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Polluted by sewage 157 times in 2024 - lasting 656 hours
Lymington and Sowley, Pennington, Newtown, Yarmouth was the #49 most polluted shellfish area in England & Wales, by duration of sewage overflows, as reported by the water companies
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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Lymington and Sowley, Pennington, Newtown, Yarmouth in 2024.
We use data from the water companies, but we are seeing many anomalies that make us believe that location information is quite poor. The situation is likely far worse than reported here.
In particular: Totals on this page can differ from totals in the Ranked Shellfish page - number on this page are higher - this is due to a lack of standardization on shellfish area names. This page more accurately counts the differing names. For example "Solway" and "SOLWAY" are counted as different in the rankings, but correctly aggregated here.
Other CSOs may also be located nearby, however the water companies claim that these do not affect the water quality here.
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Water | Solent | NORTON HEADWORKS WPS | 91 | 469 | 100 |
| Southern Water | Yar Estuary | KINGS MANOR CEO | 18 | 80 | 100 |
| Southern Water | Freshwater River | THORELY ROAD BOULDNER CEO | 19 | 31 | 100 |
| Southern Water | Solent | NORTON WPS CSO | 7 | 29 | 100 |
| Southern Water | Solent | NORTON HEADWORKS WPS | 8 | 22 | 100 |
| Southern Water | Solent | YARMOUTH PS | 12 | 21 | 100 |
| Southern Water | Red Creek | NORTON GREEN CSO | 1 | 1 | 99.9 |
| Southern Water | Western Yar Estuary | MILL ROAD / TENNYSON ROAD CAR PARK | 1 | 0 | 100 |
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. This 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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