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๐Ÿ’ง Water accountability

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.

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Who regulates what

๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England

  • Environment Agency โ€” enforcement + storm-overflow spill monitoring (EDM data).
  • Ofwat โ€” economic regulator (pricing, penalties).
  • Drinking Water Inspectorate โ€” drinking-water quality.
  • Office for Environmental Protection โ€” oversight of government/environment law.

๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland

  • SEPA โ€” environmental regulator.
  • Scottish Water โ€” publicly owned; publishes overflow-event data.
  • Drinking Water Quality Regulator โ€” drinking water.
  • Environmental Standards Scotland โ€” oversight; reported "major improvements required" to overflow monitoring.

๐Ÿงฑ The new "water super-regulator" (in motion)

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

๐Ÿ“ก Live & historical data (public sources)

๐ŸŽฏ What we're tracking (historical โ†’ present โ†’ live)

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.

๐ŸŒŠ Live water & flood data โ€” right now

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.

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๐Ÿค– AI summary โ€” the current water picture
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Source: UK Environment Agency flood-monitoring API (public). Sewage discharge detail via the open-source Deveroonie/SewageData map linked above.