English Channel polluted by sewage 102 times in 2023 - lasting 360 hours

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Totals for English Channel in 2023
6 Sites polluted by Wessex Water
102 sewage dumps
360 h duration
That's 15 days. 2 times a week, on average
Constituencies along English Channel

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for English 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 English Channel SHORE ROAD PS OVERFLOW 45 234 99.9
Wessex Water English Channel POOLE (BRANKSOME CHINE) SEWAGE PUMP 13 54 97.5
Wessex Water English Channel OSMINGTON BAY HOLIDAY CENTRE PS 17 39 100
Wessex Water English Channel WEST LULWORTH PUMPING STATION 8 21 100
Wessex Water English Channel PORTLAND BILL STORM OVERFLOW 8 6 98.2
Wessex Water English Channel LULWORTH BEACH PUMPING STATION 11 2 93

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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