River Medway polluted by sewage 830 times in 2023 - lasting 5,254 hours

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Totals for River Medway in 2023
33 Sites polluted by Southern Water
830 sewage dumps
5,254 h duration
That's 7.3 months. On average 2.3 times a day

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Medway 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 River Medway HARTFIELD S.T.W. 61 851 100
Southern Water River Medway HARTFIELD ROAD CSO 77 832 99.9
Southern Water River Medway FOREST ROW WWTW 57 796 98.3
Southern Water River Medway CANNON LANE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 67 477 100
Southern Water River Medway PENSHURST S.T.W. 67 463 99.8
Southern Water River Medway FERNDALE ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO 22 300 65.6
Southern Water River Medway HILDEN PARK PUMPING STATION 53 239 99.8
Southern Water River Medway WITHYPITTS PUMPING STATION 44 239 99.8
Southern Water River Medway FIVE OAK GREEN ROAD TUDELEY CEO 30 222 99.8
Southern Water River Medway CSO AT STATION ROAD - FOREST ROW 18 198 30.7
Southern Water River Medway FORDCOMBE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WRKS 32 139 100
Southern Water River Medway THE STRAND GILLINGHAM CEO 61 95 100
Southern Water River Medway LOWER TWYDALL LANE GILLINGHAM CSO 28 95 98.1
Southern Water River Medway BRIELLE WAY WEST MINSTER CEO 26 51 99.9
Southern Water River Medway HAZEL WAY PUMPING STATION 16 49 99.9
Southern Water River Medway HAWTHORNE AVENUE GILLINGHAM CSO 49 48 98.9
Southern Water River Medway SOUTHBOROUGH CEMETERY TUNBRIDGE 20 36 51.2
Southern Water River Medway WILLIAM STREET RAINHAM CSO 29 31 100
Southern Water River Medway CHAFFORD LANE FORDCOMBE CEO 8 31 100
Southern Water River Medway BERENGRAVE/CHALKY BK GILLINGHAM CS0 19 18 82.6
Southern Water River Medway DOCK ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO 10 10 47.1
Southern Water River Medway SOUTH STREET EAST BARMING CEO 1 5 99.1
Southern Water River Medway HARTLAKE ROAD PUMPING STATION 1 4 99.9
Southern Water River Medway RIDGEWAY BANKS CHATHAM CSO 7 3 59.4
Southern Water River Medway CSO AT GODDINGTON ROAD STROOD 6 3 47.9
Southern Water River Medway SANDLING LANE MAIDSTONE CSO 6 2 100
Southern Water River Medway DITTON WWTW 1 1 96.3
Southern Water River Medway HERNE ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO 7 1 100
Southern Water River Medway HIGH STREET RAINHAM CSO 1 1 68.9
Southern Water River Medway MAIDA ROAD CHATHAM CSO 3 1 18.7
Southern Water River Medway KNIGHTRIDER STREET CSO 1 0 94.7
Southern Water River Medway BARKER ROAD MAIDSTONE CSO 1 0 99
Southern Water River Medway CASTLE HILL ROCHESTER CSO 1 0 58.3
Southern Water River Medway CONCORD AVENUE CHATHAM CSO 0 0 0
Southern Water River Medway PLANTATION ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO 0 0 100
Southern Water River Medway BOXLEY ROAD MAIDSTONE CSO 0 0 75
Southern Water River Medway WESTREE PLACE MAIDSTONE CSO 0 0 0
Southern Water River Medway TOVIL WHARF WASTEWATER PS 0 0 100
Southern Water River Medway ROCHESTER AVENUE ROCHESTER CSO 0 0 0
Southern Water River Medway NORTH HALLING WWPS 0 0 100
Southern Water River Medway ENFIELD ROAD LEIGH WPS 0 0 96.4
Southern Water River Medway LEIGH ROAD HILDENBOROUGH CSO 0 0 39.2
Southern Water River Medway NORTH FARM ROAD TONBRIDGE WELLS CSO 0 0 70.1

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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