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<p>The Environment Agency holds data for storm overflows, which includes combined
sewer overflows, storm discharges at sewage treatment inlet works, storm tank overflows
and storm overflows at pumping stations.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2015 and 2020, water
and sewage companies embarked on an initiative to monitor the vast majority of storm
overflows in England. The data below is informed by this monitoring program and records
the number of spills from storm overflows monitored.</p><p> </p><p>It is important
to note that these data sets have grown from 2016. Initially, it took a year for monitors
to be installed and to produce annual data. Therefore data is provided from 2016-2019.
To contextualise the number of spills recorded, the numbers of storm overflows monitored
that year should also be considered.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number
of storm overflows monitored</p></td><td><p>862</p></td><td><p>2,515</p></td><td><p>6,182</p></td><td><p>8,276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number
of recorded spill events</p></td><td><p>12,637</p></td><td><p>33,159</p></td><td><p>146,930</p></td><td><p>292,864</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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