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Polluted by sewage 851 times in 2024 lasting 6,837 hours
Monitoring fell below 50% in some locations so could be more
So far this year (as of Apr 30, 2025, 9:15 AM) there has been 1,908 hours of sewage overflows
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We get information about overflowing CSOs since January 2025. Here is a chart of the last three months of data for Hastings and Rye, here you can see overflows in red, the darker the red, the more the CSO overflowed that day.
Each CSO has a row, the most recent data is on the right hand side.
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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Hastings and Rye in 2024. 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 1 of the total 31 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year.
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Water | River Rother | IDEN WWTW | 89 | 1,456 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | River Rother | RYE WWTW, HARBOUR ROAD, RYE | 70 | 866 | 99.8 |
| Southern Water | Tidal River Rother | MILITARY ROAD IDEN CSO | 68 | 809 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | River Tillingham | WISH STREET RYE CEO | 109 | 745 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | Pannel Sewer | GUESTLING GREEN WWTW | 86 | 549 | 99.6 |
| Southern Water | Marsham Sewer | FAIRLIGHT WWTW | 51 | 475 | 99.6 |
| Southern Water | River Rother | PEASMARSH WPS | 50 | 435 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | Freshwater River | RYE ROAD | 25 | 370 | 99.7 |
| Southern Water | Royal Military Canal | ICKLESHAM WWTW | 31 | 293 | 96.4 |
| Southern Water | Guldeford Sewer | LYDD ROAD PUMPING STATION | 18 | 152 | 100 |
| Southern Water | Freshwater River | LOWER WAITES LANE, FAIRLIGHT, CSO1 | 23 | 119 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | River Tillingham | ST MARGARETS TERRACE RYE CEO | 38 | 104 | 99.7 |
| Southern Water | English Channel | COOMBES GARAGE PUMPING STATION | 16 | 86 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | River Rother | CRICKET SALTS RYE CEO | 32 | 81 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | River Brede | FERRY HILL WINCHELSEA WWTW | 20 | 66 | 99.5 |
| Southern Water | Marsham Sewer | FAIRLIGHT DRAINAGE SYSTEM | 15 | 48 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | Marsham Sewer | WAITES LANE | 20 | 40 | 100 |
| Southern Water | Sailors Stream | MILL LANE HASTINGS CSO | 6 | 26 | 60 |
| Southern Water | Forge Stream | EBDENS HILL HASTINGS CEO | 14 | 22 | 86.1 |
| Southern Water | English Channel, Via Sewer | ST HELENS DOWN, HASTINGS CSO | 15 | 21 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | River Tillingham | WINCHELSEA ROAD RYE B CEO | 17 | 20 | 99.7 |
| Southern Water | Rye Harbour | MONKBRETTON BRIDGE RYE WPS | 27 | 18 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | English Channel | SEASIDE ROAD HASTINGS NO1 CEO | 3 | 9 | 99.7 |
| Southern Water | English Channel | CINQUE PORTS WAY HASTINGS CEO | 3 | 9 | 99.7 |
| Southern Water | English Channel | ROCK-A-NORE PUMPING STATION | 1 | 4 | 100 |
| Southern Water | Tidal River Rother | NORTH SALTS REAR 52 CSO | 2 | 1 | 18.4 |
| Southern Water | Doleham Ditch | BURGESS ROAD HASTINGS CEO | 1 | 0 | 99.8 |
| Southern Water | River Rother | FISHMARKET ROAD RYE CSO | 1 | 0 | 57.7 |
| Southern Water | Freshwater River | GIBBETTS MARSH PS | 0 | 0 | 99.8 |
| Southern Water | River Tillingham | HILL HOUSE RYE CEO | 0 | 0 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | Freshwater River | PETT (GLEBE COTTAGES) WWPS | 0 | 0 | 97.7 |
EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales, and Scottish Water
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