Freshwater River polluted by sewage 1,986 times in 2024 - lasting 13,841 hours

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Totals for Freshwater River in 2024
75 Sites polluted by Southern Water
1,986 sewage dumps
13,841 h duration
That's 1.6 years! On average 5.4 times a day
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Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Freshwater River in 2024. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

These numbers are very slightly different from the Rivers page. We're working on it.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Southern Water Freshwater River REAR OF 35 PELHAM ROAD 96 988 100
Southern Water Freshwater River LEWES ROAD LINDFIELD 86 979 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River NO1 CSO STATION RD ROBERTSBRIDGE 100 792 100
Southern Water Freshwater River YALDING P.S. 63 783 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River UPPER DICKER SEWAGE P.S. 76 739 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River HAZELDEN PS CSO 71 627 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River LAND OFF SAMPSONS LANE 85 591 100
Southern Water Freshwater River HOREBEECH LANE PUMPING STATION 44 566 89.5
Southern Water Freshwater River PARTRIDGE PLACE PUMPING STATION 61 466 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River HEADCORN WASTE WATER STATION 48 464 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River SOUTH ASHFORD P.S. 51 435 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River SEWER MAYNARDS GATE PUMPING STN 77 392 94.1
Southern Water Freshwater River DOMEWOOD PUMPING STATION 35 391 100
Southern Water Freshwater River BALDWINS HILL PUMPING STATION 49 383 91.8
Southern Water Freshwater River RYE ROAD 25 370 99.7
Southern Water Freshwater River CHEQUERS PUMPING STATION 54 349 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River TILSMORE P.S., HEATHFIELD 50 329 99.6
Southern Water Freshwater River HUGGETTS FARM PUMPING STATION 40 322 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River HOLLANDS ROAD PUMPING STATION 61 301 99.7
Southern Water Freshwater River EWHURST LANE PUMPING STATION 38 265 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River SEWAGE DRAIN, SMARDEN 19 242 100
Southern Water Freshwater River BOUGHTON PUMPING STATION 43 238 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River BUCKLAND EAST TANK 19 171 99.75
Southern Water Freshwater River BOLNEY WOOD PUMPING STATION CEO 33 165 100
Southern Water Freshwater River HURSTPIERPOINT PUMPING STATION 40 157 99.7
Southern Water Freshwater River TURNERS MEAD P.S. 23 152 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River CHESTNUT WALK WWPS 38 151 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River IPING NORT CSO 24 150 100
Southern Water Freshwater River BEST BEECH WASTE WATER STATION 25 139 100
Southern Water Freshwater River CSO PELLINGS WOOD 33 131 100
Southern Water Freshwater River LOWER WAITES LANE, FAIRLIGHT, CSO1 23 119 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River NEW(BOGNOR MAIN) CSO 20 111 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River FREEKS LANE BURGESS HILL CSO 21 107 78.5
Southern Water Freshwater River BOARLEY LANE PUMPING STATION 19 95 100
Southern Water Freshwater River COOPERS GREEN PS, UCKFIELD 28 90 99.2
Southern Water Freshwater River BYBROOK PUMPING STATION 9 86 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River 8 HURSTWOOD PUMPING STATION 33 81 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River HORSMONDEN ROAD PUMPING STATION 20 80 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River BOLNEY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 14 76 100
Southern Water Freshwater River ROOKLEY PS 18 68 100
Southern Water Freshwater River THREE CUPS SEWAGE P.S. 13 64 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River BRIDGEWAYS 20 55 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River FARHALLS CRESCENT HORSHAM CSO 14 48 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River PEVENSEY PS NO 3 CSO 13 47 100
Southern Water Freshwater River CHIDDINGSTONE CAUSEWAY PUMPING STN 12 45 100
Southern Water Freshwater River BOULDNOR PS 19 31 100
Southern Water Freshwater River HIGH STREET UCKFIELD CSO 26 30 100
Southern Water Freshwater River TOWN FARM ESTATE PUMPING STATION 9 28 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River SHRIPNEY ROAD P.S. 3 26 100
Southern Water Freshwater River PEVENSEY PS NO 4 CSO 7 25 100
Southern Water Freshwater River MARDEN OLD WORKS PUMPING STATION 9 25 100
Southern Water Freshwater River COUSLEY WOOD PUMPING STATION 9 24 99.7
Southern Water Freshwater River CSO AT TOWN QUAY PS ARUNDEL 14 22 99.6
Southern Water Freshwater River NOAHS ARK LANE PS 3 20 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River NURSERY LANE PUMPING STATION 14 20 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River PORTSMOUTH LANE CSO 6 18 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River MILLBROOK BUSINESS PARK CSO 13 17 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River WARDS HILL WASTEWATER P S 6 16 100
Southern Water Freshwater River ROTHERFIELD LANE P.S. 4 14 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River BRIDGEFOOT PUMPING STATION 2 11 100
Southern Water Freshwater River BLACKMORES FARM CSO 3 11 65.5
Southern Water Freshwater River HEYTESBURY PUMPING STATION 4 10 100
Southern Water Freshwater River GLOUCESTER ROAD CSO 7 9 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River BLACKGANG PS 4 8 100
Southern Water Freshwater River KINGSBARN LANE PUMPING STATION 4 7 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River CSO AT THE WHARF PS SOUTH AMBERSHAM 1 7 100
Southern Water Freshwater River GARNIER ROAD 2 7 93.4
Southern Water Freshwater River BELL LANE PUMPING STATION 4 6 99.6
Southern Water Freshwater River CHESTFIELD STORM TANKS 1 4 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River CUCKFIELD ROAD 13 4 97
Southern Water Freshwater River LOOP STREET WASTEWATER PS 6 2 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River DOG KENNEL LANE SEWER 3 1 87.5
Southern Water Freshwater River ROCK LANE PUMPING STATION 3 1 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River FRAMFIELD ROAD SEWAGE PUMPING 2 0 99.9
Southern Water Freshwater River HIGH STREET POLEGATE 1 0 25.5
Southern Water Freshwater River 68 QUEENS ROAD CSO 0 0 0
Southern Water Freshwater River MAPLE WALK TANK CSO 0 0 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River WATER LANE/ARUNDEL ROAD 0 0 100
Southern Water Freshwater River BROOK ROAD WASTEWATER PUMPING 0 0 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River MAISON DIEU PLACE 0 0 100
Southern Water Freshwater River COW LANE/ELMS VALE ROAD TANK 0 0 100
Southern Water Freshwater River DEAL PUMPING STATION 0 0 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River IVYARCH ROAD PS 0 0 100
Southern Water Freshwater River GIBBETTS MARSH PS 0 0 99.8
Southern Water Freshwater River PETT (GLEBE COTTAGES) WWPS 0 0 97.7
Southern Water Freshwater River JUNCTION EASST OF FAIRPLACE HILL 0 0 34.8
Southern Water Freshwater River MARYS COTTAGE 0 0 32.8
Southern Water Freshwater River STATION ROAD 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

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