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Perth City WwTW - Storm Tank 2 Ssso

Storm overflow operated by Scottish Water, discharging into River Tay. SSSO.

Right now

Discharging now
Since 25 Sep 2026, 10:15 UK time · 3 h 40 min so far. Feed updated 4 min ago.

"Not discharging" means the company's monitor reports no discharge right now — not that the water is clean. The feed publishes status only; no discharge volume is measured.

Official figures

231overflow events   2,306hours

2025, from Scottish Water's overflow data reported to SEPA (number of overflow events; Scottish Water does not use the 12/24-hour count). The monitor reported for 56% of the year.

YearEventsHoursMonitored
2021no data—
2022no data—
2023no data—
2024373,29074%
20252312,30656%

"No data" means the monitor was not working or not required to report that year — not zero spills. Scottish Water counts each overflow event; England and Wales count 12/24-hour "spills", so these numbers are not directly comparable with English or Welsh overflows.

Discharges we have observed

271 discharge periods since 12 Feb 2024, 1 still open. 267 of them come from Scottish Water's own event-duration-monitoring records (published by the company, Feb 2024 – Dec 2025); the live feed adds anything after that. The official annual count above is the figure to quote.

2024: 155 spills · 3,300 h · 154 days2025: 146 spills · 2,296 h · 147 days2026: 3 spills · 7 h · 3 days

Year chips use the EA's 12/24-hour counting method (the first 12 hours of a discharge count as one spill, each further 24-hour block with discharge as one more), so they are comparable with the official figures above; the monitor log's 275 raw blocks were merged into 271 continuous discharge periods (gaps under 15 min joined).

Started (UK time)EndedDischarge timeSource
25 Sep 2026, 10:15 ongoing 3 h 41 min live feed
24 Sep 2026, 11:21 24 Sep 2026, 12:11 50 min live feed · 2 blocks
23 Sep 2026, 22:58 23 Sep 2026, 22:59 0 min live feed · 2 blocks
23 Sep 2026, 12:36 23 Sep 2026, 15:05 2 h 29 min live feed · 2 blocks
28 Dec 2025, 02:29 28 Dec 2025, 02:45 16 min EDM log
27 Dec 2025, 11:17 27 Dec 2025, 12:59 1 h 42 min EDM log
22 Dec 2025, 18:35 22 Dec 2025, 18:58 23 min EDM log
22 Dec 2025, 15:03 22 Dec 2025, 15:39 36 min EDM log
22 Dec 2025, 12:34 22 Dec 2025, 14:43 2 h 9 min EDM log
22 Dec 2025, 09:25 22 Dec 2025, 12:02 2 h 38 min EDM log
21 Dec 2025, 22:41 21 Dec 2025, 23:31 49 min EDM log
21 Dec 2025, 20:32 21 Dec 2025, 22:12 1 h 39 min EDM log
20 Dec 2025, 15:53 20 Dec 2025, 19:27 3 h 34 min EDM log
20 Dec 2025, 15:00 20 Dec 2025, 15:35 36 min EDM log
20 Dec 2025, 12:57 20 Dec 2025, 13:21 24 min EDM log
20 Dec 2025, 11:06 20 Dec 2025, 11:31 26 min EDM log
20 Dec 2025, 06:40 20 Dec 2025, 06:59 20 min EDM log
19 Dec 2025, 09:31 20 Dec 2025, 06:24 20 h 52 min EDM log
18 Dec 2025, 22:12 19 Dec 2025, 00:57 2 h 45 min EDM log
17 Dec 2025, 18:57 17 Dec 2025, 19:27 30 min EDM log

Showing the latest 20 of 271.

Rain nearby — last 30 days

Nearest live rain gauge: Perth Norwich Union, 5.1 km away. Brown shading = when this overflow was discharging; ▼ = a discharge start.

Overflow shading is a timing match, not proof of cause — heavy rain and spills share a trigger. Times come from the water company’s event-duration monitor (site status only; no discharge volume is published).

Where it is

Nearest river gauge
Bridge of Earn (Earn) · 4.1 km
Nearest rain gauge
Site reference
CSO007525
Coordinates
56.38420, -3.38061

Concerned about this overflow?

Live status: © Scottish Water, near-real-time Overflow Map data, open licence for reuse. EDM monitors indicate overflows; they do not confirm them, and this is not advice on water quality. Spill-event history and annual figures: Scottish Water overflow event data, Open Government Licence. Times are shown in UK local time. FloodRadar republishes the monitor's status; it does not measure discharges itself.