Southern Water · overflow SWS00976
No active event
MEDWAY
Southern Water reports no current spill. In the last 30 days the overflow has discharged a cumulative 44 min across 1 events.
📍 51.22786°, 0.42063°
Southern Water · overflow SWS00976
No active event
Southern Water reports no current spill. In the last 30 days the overflow has discharged a cumulative 44 min across 1 events.
📍 51.22786°, 0.42063°
2
spill events
1h
cumulative discharge
44 min
longest single event (all time)
2026-02-13
first event on record
In the last 30 days this overflow recorded 1h of discharge. Across Southern Water's 1,031 monitored overflows the median was 0h. This site is in the top 5% by 30-day spill duration.
107 other overflows discharge into the MEDWAY. Combined recorded discharge in the last 30 days: 275h.
SO-E0000629 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS
1.6 km away · last tested 5 weeks ago
SO-E0000531 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS
1.7 km away · last tested 3 weeks ago
SO-E0000523 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS
2.7 km away
No swimmer-relevant measurements available.
SO-RSN2153 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS
3.1 km away
No swimmer-relevant measurements available.
SO-E0000380 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS
3.4 km away · last tested 5 weeks ago
SO-E0000645 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS
4.3 km away
No swimmer-relevant measurements available.
The record above is verifiable from public Environment Agency and water-company data. Three official accountability channels — pre-filled with the evidence on this page.
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Subject: Complaint: storm overflow SWS00976 on the MEDWAY Dear Southern Water, I am writing to formally raise a concern about storm overflow SWS00976, which public Environment Agency data shows recording 1 spill events totalling 44 min in the last 30 days into the MEDWAY. Evidence: - Last 30 days: 1 spill events totalling 44 min - Location: 51.22786, 0.42063 - Source: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub, OGL v3, cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.co.uk/overflow/8547) [Add your personal context here — e.g. how you use this stretch of water and how this incident affects you.] Please respond with: 1. The cause of this discharge or monitor outage 2. The action being taken to resolve it 3. The expected timeline for resolution 4. What measures are in place to prevent recurrence I have copied the Environment Agency, Ofwat, and my MP into this correspondence where appropriate. Yours faithfully, [Your name] [Your address] [Your customer reference if you are a Southern Water customer]
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Subject: Constituent concern: Southern Water sewage discharge — overflow SWS00976 Dear [your MP — WriteToThem will fill this in], I am writing as your constituent to raise concern about ongoing sewage discharges from Southern Water in our area. A specific recent example is storm overflow SWS00976, which public Environment Agency data shows recording 1 spill events totalling 44 min in the last 30 days into the MEDWAY. Evidence on the public record: - Last 30 days: 1 spill events totalling 44 min - Location: 51.22786, 0.42063 - Source: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub, OGL v3, cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.co.uk/overflow/8547) [Add your personal context here — e.g. how you use this stretch of water and how this incident affects you and your family.] I would like to ask: 1. Whether you support strengthening the regulatory regime for storm overflows and monitor coverage in particular 2. Whether you would raise this specific incident with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs or with Ofwat 3. What steps Parliament is taking to hold Southern Water accountable for the gap between shareholder distributions and the state of monitoring on the ground Yours sincerely, [Your name] [Your address — WriteToThem requires a postal address to verify constituency] Sources: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub · Environment Agency WIMS Water Quality Archive · cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.co.uk/overflow/8547)
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