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River Frome polluted by sewage 1,046 times in 2025 - lasting 5,794 hours

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Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Wessex Water River Frome MAIDEN NEWTON WATER RECYCLING CENTR 41 669 99.8
Wessex Water River Frome DORCHESTER (LOUDS MILL) STW 44 644 99.85
Wessex Water River Frome TRUDOXHILL PUMPING STATION 53 584 100
Wessex Water River Frome NORTH STREET PS 37 539 100
Wessex Water River Frome WESTWOOD WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 30 421 99.2
Wessex Water River Frome NIGHTINGALES BRIDGE CSO 60 419 100
Wessex Water River Frome EVERSHOT WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 45 405 100
Wessex Water River Frome CHURCH ROAD CSO 32 354 100
Wessex Water River Frome MORRIS ROAD PUMPING STATION 36 187 100
Wessex Water River Frome WITHAM FRIARY PUMPING STATION 17 163 100
Wessex Water River Frome SUNNY ACRES FOOT BRIDGE CSO 14 158 100
Wessex Water River Frome CLYDE ROAD CSO 51 146 100
Wessex Water River Frome EVERSHOT COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 76 144 100
Wessex Water River Frome BECKINGTON WWTW 11 131 99.9
Wessex Water River Frome STATION ROAD CSO 23 110 100
Wessex Water River Frome ADDERWELL CLOSE CSO 58 106 99.9
Wessex Water River Frome KINGS ARMS PS, STOBOROUGH 22 95 100
Wessex Water River Frome LOWER KEYFORD CSO 58 81 100
Wessex Water River Frome SHARPSTONE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 29 63 98.9
Wessex Water River Frome FROME WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 22 60 100
Wessex Water River Frome EASTVILLE PARK CSO 13 45 100
Wessex Water River Frome HARCOMBE FARM CSO 42 40 100
Wessex Water River Frome LYTCHETT LANE PUMPING STATION 11 30 100
Wessex Water River Frome RAILWAY COTTAGES PUMPING STATION 20 22 100
Wessex Water River Frome SOUTH EAST PUMPING STATION 10 16 100
Wessex Water River Frome RECTORY ROAD CSO 5 16 98
Wessex Water River Frome FRENCHAY PARK ROAD CSO 11 15 100
Wessex Water River Frome BOVINGTON TERMINAL PUMPING STATION 3 14 100
Wessex Water River Frome NEW INN PUMPING STATION 4 13 99.9
Wessex Water River Frome WALLBRIDGE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 3 11 100
Wessex Water River Frome STAPLETON RD AND GLENFROME RD CSO 27 8 95.8
Wessex Water River Frome STOBOROUGH RIDGE PUMPING STATION 3 8 99.9
Wessex Water River Frome WAREHAM COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 6 7 100
Wessex Water River Frome RODE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 3 7 97.4
Wessex Water River Frome YOUTH CENTRE CSO 21 6 97.3
Wessex Water River Frome THE MANSE CSO 2 6 100
Wessex Water River Frome COURT HOUSE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 19 5 100
Wessex Water River Frome EAST KNIGHTON PUMPING STATION 1 4 100
Wessex Water River Frome MERCHANTS BARTON CSO 17 4 100
Wessex Water River Frome MULLER ROAD CSO 13 4 100
Wessex Water River Frome CHAPLIN ROAD CSO 5 3 100
Wessex Water River Frome MAIDEN BRADLEY CSO 12 2 88.9
Wessex Water River Frome RODDEN ROAD CSO 2 2 100
Wessex Water River Frome PORTWAY LOCKS HILL CSO 17 2 100
Wessex Water River Frome CHAMPION COURT CSO 2 1 100
Wessex Water River Frome NORTH ROAD PS 1 1 100
Wessex Water River Frome NORTH OF CARPET FACTORY CSO 4 0 100
Wessex Water River Frome BRIDGE WAY CSO 4 0 100
Wessex Water River Frome MARLBOROUGH STREET CSO 2 0 100
Wessex Water River Frome WESTWAY PRECINCT CAR PARK CSO 3 0 100
Wessex Water River Frome FRENCHAY PARK ROAD CSO 1 0 95.5
Wessex Water River Frome BROADMEAD ROUNDABOUT CSO 0 0 79.7
Wessex Water River Frome NELSON STREET (2) CSO 0 0 100
Wessex Water River Frome NELSON STREET 1 CSO 0 0 92.8
Wessex Water River Frome BOND STREET SOUTH CSO 0 0 65
Wessex Water River Frome HIGH STREET/ST MARKS CSO 0 0 100
Wessex Water River Frome BLACKBERRY HILL CSO 0 0 100
Wessex Water River Frome BRENTRY ROAD CSO 0 0 100
Wessex Water River Frome DUNCAN CRESCENT PUMPING STATION 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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