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Bishop Auckland

Polluted by sewage 2,878 times in 2025 lasting 18,663 hours - That's 2.16 years!

Monitoring fell below 50% in some locations so could be more

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Live data for Bishop Auckland in 2026

So far this year (as of 17 Aug 2026, 04:46) there has been 20,321 hours of sewage overflows, from 291 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s - that's 2.35 years!

Totals for Bishop Auckland in 2025

114 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water
2,878 sewage dumps
18,663 hours duration
That's 2.16 years. On average 7.9 times a day

Change Over Time

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Bishop Auckland in 2025. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Reporting refers to how much of the time the monitoring was active. In this constituency 2 of the total 131 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Northumbrian Water River Balder COTHERSTONE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 161 2,196 99.8
Northumbrian Water Wear WESTERN AREA STW 107 1,822 99.5
Northumbrian Water Houselop Beck, TOW LAW STW 150 1,364 99.45
Northumbrian Water Gaunless BUTTERKNOWLE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 82 1,066 99.4
Northumbrian Water River Tees MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE SEWAGE TREATM 81 759 93.65
Northumbrian Water Wear NEWFIELD STW 96 697 99.9
Northumbrian Water Wear LOW WADSWORTH STW 62 679 98
Northumbrian Water River Wear LOW WADSWORTH PS 52 644 99.9
Northumbrian Water Rookhope Burn ROOKHOPE STW 59 595 100
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless CATTLE MARKET B SSO 78 582 97.9
Northumbrian Water Wadley Burn FIR TREE STW 56 555 97.6
Northumbrian Water Wear FROSTERLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 52 513 98.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear WOLSINGHAM STW 44 460 99.8
Northumbrian Water Hummer Beck NEW MOORS SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 55 421 98.8
Northumbrian Water Crook Beck PEASES WEST CSO 48 411 98
Northumbrian Water Linburn Beck HAMSTERLEY STW 97 365 99.9
Northumbrian Water Gaunless RAMSHAW SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 77 338 99.75
Northumbrian Water Heugh Syke - Of River Tees MICKLETON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 37 332 38
Northumbrian Water Crook Beck BLADESIDE CSO 54 329 97
Northumbrian Water Coundon Burn PARK HEAD STORAGE TANK CSO 35 324 79.9
Northumbrian Water Gaunless FIELDON BRIDGE CSO 28 300 87.9
Northumbrian Water River Tees GAINFORD SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 43 253 92.25
Northumbrian Water Gaunless COCKFIELD STW 22 209 99.9
Northumbrian Water Coal Burn ETHERLEY LANE CSO 40 205 98.5
Northumbrian Water Crook Beck, WEST ROAD CSO 37 187 92.8
Northumbrian Water Wear STANHOPE STW 29 170 99.9
Northumbrian Water Beechburn Beck THE HOLLOWS CSO WV50 38 164 99.1
Northumbrian Water River Greta BOWES SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 34 163 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Tees WHORLTON STW 19 157 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Tees BARNARD CASTLE STW 29 136 99.85
Northumbrian Water Sudburn Beck STAINDROP PUMPING STATION 33 129 100
Northumbrian Water Wear VINOVIUM STW 13 117 99.6
Northumbrian Water River Wear WITTON-LE-WEAR PS 34 104 94.6
Northumbrian Water Langley Beck, OLD CLEATLAM STW 12 98 98.9
Northumbrian Water Rushyford Beck LEASINGTHORNE SPS CSO 44 97 98.3
Northumbrian Water Dene Beck VINOVIUM SSO NO A23 32 91 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear WESTGATE CSO 21 85 90.3
Northumbrian Water Manifold Beck, BOLDRON STW 19 85 99.2
Northumbrian Water River Wear ESCOMB SPS 15 81 83.4
Northumbrian Water Rookhope Burn STOTSFIELD BURN CSO 22 79 99.7
Northumbrian Water Deepdale Beck STARTFORTH PS 9 76 100
Northumbrian Water Langton Beck LANGTON BECK PS 24 72 63.9
Northumbrian Water Dene Beck CUMBERLAND STREET SSO 24 65 95.2
Northumbrian Water Langley Beck STAINDROP SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 9 59 100
Northumbrian Water Grewburn Beck THE SLACK 20 58 90.5
Northumbrian Water River Wear RIVERSIDE (BUTTS CRESCENT) CSO 25 54 97
Northumbrian Water River Tees ROMALDKIRK SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS 24 53 99.55
Northumbrian Water River Wear BONDISLE WAY CSO 24 52 99.7
Northumbrian Water Norton Fine Gill, TOFT HILL EJECTOR CSO & EO 27 50 98.3
Northumbrian Water River Wear STANHOPE SWIMMING POOL CSO 29 47 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Tees WINSTON STW 45 44 97.5
Northumbrian Water Beechburn Beck THE HOLLOWS CSO WV49 24 41 99.6
Northumbrian Water Nor Beck BARNINGHAM STW 10 38 100
Northumbrian Water Waskerley Beck EAST END CSO 29 38 98.4
Northumbrian Water Coundon Burn RIVERSIDE CSO 6 32 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Balder THE HAGG CSO 25 32 86.8
Northumbrian Water River Skerne JUBILEE ROAD CSO 15 27 66.4
Northumbrian Water Crook Beck EVENWOOD LANE CSO 20 26 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Wear HUNTSHIELD FORD CSO 13 25 88.1
Northumbrian Water River Tees DEMESNES MILL CSO 20 25 98
Northumbrian Water River Tees BARNARD CASTLE STW 16 23 99.3
Northumbrian Water Tees OVINGTON STW 21 21 71.8
Northumbrian Water Wear CHAPEL STREET CSO 22 20 66.7
Northumbrian Water Tees GRAY LANE STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW 22 19 99.5
Northumbrian Water River Wear SCOTCH ISLE FARM CSO 16 19 99.9
Northumbrian Water Langton Beck, Tees Catch COS TO REAR 12 SPRINGWELL CLOSE 24 17 100
Northumbrian Water Wear WEAR CHARE CSO 19 17 98.4
Northumbrian Water Wear WESTGATE CARAVAN SITE CSO 2 16 99.3
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless THE SLACK CSO (TE 010) 5 15 90.8
Northumbrian Water Deerness CHURCH LANE CSO 18 15 98.2
Northumbrian Water River Tees THE LENDINGS (STARTFORTH) SPS 6 15 100
Northumbrian Water River Tees GALGATE CSO 14 14 96.6
Northumbrian Water Woodham Burn CSO AT SHILDON 9 14 99.6
Northumbrian Water Crook Beck ULSWATER CRESCENT CSO 14 13 99.4
Northumbrian Water Beechburn Beck GRANGE BANK CSO 12 11 98.8
Northumbrian Water Gaunless VINOVIUM CSO A27 13 9 79.8
Northumbrian Water Gordon Beck RAMSHAW PS 10 8 98.6
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless WADES FARM CSO WV 010 12 8 97.6
Northumbrian Water Grewburn Beck QUARRY LANE SSO 10 8 86.3
Northumbrian Water Coal Burn DENE HALL DRIVE CSO 5 7 99.4
Northumbrian Water Black Burn BLACKBURN BRIDGE CSO (TE 015) 12 6 99.5
Northumbrian Water Heugh Sike YARKER LANE CSO 6 5 99.7
Northumbrian Water Heugh Sike OLD SCHOOL COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 2 4 99.5
Northumbrian Water Lance Beck WINDMILL COTTAGE CSO THE MILL TE066 7 3 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Wear ROSE TERRACE CSO 12 3 91.2
Northumbrian Water Tees REAR OF RABY ROAD STORM SEWAGE OVER 1 3 99
Northumbrian Water Gaunless VINOVIUM SSOs A17, A18, A19 & A21 15 3 90.2
Northumbrian Water Gaunless COPELAND ESTATE OFF SITE SEWER 5 3 100
Northumbrian Water Gaunless TOAD POOL CSO TE351 2 2 84.4
Northumbrian Water River Tees CSO AT REAR OF 1 RIVER TERRACE 4 2 100
Northumbrian Water Wear VEDRA CLOSE SSO 2 2 100
Northumbrian Water Bell Burn BELL BURN WOOD CSO WV042 7 2 99.6
Northumbrian Water Gaunless GIB CHARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 6 2 97.4
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless WOODHOUSE LANE LIBRARY CSO 4 1 99.7
Northumbrian Water Woodham Burn SHILDON CSO WEST ROAD AUCKLAND 4 1 90
Northumbrian Water Langley Beck STAINDROP SSO 7 1 99.9
Northumbrian Water Seasonally Dry To River Wear NEWFIELD FARM CSO (NEW FIELD CSO 1) 8 1 97
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless DELLWOOD PUMPED STORAGE TANK CSO 4 1 93.4
Northumbrian Water Gaunless VINOVIUM SSO NO A13 3 1 97.4
Northumbrian Water Crow Howle Beck LYNESACK AND SOFTLEY CSO (TE 011) 2 0 93.1
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless CAROLINE STREET CSO 3 0 97.5
Northumbrian Water Black Burn Via A Sw Sewer COCKFIELD FELL NO2 CSO 5 0 99.5
Northumbrian Water Gaunless VINOVIUM SSO NO A32RIVER WALK WV 12 3 0 100
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless VINOVIUM CSO NO A22 1 0 78.9
Northumbrian Water Beechburn Beck VALLEY TERRACE CSO 1 0 99.5
Northumbrian Water Wear GOMER TCE SSO 1 0 97.1
Northumbrian Water Wear MILL COTTAGES CSO 3 0 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Wear VINOVIUM CSO NO A9 1 0 99.7
Northumbrian Water Linburn Beck, HAMSTERLEY CSO 2 0 96.4
Northumbrian Water Rushyford Beck RUTLAND STREET/LEEHOLME ROAD CSO 2 0 97.7
Northumbrian Water Gaunless COCKFIELD P.S. & LANDS FARM CSO 1 0 99.4
Northumbrian Water Black Beck STAINTON CSO 1 0 100
Northumbrian Water River Tees CALIFORNIA ROW CSO 1 0 98.1
Northumbrian Water Beechburn Beck MILL FARM COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 1 0 99.5
Northumbrian Water Waskerley Beck ANGATE STREET CSO 0 0 99.3
Northumbrian Water River Wear BINCHESTER PLANTATION CSO 0 0 96.2
Northumbrian Water Wear CHAPEL STREET CSO 0 0 95.1
Northumbrian Water Dene Beck CLOSE HOUSE STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW 0 0 36.1
Northumbrian Water Balder COTHERSTONE SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS 0 0 75
Northumbrian Water Tees DEMESNES MILL NO 3 CSO 0 0 99.7
Northumbrian Water Tees EGGLESTON STW SSO 0 0 95.3
Northumbrian Water Culverted River Wear ETHERLEY LANE (NO.87) CSO 0 0 97.9
Northumbrian Water Black Burn, FALLOWS CSO 0 0 97.8
Northumbrian Water Langton Beck HEADLAM SPS 0 0 99.9
Northumbrian Water Unnamed River Gaunless MOSTYN TERRACE CSO 0 0 97.2
Northumbrian Water Tees NEWHOLME C.S.O. 0 0 97
Northumbrian Water River Wear PARK ROAD CSO WV41 0 0 98.1
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless SOUTH CHURCH CSO 0 0 99.9
Northumbrian Water Gaunless SOUTH OF COCKFIELD STW CSO TE63 0 0 99.9
Northumbrian Water Heugh Sike SOUTH VIEW CSO 0 0 99.5
Northumbrian Water Culverted Beechburn Beck WOODFIELD HILL CROOK CSO 0 0 83.3

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

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