River Ribble Estuary polluted by sewage 187 times in 2023 - lasting 1,722 hours

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Totals for River Ribble Estuary in 2023
3 Sites polluted by United Utilities
187 sewage dumps
1,722 h duration
That's 2.39 months. 3.6 times a week, on average
Constituencies along River Ribble Estuary

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Ribble 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 %
United Utilities River Ribble Estuary PRESTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 86 1,177 36.7
United Utilities River Ribble Estuary WALTON-LE-DALE STW 41 392 99.8
United Utilities River Ribble Estuary ST PAULS ROAD CSO 60 152 100

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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