Southern Water says number of storm overflows 'still isn’t good enough' after Environment Agency stats released

Event duration monitoring (EDM) figures released by the agency on Friday, March 31 show that the water services provider was responsible for fewer spills in 2022 than in 2021. However, this was ‘largely’ due to dry weather rather which saw a national reduction last year, according to the environment agency.

Environment Agency executive director John Leyland said: ‘The decrease in spills in 2022 is largely down to dry weather, not water company action. We want to see quicker progress from water companies on reducing spills and acting on monitoring data. We expect them to be fully across the detail of their networks and to maintain and invest in them to the high standard that the public expect and the regulator demands.’

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