 2024. 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 135 2,015 100
South West Water English Channel BUCKLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 116 1,591 99.2
South West Water English Channel SEATON PUMPING STATION 90 1,590 99.7
South West Water English Channel THE LIZARD PUMPING STATION 69 1,030 95.6
South West Water English Channel MAER PUMPING STATION & TANK CSO 76 870 100
South West Water English Channel CLENNON VALLEY PUMPING STATION 42 261 96.5
South West Water English Channel LIME KILN TANK CSO 212 212 100
South West Water English Channel POLPERRO WWTW 26 163 96.3
South West Water English Channel BOLTON STREET CSO 59 114 100
South West Water English Channel HELLARCHER PUMPING STATION 36 60 100
South West Water English Channel CADGWITH NEW ROAD PSCSO/EO 9 60 100
South West Water English Channel DOWNDERRY 15 60 99.1
South West Water English Channel OVERSEAS ESTATE WEST PS 18 16 100
South West Water English Channel LAFLOUDER LANE PUMPING STATION 4 10 93.3
South West Water English Channel APPLETREE CSO 0 0 100
South West Water English Channel OVERSEAS ESTATE EAST PS 0 0 100
South West Water English Channel BEACH ROAD (MIDDLE) 0 0 0
South West Water English Channel BEACH ROAD (UPPER) 0 0 0
South West Water English Channel BEACH ROAD PSCSO/EO 0 0 0
South West Water English Channel LITTLEGATE ROAD CSO 0 0 100
South West Water English Channel PORTLOE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 0 0 99.2

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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