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River Beult polluted by sewage 161 times in 2025 - lasting 1,459 hours

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Totals for River Beult in 2025
9 Sites polluted by Southern Water
161 sewage dumps
1,459 h duration
That's 2.03 months. 3.1 times a week, on average
Constituencies along River Beult
Places along River Beult

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Southern Water River Beult SMARDEN WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 41 516 97.6
Southern Water River Beult HIGH HALDEN WWTW 26 211 49.2
Southern Water River Beult STONE HILL ROAD EGERTON WWTW 21 209 100
Southern Water River Beult BETHERSDEN WWTW 21 175 99.8
Southern Water River Beult TATT YALDING CEO 21 152 100
Southern Water River Beult ULCOMBE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 8 70 99.3
Southern Water River Beult BIDDENDEN WWTW 8 55 99.3
Southern Water River Beult STAPLEHURST WWTW 7 52 100
Southern Water River Beult LINTON WWTW 8 14 100
Southern Water River Beult SUTTON VALENCE WWTW 0 0 98.2

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. 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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