Great Ouse (Tidal River) at King's Lynn Purfleet Quay Ps
This is a sewage discharge monitoring station, which is usually a type of Event Duration Monitor (EDM). These stations themselves are designed to mitigate the impact of heavy rainfall by discharging, under permitted conditions, any overflow into a water body. They are often actively discharging during flood events. This page presents the data acquired by the monitoring system for this discharge station.
The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "Great Ouse (Tidal River)" This station has discharged sewage 73 time(s). The station has discharged for a total of 97.5 hour(s). This is 0.37% of the time which we have data for. In total: 4 day(s)* of elapsed time.
88.6 | 2978.3 hours This monitor has been operational for 88.6% of its total time we have data for. There are 2978.39 hours unaccounted for due to downtime of the monitor.
The worst year in our records for the "King's Lynn Purfleet Quay Ps" is 2023, discharging sewage for 51.8 hours of the year.
Uptimes below 90% (red line) should be accompanied by a reason
*This is total time in days, not individual days.
Yearly Summary
Most Recent Year - 2023
Great Ouse (Tidal River) | 31 Spills | 51.8 hours | 0.59 The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "Great Ouse (Tidal River)" This station discharged sewage 31 time(s) during 2023. The station discharged for a total of 51.8 hour(s). This is around 2 day(s)* or 0.59% of the year.
83.1 | 1475.1 hours This monitor was operational for 83.1% of the year. Leaving 1475.1 hours unaccounted for in the data. This falls below the 90% threshold where a reason should be given
The following reasons have been given for the downtime in 2023: Comms Failure / Issue
The following description has been given for downtime related actions intended, or taken, by the operator in 2023: N/A - Ongoing Investigation
*This is total time in days, not individual days of the year.
Permit & Governance
Attribute
Value
Governing Body
The Environment Agency
Operator
Anglian Water
Primary Permit #
AECTS10467
Secondary Permit #
AECTS677/10467/V002
2022
Great Ouse (Tidal River) | 18 Spills | 14.8 hours | 0.16 The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "Great Ouse (Tidal River)" This station discharged sewage 18 time(s) during 2022. The station discharged for a total of 14.8 hour(s). This is around 0 day(s)* or 0.16% of the year.
83.9 | 1403.3 hours This monitor was operational for 83.9% of the year. Leaving 1403.3 hours unaccounted for in the data. This falls below the 90% threshold where a reason should be given
The following reasons have been given for the downtime in 2022: Comms Failure / Issue
The following description has been given for downtime related actions intended, or taken, by the operator in 2022: N/A - Ongoing Investigation
*This is total time in days, not individual days of the year.
Permit & Governance
Attribute
Value
Governing Body
The Environment Agency
Operator
Anglian Water
Primary Permit #
AECTS10467
Secondary Permit #
AECTS677/10467/V002
2021
Great Ouse (Tidal River) | 24 Spills | 30.8 hours | 0.35 The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "Great Ouse (Tidal River)" This station discharged sewage 24 time(s) during 2021. The station discharged for a total of 30.8 hour(s). This is around 1 day(s)* or 0.35% of the year.
100 | 0 hours This monitor was operational for 100% of the year. Leaving 0 hours unaccounted for in the data.
*This is total time in days, not individual days of the year.
Permit & Governance
Attribute
Value
Governing Body
The Environment Agency
Operator
Anglian Water
Primary Permit #
AECTS10467
Secondary Permit #
AECTS677/10467/V002
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