River Medway Estuary polluted by sewage 374 times in 2023 - lasting 1,239 hours

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Totals for River Medway Estuary in 2023
21 Sites polluted by Southern Water
374 sewage dumps
1,239 h duration
That's 1.72 months. On average 1 times a day

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Medway Estuary 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 Estuary STURLA ROAD CHATHAM CSO 57 726 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary HOO WWPS 20 145 98.6
Southern Water River Medway Estuary CHATHAM HILL OUTSIDE 425 CSO 44 80 44
Southern Water River Medway Estuary CLOVER STREET CHATHAM CSO 66 66 78.6
Southern Water River Medway Estuary HAM HILL S.T.W. 14 53 99.9
Southern Water River Medway Estuary SECOND AVENUE NO 2 CSO 35 43 74.4
Southern Water River Medway Estuary BRAMBLETREE CRESCENT BORSTAL CEO 13 25 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary SECOND AVENUE NO 3 CHATHAM CSO 28 25 73.8
Southern Water River Medway Estuary PUMP LANE GILLINGHAM TANK CSO 20 21 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary FURRELLS ROAD, ROCHESTER CSO 21 14 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary WOODCHURCH CRESCENT GILLINGHAM CSO 26 11 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary VICARAGE ROAD STROOD WPS 7 9 99.9
Southern Water River Medway Estuary LOWER RAINHAM ROAD LOWER RAINHAM PS 2 6 99.9
Southern Water River Medway Estuary MAGPIE HALL ROAD CHATHAM OUTSIDE 33 11 2 56
Southern Water River Medway Estuary SECOND AVE CHATHAM NO1 CSO 2 2 55
Southern Water River Medway Estuary CSO HOPWELL DRIVE (CHATHAM) 2 0 95.2
Southern Water River Medway Estuary RECTORY CLOSE WOULDHAM WWPS 1 0 99.9
Southern Water River Medway Estuary PUMP LANE GILLINGHAM NO.2 CSO 1 0 18.8
Southern Water River Medway Estuary ORDNANCE TERRACE CHATHAM CSO 2 0 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary HIGH STREET ROCHESTER CSO 1 0 17.9
Southern Water River Medway Estuary WALDERSLADE ROAD CHATHAM 149 CSO 1 0 98.4
Southern Water River Medway Estuary CHATHAM HILL CHATHAM OUTSIDE 10 CSO 0 0 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary GROVE ROAD CHATHAM O/S 77 CSO 0 0 70
Southern Water River Medway Estuary MELBOURNE ROAD CHATHAM CSO 0 0 64.1
Southern Water River Medway Estuary MAGPIE HALL ROAD OUTSIDE 60 CSO 0 0 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary DIAL ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO 0 0 46.5
Southern Water River Medway Estuary PUMP LANE GILLINGHAM NO.1 CSO 0 0 0
Southern Water River Medway Estuary GROVE ROAD STROOD CSO 0 0 76.3
Southern Water River Medway Estuary CORPORATION STREET ROCHESTER CEO 0 0 50.4

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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