English Channel polluted by sewage 1,323 times in 2023 - lasting 11,988 hours

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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 %
Southern Water English Channel SANDOWN WWTW 265 4,000 99.9
Southern Water English Channel BEXHILL AND HASTINGS WWTW 164 2,020 100
Southern Water English Channel WEST HYTHE WWTW 132 1,169 99.5
Southern Water English Channel NEWHAVEN WWTW 138 1,040 99.7
Southern Water English Channel DOVER AND FOLKESTONE WASTE WATER 106 765 99.97
Southern Water English Channel EASTBOURNE WWTW 108 754 99.4
Southern Water English Channel PORTOBELLO SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 63 512 99.6
Southern Water English Channel WORTHING WWTW 52 494 100
Southern Water English Channel GALLEY HILL TANKS (NEW) CSO 27 328 99.7
Southern Water English Channel COOMBES GARAGE PUMPING STATION 23 207 99.7
Southern Water English Channel MARINE DRIVE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 65 191 99.6
Southern Water English Channel SHOREHAM WWTW 44 119 99.85
Southern Water English Channel SEA LANE CSO GORING WORTHING 15 109 100
Southern Water English Channel HOPE BEACH WPS 29 84 99.9
Southern Water English Channel ROCK-A-NORE PUMPING STATION 7 62 99.9
Southern Water English Channel BECTON LANE WPS 9 35 99.8
Southern Water English Channel BROADSTAIRS HEADWORKS 28 23 99.9
Southern Water English Channel LION POINT TRANSFER PS 6 19 100
Southern Water English Channel CLIFF END WWPS SEAFORD 27 18 99.9
Southern Water English Channel SEASIDE ROAD HASTINGS NO1 CEO 7 15 99.6
Southern Water English Channel EASTERN GARDENS WPS 5 7 99.9
Southern Water English Channel FLOWERS BROOK TRANSFER PS 2 6 100
Southern Water English Channel EAST BEACH ROAD SELSEY CSO 1 0 54
Southern Water English Channel RICHMOND ROAD BEXHILL CSO 0 0 38
Southern Water English Channel BLACK ROCK WASTEWATER PUMPING STATN 0 0 98.5
Southern Water English Channel CHURCH ROAD SELSEY CSO 0 0 53.3
Southern Water English Channel WINTERSTOKE STORM OUTFALL 0 0 99.6
Southern Water English Channel CINQUE PORTS WAY HASTINGS CEO 0 0 99.6
Southern Water English Channel FISHERMANS COTTAGE CSO 0 0 99.9

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.

This website is intended to provide an accurate representation of the Environment Agency data. The data is hard to use, and thus some errors may have been made. If you find something that is incorrect, please raise an issue at the GitHub issues page and we'll endeavour to fix it quickly.

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