Southern Water breached its storm overflow permits 195 times in 2022, up from 77 the previous year.
Among the nine water companies across England, Southern Water recorded the highest number of permit breaches in 2022The number of times Southern Water breached its storm overflow permits has increased by 153% in the last year, new data has revealed.Among the nine water companies across England, Southern Water recorded the highest number of permit breaches last year.
In comparison, Thames Water recorded 51 breaches and 33 overflows in 2022, while South West Water recorded 42 and 11 respectively.However, a Southern Water spokeswoman said the data was not an official record of pollution incidents. "However, we know this still isn't good enough and are working extremely hard to drive down storm overflows, investing significantly to optimise our infrastructure and using innovative nature-based and engineering solutions, to slow the flow of surface and groundwater into our sewers."
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