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River Trent — photographed by Andrew Abbott / Geograph
Photo: Andrew Abbott / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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River Trent

185 miles from Staffordshire to the Humber. Industrial heartland river — high pressure from sewage and agriculture.

144

Storm overflows

1

Active right now

1

Spill events · 24 h

20

Open discrepancies

2

Monitors offline

422

WIMS sampling points

21

Hydrology stations

Spill record· last 12 months · across the river

616

spill events

+20433% vs prior 12m

39,007h

cumulative discharge

+1100835% vs prior 12m

6 weeks

longest single event (all time)

2025-03-27

first event on record

Currently spilling· 1

  1. 01

    RIVER TRENT

    Severn Trent Water · SVT01679 · spilling for 6 weeks

Truth Engine flags· 20 open

+ 8 more in the full feed

Recent spill events· last 7 days · 13

Monitors offline· 2