Tracking illegal sewage spills and chemicals in drinking and bathing water across England and Scotland โ the regulators, the campaign for a new water regulator, and links to the live and historical public data so it can never be hidden.
A water super-regulator is being created in England to hold companies to account, alongside new powers to fine water bosses personally for spills and supply failures โ and to force firms to pass routine "MOT"-style inspections. England in progress
Spill counts, spill duration, the chemicals reported in water quality, and the fines/prosecutions issued โ from the historical Event Duration Monitoring record through to today's live discharge feeds. This page is the honest map: the data is public, and it stays visible here so abuse can't be buried.
Sources: Scottish Water, Environment Agency / national storm-discharge data, Environmental Standards Scotland, Ofwat, Drinking Water Inspectorate, SEPA, and the open-source UK sewage map. This page links to authoritative public data rather than re-publishing figures that change by the hour.
Real-time sensor data from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring API โ flood warnings, river levels, river flows and groundwater, fetched fresh on every visit. Scotland's live overflow data is via the Scottish Water and SEPA links above.
Source: UK Environment Agency flood-monitoring API (public). Sewage discharge detail via the open-source Deveroonie/SewageData map linked above.