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River Brit polluted by sewage 235 times in 2025 - lasting 1,623 hours

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Totals for River Brit in 2025
6 Sites polluted by Wessex Water
235 sewage dumps
1,623 h duration
That's 2.25 months. 4.5 times a week, on average
Constituencies along River Brit
Places along River Brit

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Wessex Water River Brit SOUTHGATE PUMPING STATION 62 637 100
Wessex Water River Brit NETHERBURY PUMPING STATION 52 588 99.1
Wessex Water River Brit SOUTH STREET CSO 58 314 94.1
Wessex Water River Brit BRIDPORT WEST STREET CSO 40 65 89.7
Wessex Water River Brit HAMS PATH COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 12 11 100
Wessex Water River Brit WEST BRIDGE CSO 11 6 99.3
Wessex Water River Brit WEST BAY ROAD 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

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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