River Medway Estuary polluted by sewage 230 times in 2024 - lasting 647 hours

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Totals for River Medway Estuary in 2024
21 Sites polluted by Southern Water
230 sewage dumps
647 h duration
That's 26.96 days. 4.4 times a week, on average

Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Medway Estuary 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 %
Southern Water River Medway Estuary HOO WWPS 27 257 99.9
Southern Water River Medway Estuary HAM HILL S.T.W. 22 189 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary SECOND AVENUE NO 3 CHATHAM CSO 18 41 74.7
Southern Water River Medway Estuary CORPORATION STREET ROCHESTER CEO 5 27 46.4
Southern Water River Medway Estuary VICARAGE ROAD STROOD WPS 10 21 99.9
Southern Water River Medway Estuary PUMP LANE GILLINGHAM TANK CSO 14 20 94.8
Southern Water River Medway Estuary MAGPIE HALL ROAD CHATHAM OUTSIDE 33 38 19 83.8
Southern Water River Medway Estuary FURRELLS ROAD, ROCHESTER CSO 19 16 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary SECOND AVENUE NO 2 CSO 16 12 40.2
Southern Water River Medway Estuary BRAMBLETREE CRESCENT BORSTAL CEO 9 11 99.8
Southern Water River Medway Estuary WOODCHURCH CRESCENT GILLINGHAM CSO 24 11 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary HIGH STREET ROCHESTER CSO 7 10 70.7
Southern Water River Medway Estuary CLOVER STREET CHATHAM CSO 10 3 68.2
Southern Water River Medway Estuary RECTORY CLOSE WOULDHAM WWPS 3 2 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary SECOND AVE CHATHAM NO1 CSO 2 0 99.9
Southern Water River Medway Estuary STURLA ROAD CHATHAM CSO 1 0 33.1
Southern Water River Medway Estuary LOWER RAINHAM ROAD LOWER RAINHAM PS 1 0 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary ORDNANCE TERRACE CHATHAM CSO 1 0 90.3
Southern Water River Medway Estuary GROVE ROAD STROOD CSO 1 0 25.3
Southern Water River Medway Estuary MELBOURNE ROAD CHATHAM CSO 1 0 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary GROVE ROAD CHATHAM O/S 77 CSO 1 0 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary WALDERSLADE ROAD CHATHAM 149 CSO 0 0 2.3
Southern Water River Medway Estuary MAGPIE HALL ROAD OUTSIDE 60 CSO 0 0 55.7
Southern Water River Medway Estuary CSO HOPWELL DRIVE (CHATHAM) 0 0 94.8
Southern Water River Medway Estuary CHATHAM HILL CHATHAM OUTSIDE 10 CSO 0 0 9.3
Southern Water River Medway Estuary PUMP LANE GILLINGHAM NO.1 CSO 0 0 16.8
Southern Water River Medway Estuary PUMP LANE GILLINGHAM NO.2 CSO 0 0 100
Southern Water River Medway Estuary DIAL ROAD GILLINGHAM CSO 0 0 15
Southern Water River Medway Estuary CHATHAM HILL OUTSIDE 425 CSO 0 0 0

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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