Sewage Spills in England Fell 35% as Drought Curbed Overflows

Sewage spills in England fell by more than a third last year as unusually dry weather curbed storm overflows, but the country’s water industry remains far short of its pollution targets.

England’s storm overflows spilled 291,492 times in 2025, 35% less than in the previous year, according to Environment Agency data. The total spill duration was nearly 1.9 million hours compared with 3.6 million hours in 2024.