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River Parrett polluted by sewage 212 times in 2025 - lasting 1,322 hours

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Totals for River Parrett in 2025
11 Sites polluted by Wessex Water
212 sewage dumps
1,322 h duration
That's 1.84 months. 4.1 times a week, on average
Places along River Parrett

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Wessex Water River Parrett NORTON SUB HAMDON PUMPING STATION 35 414 100
Wessex Water River Parrett SOUTH PERROTT WWTW 37 341 100
Wessex Water River Parrett KINGSBURY EPISCOPI PUMPING STATION 23 255 99.9
Wessex Water River Parrett MISTERTON PUMPING STATION 25 117 100
Wessex Water River Parrett THE COAT PUMPING STATION 20 76 100
Wessex Water River Parrett TAUNTON ROAD PS 15 33 100
Wessex Water River Parrett CHILTON STREET(SALTLANDS) PS 15 27 100
Wessex Water River Parrett COLLEY LANE PUMPING STATION 11 27 100
Wessex Water River Parrett EAST QUAY PUMPING STATION 22 14 100
Wessex Water River Parrett BRISTOL ROAD S P STN 8 8 100
Wessex Water River Parrett WEST QUAY PS 1 5 100
Wessex Water River Parrett BLAKE GARDENS PS 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

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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