Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Northumberland Coast - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 2,699 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 410 hours so far..

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Totals for Northumberland Coast in 2026

Sewage2,699 hours
Monitoring offline410 hours
Potential pollution0 hours
Storm overflows63

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Daily Data - when it rained, and when they spilled

Square = rainfall none → heavy
Drop = sewage minutes → all day
Potential pollution Monitoring offline
Jan - 771 hours
Feb - 1,630 hours
Mar - 79 hours , 1 offline
Apr - 12 hours , 0 offline
May - 7 hours
Jun - 29 hours
Jul - 42 hours
Aug - 33 hours , 132 offline
Sept - 9 hours , 84 offline
Oct - 83 hours
Nov - 0 hours , 193 offline

Storm overflows in and around Northumberland Coast

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Northumbrian Water RED BARNS, BAMBURGH SPS North Sea 41 738h 38m -
Northumbrian Water SCREMERSTON NO 2 SPS North Sea 47 504h 51m -
Northumbrian Water RAF BOULMER SPS North Sea 24 456h 42m -
Northumbrian Water Embleton Sewage Treatment Works Embleton Burn 31 272h 5m -
Northumbrian Water BOULMER SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS North Sea 22 217h 57m -
Northumbrian Water MITCHELL AVENUE SPS North Sea 20 102h 46m -
Northumbrian Water BEADNELL HARBOUR SPS North Sea 15 95h 32m -
Northumbrian Water AMBLE HARBOUR SPS River Coquet 18 75h 1m 130 h
Northumbrian Water EMBLETON SEWAGE WORKS CSO Embleton Burn 21 69h 40m -
Northumbrian Water CRASTER SOUTH SPS North Sea 25 41h 3m 102 h
Northumbrian Water HOLY ISLAND STW North Sea 8 37h 4m -
Northumbrian Water STEPPY LANE PUMPING STATION River Aln 3 17h 20m -
Northumbrian Water TURNER STREET SPS River Coquet 4 14h 9m 2 h
Northumbrian Water STEPPEY LANE CSO A020 Hips Burn 15 13h 14m -
Northumbrian Water DUNSTAN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Craster Burn 7 11h 58m -
Northumbrian Water ALNMOUTH SPS River Aln 5 10h 57m 84 h
Northumbrian Water DERWENT WATER TERRACE CSO BT022 North Sea 4 9h 20m -
Northumbrian Water CRASTER NORTH SPS North Sea 1 3h 6m -
Northumbrian Water AVONDALE CSO Aln 6 3h 39 h
Northumbrian Water WOODLANDS NO 3 SPS River Coquet 1 1h 50m 0 h
Northumbrian Water HARBOUR SPS North Sea 3 1h 46m 51 h
Northumbrian Water BEAL BANK SPS River Coquet 3 0h 56m -
Northumbrian Water WARKWORTH SEWERAGE SYSTEM SSO MH NO Coquet, Tidal Waters 1 0h 12m -
Northumbrian Water SOUTHFIELD CSO N. Sea 1 0h 12m -
Northumbrian Water KING STREET SPS North Sea 2 0h 4m -
Northumbrian Water JOLLY FISHERMAN CSO North Sea 1 0h 2m -
Northumbrian Water A1068 ROAD BRIDGE CSO Coquet Estuary 1 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water SEA LANE PUMPING STATION Embleton Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water LESBURY(HIPSBURN)CSO Hips Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water CSO AT HEUGH ROAD P/STN North Sea 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water BEADNELL (SWINHOE ROAD) SPS North Sea 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water ST AIDANS SEWAGE PUMPING STATION North Sea 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -

Data Sources & Accuracy

EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales, and Scottish Water

Experimental derived data from Thames Water API, Some data may be missing or inaccurate. Live sewage data from Stream Water API

Annual figures up to and including 2025 come from official water company returns. The 2026 figure is our own estimate, derived continuously from the companies' live data feeds.

Uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.

This website is intended to provide an accurate representation of the Environment Agency data. The data is hard to use, and thus some errors may have been made. If you find something that is incorrect, please raise an issue at the GitHub issues page and we'll endeavour to fix it quickly.

This project is not associated, approved or endorsed by any of the companies whose logos you see here.