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River Avon Via Sws polluted by sewage 1,130 times in 2025 - lasting 1,304 hours

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Avon Via Sws in 2025. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws THE PORTWAY CSO 26 195 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws LONDON ROAD WEST CSO 27 166 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws TRAFALGAR ROAD CSO 53 107 92.3
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws LOWER HIGH STREET CSO 13 59 98.5
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws MEAD LANE PUMPING STATION 6 52 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws 2 CRANBROOK ROAD CSO 48 49 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws AVON STREET CSO 48 48 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws MINA ROAD SEWER STORM OVERFLOW 35 47 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws PORTWAY COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 47 44 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws COTHAM HILL CSO 31 44 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws PEMBROKE ROAD CSO 15 43 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws PRIOR PARK ROAD CSO 53 35 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws STAPLETON ROAD CSO 8 32 71.7
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws OLDFIELD LANE CSO 51 30 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws BLOOMFIELD ROAD CSO 46 26 98
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws LANSDOWN LANE COMBINED SEWER O'FLOW 14 24 97.5
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws WHITEHALL ROAD CSO 22 24 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws MYRTLE STREET CSO 25 20 96.6
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws AVONMOUTH ROAD CSO 36 18 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws RAILWAY PLACE CSO 7 18 96.1
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws HISCOCKS DRIVE CSO 22 17 99.9
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws HAMPTON ROAD CSO 24 17 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws BELLOTTS ROAD CSO 20 13 95.3
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws CUMBERLAND ROAD OLD GAOL SYPHON CSO 3 12 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws BRASSMILL LANE (EAST) CSO 6 11 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws CENTRAL AVENUE COMBINED SEWER OF 15 9 96.9
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws 37 ENDLESS STREET CSO 22 9 99.9
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws BECKHAMPTON ROAD CSO 21 8 99.7
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws HUDDS VALE ROAD CSO 28 8 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws 5 SPRINGFIELD AVENUE CSO 24 7 98.3
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws CHURCHILL BRIDGE ISLAND CSO 20 6 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws WESTMORELAND ROAD CSO 8 6 98
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws LYNCOMBE VALE CSO 15 5 91.1
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws LONG CLOSE CSO 6 5 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws BUDE AVENUE FOOTBALL PITCH CSO 16 5 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws BEWDLEY ROAD CSO 15 4 93.9
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws LOCKSBROOK ROAD CSO 16 4 99.8
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws LUCKLANDS ROAD COMBINED SEWER OF 14 4 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws SEA MILLS LANE (PORTWAY BRIDGE) CSO 4 4 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws OLD PARK RD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 19 4 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws SOUTHGATE STREET CSO 15 3 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws SALISBURY AVENUE COMBINED SEWER OF 15 3 95.9
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws WICKHOUSE FARM CSO 2 3 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws LYNCOMBE VALE CSO 18 3 93.2
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws HOLDENHURST ROAD CSO 12 3 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws NEATH ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 4 2 50.5
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws WHITBY ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 6 2 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws 30 STATION ROAD CSO 12 2 92.3
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws 7 SPRINGFIELD AVENUE CSO 12 2 98.5
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws ST GEORGE'S PARK 2 CSO 12 2 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws 24 TO 39 HAZEL GROVE 11 2 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws FOX HILL WOODLANDS COTTAGE CSO 6 1 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws BISHOPS ROAD CSO 10 1 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws DORSET CLOSE CSO 9 1 96.9
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws BEDMINSTER ROAD CSO 8 1 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws PRIOR PARK ROAD CSO 9 1 97.3
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws MEADOW VALE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 7 0 98.6
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws WIDCOMBE RISE CSO 12 0 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws FIELDINGS ROAD CSO 3 0 95.1
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws SOUTHLANDS COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 6 0 86.7
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws COLLEGE STREET CSO 4 0 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws WHITBY ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 1 0 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws 223 HAYCOMBE DRIVE 2 0 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws ENGLISHCOMBE LANE CSO 3 0 92.6
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws 39 SPEEDWELL ROAD CSO 1 0 98.4
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws SEA MILLS LANE (2) CSO 1 0 96
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws BLOOMFIELD RD JUNCTION CSO 0 0 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws DARTMOUTH AVENUE CSO 0 0 98.6
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws MOUNT ROAD CSO 0 0 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws WHITE WAY ROAD CSO 0 0 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws 12 SIDCOT ROAD CSO 0 0 100
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws 57 LYPPIATT ROAD CSO 0 0 98.7
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws BROOMHILL ROAD CSO 0 0 97.2
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws MARION WALK CSO 0 0 98.9
Wessex Water River Avon Via Sws LOWER HIGH STREET CSO 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

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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