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Polluted by sewage 1,021 times in 2024 - lasting 5,942 hours
Monitoring fell below 50% in some locations so could be more
St Annes was the #6 most polluted bathing area in England & Wales, by duration of sewage overflows, as reported by the water companies
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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for St Annes in 2024.
We use data from the water companies, but we are seeing many anomalies that make us believe that bathing location information is quite poor. The situation is likely far worse than reported here.
If the locations of the sewage outlets look a bit unusual, it is likely that the reporting of the data from the water company is in error. We rely on their data in order to draw these maps.
Other CSOs may also be located nearby, however the water companies claim that these do not affect the water quality here.
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Utilities | Tarra Carr Gutter | LONGTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS | 149 | 1,973 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Tarleton Runner | MERE BROW WWTW | 123 | 1,282 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Darwin | FIELD EAST OF RIVER DARWIN CSO | 96 | 564 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | River Ribble Via Chain Culvert | MARSH LANE CSO PRE0021 | 137 | 301 | 99.2 |
| United Utilities | Wrongway Brook | STATION ROAD CSO 19084 | 27 | 243 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Longton Brook | CLIFFORD AVENUE WW NTWK PS | 39 | 239 | 94.3 |
| United Utilities | Dow Brook Frecklton Pl | NEAR SHIP INN CSO | 74 | 225 | 98.6 |
| United Utilities | Tarleton Runner | MERE BROW WWTW | 35 | 207 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | River Ribble | HOLME ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 71 | 193 | 99.5 |
| United Utilities | Dunkirk Dib | SHORE ROAD NETWORK PUMPING STATION | 53 | 109 | 99.8 |
| United Utilities | Boundary Brook | CAUSEY WAY COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 33 | 101 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas | SKELMERSDALE WWTW SKELM | 24 | 82 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Tidal River Ribble | PRESTON NETWORK TERMINAL PUMPING ST | 19 | 73 | 99.6 |
| United Utilities | Carr Brook, Of Dow Brook | KIRKHAM COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 19 | 70 | 99.2 |
| United Utilities | Savick Brook Rvr Ribble | COW HILL CLARKSONS FOLD CSO 33100 | 8 | 58 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Unnamed Of Mill Brook | THE GREENACRES CSO | 23 | 56 | 97.4 |
| United Utilities | Eaves Brook Savick Brook | WATLING STREET ROAD CSO 33024 | 9 | 52 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas | SKELMERSDALE WWTW SKELM | 12 | 47 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Dow Brook | DOW BRIDGE CSO 19080 | 8 | 27 | 98 |
| United Utilities | Chain Caul Culvert Into Ribble | WEST STRAND CSO CHAMBER C10 PRE0071 | 33 | 13 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | Of River Ribble | COP LANE CSO | 5 | 9 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Ribble | HAWTHORN CRESCENT CSO | 12 | 4 | 99.2 |
| United Utilities | Sutton Brook | WATERY LANE FORMER PS CSO 339DQ | 3 | 2 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Carr Brook | SCHOOL LANE CSO 192QK | 9 | 0 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | Savick Brook | Haslam Park North and South Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 33026) (PRE0090) | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Savick Brook | Haslam Park North and South Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 33026) (PRE0090) | 0 | 0 | 98.6 |
| United Utilities | River Ribble | FISHERGATE HILL CSO (CHAMBER C9) | 0 | 0 | 7.2 |
| United Utilities | River Ribble | FISHERGATE HILL CSO CHAMBER C8 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 |
| United Utilities | Moorbrook Culvert -> River Ribble | WATERY LANE CSO SHAFT C1 PRE0093 | 0 | 0 | 99.3 |
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. This uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.
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