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Bristol Channel polluted by sewage 142 times in 2025 - lasting 1,218 hours

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Totals for Bristol Channel in 2025
8 Sites polluted by Wessex Water
142 sewage dumps
1,218 h duration
That's 1.69 months. 2.7 times a week, on average
Constituencies along Bristol Channel
Places along Bristol Channel

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Wessex Water Bristol Channel KILVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 37 408 100
Wessex Water Bristol Channel WATCHET SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 31 364 100
Wessex Water Bristol Channel DONIFORD PUMPING STATION 24 351 100
Wessex Water Bristol Channel LADYE BAY PUMPING STATION 23 42 100
Wessex Water Bristol Channel CLEVEDON MAIN PS 10 27 100
Wessex Water Bristol Channel BLENHEIM ROAD CSO 11 22 100
Wessex Water Bristol Channel CLEVEDON BEACH PUMPING STATION 5 2 100
Wessex Water Bristol Channel GREEN SPOT CSO 1 0 100
Wessex Water Bristol Channel QUAY WEST PUMPING STATION 0 0 100

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. 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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