A modest reduction in sewage spills between 2021 and 2022 can largely be attributed to below-average rainfall

Recorded annual spill events from

storm overflows in England

301,091 spill events

Which translates as

roughly 825 a day

400,000

300,000

200,000

100,000

0

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Recorded annual spill events from storm overflows in England

301,091 spill events

Which translates as

roughly 825 a day

400,000

300,000

200,000

100,000

0

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022