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English Channel polluted by sewage 67 times in 2025 - lasting 97 hours

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Totals for English Channel in 2025
6 Sites polluted by Wessex Water
67 sewage dumps
97 h duration
That's 4.04 days. 1.3 times a week, on average
Constituencies along English Channel
Places along English Channel

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Wessex Water English Channel POOLE (BRANKSOME CHINE) SEWAGE PUMP 9 28 99.9
Wessex Water English Channel OSMINGTON BAY HOLIDAY CENTRE PS 15 27 100
Wessex Water English Channel SHORE ROAD PS OVERFLOW 25 21 100
Wessex Water English Channel WEST LULWORTH PUMPING STATION 8 17 100
Wessex Water English Channel LULWORTH BEACH PUMPING STATION 7 1 100
Wessex Water English Channel PORTLAND BILL STORM OVERFLOW 3 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

Annual figures up to and including 2025 come from official water company returns. The 2026 figure is our own estimate, derived continuously from the companies' live data feeds.

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.

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