Water company · Midlands
Currently spilling
Serves 4.6 million homes across the Midlands. Major rivers: Severn, Trent, Avon, Derwent.
Severn Trent Water operates 2,418 monitored storm overflows. 1 is currently spilling. 7 monitors are offline. In the last 30 days the network has discharged a cumulative 6.7 years across 448 events on average. The Truth Engine has 55 open flags against them right now.
2,418
Storm overflows
1
Active right now
7
Monitors offline
55
Open flags
112
Spills · last 7 days
6.7 years
Cumulative discharge · 30 days
4 days
Avg event length · 30 days
33
Spills · last 24 hours
8,113
spill events
+5695% vs prior 12m
872,515h
cumulative discharge
+135785% vs prior 12m
13 weeks
longest single event (all time)
2025-01-01
first event on record
Across 10 water companies in the EA dataset, Severn Trent Water averaged 24.2h per monitored overflow in the last 30 days. The national median was 23.6h per overflow. ranked 6 of 10 of UK water companies by 30-day spill hours per monitored overflow.
The 12 watercourses with the most Severn Trent Water overflows discharging into them.