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River Test polluted by sewage 187 times in 2025 - lasting 3,514 hours

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Totals for River Test in 2025
7 Sites polluted by Southern Water
187 sewage dumps
3,514 h duration
That's 4.88 months. 3.6 times a week, on average

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Southern Water River Test KINGS SOMBORNE WWTW 125 2,800 99.6
Southern Water River Test MILLBROOK WWTW 34 448 99.9
Southern Water River Test ROMSEY WWTW 17 227 90.3
Southern Water River Test CHILBOLTON WWTW 2 14 99.2
Southern Water River Test MEMORIAL PARK ROMSEY CEO 1 8 75
Southern Water River Test BLECHYNDEN TERRACE SOUTHAMPTON CSO 6 8 100
Southern Water River Test TRAFALGAR WAY STOCKBRIDGE CEO 2 7 99.6
Southern Water River Test FULLERTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORK 0 0 100
Southern Water River Test HOUGHTON ROAD STOCKBRIDGE CEO 0 0 99.7

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

Annual figures up to and including 2025 come from official water company returns. The 2026 figure is our own estimate, derived continuously from the companies' live data feeds.

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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