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Glastonbury and Somerton

Polluted by sewage 2,037 times in 2025 lasting 23,171 hours - That's 2.68 years!

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Live data for Glastonbury and Somerton in 2026

So far this year (as of 15 Apr 2026, 04:00) there has been 27,522 hours of sewage overflows, from 183 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s - that's 3.19 years!

Totals for Glastonbury and Somerton in 2025

77 Sites polluted by Wessex Water
2,037 sewage dumps
23,171 hours duration
That's 2.68 years. On average 5.6 times a day

Change Over Time

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Pollution Summary 2025

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

Reporting refers to how much of the time the monitoring was active. In this constituency all the declared CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s appeared to have monitoring enabled for more than 50% of the year

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Wessex Water Long Sutton Catchwater PIBSBURY PUMPING STATION 62 1,393 100
Wessex Water Wellahms Brook MONTACUTE CSO 82 1,313 79.8
Wessex Water River Cary SOMERTON STW 56 1,145 99.8
Wessex Water River Brue BUTLEIGH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 65 1,048 100
Wessex Water River Isle FIVEHEAD WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 51 1,013 100
Wessex Water Bull Brook ROOKERY FARM PS 49 1,002 100
Wessex Water Crouds Lake BENNETTS ORCHARD PUMPING STATION 54 989 99.8
Wessex Water River Cale CHARLTON MUSGROVE STW 59 939 99.9
Wessex Water Park Brook KINGSDON PUMPING STATION 45 894 100
Wessex Water Cunlease Rhyne TOOTLE BRIDGE PUMPING STATION 45 806 100
Wessex Water River Cam FROG LANE PUMPING STATION 41 760 99.9
Wessex Water Bearley Brook YEOVIL WITHOUT STW 89 751 100
Wessex Water River Yeo MARSTON MAGNA PUMPING STATION 37 676 100
Wessex Water Glast Mill Stream GLASTONBURY WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 49 603 99.5
Wessex Water Parrett And Hinton Meads Brook MARTOCK WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 58 567 99.9
Wessex Water River Cam SPARKFORD WRC 74 539 100
Wessex Water River Yeo LIMINGTON PUMPING STATION 37 534 100
Wessex Water River Yeo ILCHESTER WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 34 502 95.2
Wessex Water Low Ham Rhyne PITNEY PUMPING STATION 35 483 100
Wessex Water River Yeo YEOVILTON WEIR PUMPING STATION 50 483 100
Wessex Water Witcombe Bottom Drain TINTINHULL AND ASH WWTW 41 465 100
Wessex Water River Parrett NORTON SUB HAMDON PUMPING STATION 35 414 100
Wessex Water River Cam NORTH CADBURY WATER RECYCLING CENTR 44 335 100
Wessex Water River Isle ILTON WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 50 334 100
Wessex Water Bow Brook TEMPLECOMBE 31 288 100
Wessex Water River Cary CHARLTON ADAM PUMPING STATION 23 277 100
Wessex Water River Cary CASTLE CARY WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 22 273 100
Wessex Water Barton Brook BARTON ST DAVID PUMPING STATION 31 264 100
Wessex Water Henover Brook MILBORNE PORT STW 22 264 100
Wessex Water River Parrett KINGSBURY EPISCOPI PUMPING STATION 23 255 99.9
Wessex Water River Cale WINCANTON WWTW 32 251 100
Wessex Water River Carey KEINTON MANDEVILLE PS 23 249 100
Wessex Water Cad Brook FROST LANE PUMPING STATION 21 234 100
Wessex Water Bearley Brook CHILTHORNE DOMER STW 38 202 99.9
Wessex Water Of Kings Moor Main Drain KNOLE PUMPING STATION 14 194 100
Wessex Water River Brue Mill Stream MANHOLE 11, & PORCHESTAL SPS 25 192 96.5
Wessex Water Bromers Brook CHARLTON HORETHORNE WWTW 21 175 100
Wessex Water River Cale HENSTRIDGE PUMPING STATION 21 175 100
Wessex Water Glastonbury Mill Stream NORTHLOAD BRIDGE PUMPING STATION 16 170 100
Wessex Water Millstream LOWER SOMERTON PS 15 165 99.9
Wessex Water Mill Stream BALTONSBOROUGH(MAIN)PUMPING STATION 34 156 100
Wessex Water River Brue ALFORD WATER RECYCLING CENTRE 17 153 100
Wessex Water South Drain STREET MAIN PS 26 132 99.9
Wessex Water River Brue BRUTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 8 110 100
Wessex Water Drayton Drain CURRY RIVEL COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 11 92 100
Wessex Water Wagg Rhyne WAGG BRIDGE PUMPING STATION 7 84 99.9
Wessex Water River Yeo MUDFORD PUMPING STATION 11 76 100
Wessex Water River Parrett THE COAT PUMPING STATION 20 76 100
Wessex Water River Yeo ILCHESTER PUMPING STATION 6 75 100
Wessex Water Long Sutton Main Drain UPTON PUMPING STATION 10 74 100
Wessex Water Mill Stream ORCHARD LEIGH CSO 10 70 99.9
Wessex Water River Cam MILDMAY PLACE CSO 13 61 100
Wessex Water Drayton Drain DUCKS LANE 6 42 100
Wessex Water River Cale Via Sws MOOR LANE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 10 37 100
Wessex Water Oxleasedrove Rhyne East ALLER PUMPING STATION 8 35 100
Wessex Water Northstreet Moor Rhyne Via Sws SOMERTON ROAD COMBINED SEWER OF 36 34 100
Wessex Water Wellhams Brook QUEENS CRESCENT CSO 31 31 100
Wessex Water Rivr Sheppey WELLS ROAD PS 8 28 100
Wessex Water Hinton Meads Brook HURST COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 18 22 97.3
Wessex Water River Cale BENNETTS FIELD CSO 21 20 100
Wessex Water River Cam GREEN LANE PUMPING STATION 2 16 100
Wessex Water South Drain FARM LANE CSO 12 15 99.9
Wessex Water Bow Brook TEMPLECOMBE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 16 15 100
Wessex Water Mill Brook COURT HOUSE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 1 11 100
Wessex Water Upper River Brue MILLFIELD SCHOOL PS 3 9 100
Wessex Water Wellhams Brook THE WELL HOUSE CSO 9 8 99.4
Wessex Water Unknown MIDDLE BROOKS ROAD PUMPING STATION 3 8 98.3
Wessex Water Wellhams Brook NORTH STREET CSO 21 7 100
Wessex Water Bullmead Ditch HOUNDSWOOD DRIVE PS 3 6 100
Wessex Water River Brue ACTIS PUMPING STATION 2 5 95.1
Wessex Water Glastonbury Millstream MANOR HOUSE ROAD CSO 11 3 100
Wessex Water River Cale BAYFORD PUMPING STATION 3 3 100
Wessex Water Bullmead Ditch FORD STREAM CSO 11 3 100
Wessex Water South Drain GLASTON ROAD CSO 6 3 100
Wessex Water River Cam SOUTH CADBURY PUMPING STATION 1 1 100
Wessex Water River Cary NEW HILL CSO 1 0 100
Wessex Water Highway Drain , River Yeo TRENT VIEW CSO 1 0 97.1
Wessex Water River Stour PEN MILL PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
Wessex Water Bow Brook SLADES HILL PS 0 0 100
Wessex Water Old Rhyne Via Sws STRODE ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 0 0 100
Wessex Water Wagg Drove Rhyne WAGG DROVE PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
Wessex Water Glastonbury Mill Stream WIRRAL PARK 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

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