March for Clean Water Logo

Bristol Channel polluted by sewage 267 times in 2023 - lasting 3,000 hours

© OpenStreetMap contributors
Contains OS Data © Crown copyright & database right 2021-2023
© Top of the Poops 2021-2023
Totals for Bristol Channel in 2023
9 Sites polluted by Wessex Water
267 sewage dumps
3,000 h duration
That's 4.17 months. 5.1 times a week, on average
Constituencies along Bristol Channel

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Bristol Channel 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 %
Wessex Water Bristol Channel WATCHET SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 73 1,210 100
Wessex Water Bristol Channel KILVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 72 1,149 99.9
Wessex Water Bristol Channel DONIFORD PUMPING STATION 42 488 99.9
Wessex Water Bristol Channel LADYE BAY PUMPING STATION 36 57 100
Wessex Water Bristol Channel CLEVEDON MAIN PS 16 52 100
Wessex Water Bristol Channel BLENHEIM ROAD CSO 14 26 100
Wessex Water Bristol Channel CLEVEDON BEACH PUMPING STATION 11 9 94.1
Wessex Water Bristol Channel GREEN SPOT CSO 2 4 100
Wessex Water Bristol Channel QUAY WEST PUMPING STATION 1 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. This uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.

This website is intended to provide an accurate representation of the Environment Agency data. The data is hard to use, and thus some errors may have been made. If you find something that is incorrect, please raise an issue at the GitHub issues page and we'll endeavour to fix it quickly.

This project is not associated, approved or endorsed by any of the companies whose logos you see here.