Bishop Auckland was polluted by sewage 4,407 times in 2024
lasting 36,398 hours - that's 4.21 years!
- but monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more

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Live data for Bishop Auckland in 2025
So far this year (as of Apr 16, 2025, 1:15 PM) there has been 8,424 hours of sewage overflows - that's 0.97 years!
Totals for Bishop Auckland in 2024
116 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water
4,407 sewage dumps
36,398 h duration
That's 4.21 years! On average 12.1 times a day
Change Over Time
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Waterways in Bishop Auckland
Daily Data
We get information about overflowing CSOs since January 2025. Here is a chart of the last three months of data for Bishop Auckland, here you can see overflows in red, the darker the red, the more the CSO overflowed that day.
Each CSO has a row, the most recent data is on the right hand side.
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Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Bishop Auckland in 2024. 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 1 of the total 131 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year, of which 1 had zero reporting.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Northumbrian Water River Balder COTHERSTONE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 228 4,350 100
Northumbrian Water Wear WESTERN AREA STW 135 2,059 99.9
Northumbrian Water Wear LOW WADSWORTH STW 119 2,047 100
Northumbrian Water River Tees MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE SEWAGE TREATM 156 1,730 99
Northumbrian Water Gaunless BUTTERKNOWLE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 130 1,688 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless DELLWOOD PUMPED STORAGE TANK CSO 103 1,673 77.9
Northumbrian Water River Tees WHORLTON STW 92 1,514 97.9
Northumbrian Water Rookhope Burn ROOKHOPE STW 118 1,369 99.8
Northumbrian Water Langley Beck STAINDROP SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 82 1,262 100
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless CATTLE MARKET B SSO 97 1,085 95.8
Northumbrian Water Wear NEWFIELD STW 115 1,048 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Wear LOW WADSWORTH PS 64 993 73
Northumbrian Water Wadley Burn FIR TREE STW 108 939 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Tees GAINFORD SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 104 914 99.5
Northumbrian Water Hummer Beck NEW MOORS SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 86 852 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Wear WITTON-LE-WEAR PS 57 761 100
Northumbrian Water Langley Beck, OLD CLEATLAM STW 62 603 99.6
Northumbrian Water Manifold Beck, BOLDRON STW 112 559 99.7
Northumbrian Water Houselop Beck, TOW LAW STW 120 555 90.6
Northumbrian Water Gaunless FIELDON BRIDGE CSO 49 513 100
Northumbrian Water Linburn Beck HAMSTERLEY STW 88 512 99.8
Northumbrian Water Gaunless COCKFIELD STW 41 508 99.9
Northumbrian Water Crook Beck BLADESIDE CSO 69 484 99.7
Northumbrian Water Wear STANHOPE STW 58 483 99.9
Northumbrian Water Coal Burn ETHERLEY LANE CSO 64 471 83
Northumbrian Water Wear VINOVIUM STW 50 468 99.6
Northumbrian Water Heugh Syke - Of River Tees MICKLETON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 72 466 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Tees BARNARD CASTLE STW 66 441 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear WOLSINGHAM STW 47 423 100
Northumbrian Water Sudburn Beck STAINDROP PUMPING STATION 54 416 84.7
Northumbrian Water Langton Beck LANGTON BECK PS 75 362 100
Northumbrian Water Crook Beck PEASES WEST CSO 47 357 94.7
Northumbrian Water River Greta BOWES SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 57 282 99.9
Northumbrian Water Crook Beck, WEST ROAD CSO 45 275 99.9
Northumbrian Water Rookhope Burn STOTSFIELD BURN CSO 35 253 99.1
Northumbrian Water Wear FROSTERLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 71 243 100
Northumbrian Water Beechburn Beck THE HOLLOWS CSO WV50 42 235 98.2
Northumbrian Water River Tees ROMALDKIRK SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS 31 233 74
Northumbrian Water Gaunless RAMSHAW SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 65 227 58.55
Northumbrian Water Langton Beck HEADLAM SPS 40 200 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear WESTGATE CSO 44 195 91
Northumbrian Water River Balder THE HAGG CSO 45 163 100
Northumbrian Water Deepdale Beck STARTFORTH PS 25 163 100
Northumbrian Water Rushyford Beck LEASINGTHORNE SPS CSO 53 137 98.5
Northumbrian Water Dene Beck VINOVIUM SSO NO A23 27 120 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear HUNTSHIELD FORD CSO 39 107 96.3
Northumbrian Water River Wear ESCOMB SPS 17 98 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear RIVERSIDE (BUTTS CRESCENT) CSO 45 87 92.9
Northumbrian Water Beechburn Beck THE HOLLOWS CSO WV49 29 81 98.7
Northumbrian Water River Wear STANHOPE SWIMMING POOL CSO 46 80 97.4
Northumbrian Water Coundon Burn RIVERSIDE CSO 9 74 98.3
Northumbrian Water Dene Beck CUMBERLAND STREET SSO 29 72 95.2
Northumbrian Water Norton Fine Gill, TOFT HILL EJECTOR CSO & EO 32 69 99.7
Northumbrian Water Langton Beck, Tees Catch COS TO REAR 12 SPRINGWELL CLOSE 30 68 96.9
Northumbrian Water Nor Beck BARNINGHAM STW 20 68 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear BONDISLE WAY CSO 30 59 86.9
Northumbrian Water River Tees DEMESNES MILL CSO 33 55 97.7
Northumbrian Water River Tees BARNARD CASTLE STW 32 50 96.9
Northumbrian Water Tees GRAY LANE STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW 30 46 99.9
Northumbrian Water Waskerley Beck EAST END CSO 31 45 95.7
Northumbrian Water Lance Beck WINDMILL COTTAGE CSO THE MILL TE066 21 42 83.4
Northumbrian Water River Wear SCOTCH ISLE FARM CSO 19 39 95.7
Northumbrian Water Crook Beck EVENWOOD LANE CSO 26 33 100
Northumbrian Water Grewburn Beck QUARRY LANE SSO 19 32 77.8
Northumbrian Water Wear CHAPEL STREET CSO 24 30 98.2
Northumbrian Water Beechburn Beck VALLEY TERRACE CSO 6 29 95.6
Northumbrian Water River Skerne JUBILEE ROAD CSO 18 28 78.4
Northumbrian Water Crook Beck ULSWATER CRESCENT CSO 16 28 100
Northumbrian Water Black Burn BLACKBURN BRIDGE CSO (TE 015) 25 28 100
Northumbrian Water Gaunless VINOVIUM CSO A27 25 26 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Tees GALGATE CSO 19 26 97.8
Northumbrian Water Wear WEAR CHARE CSO 23 22 99.3
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless WADES FARM CSO WV 010 14 22 93.7
Northumbrian Water Beechburn Beck GRANGE BANK CSO 5 22 93.5
Northumbrian Water Grewburn Beck THE SLACK 17 22 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Tees THE LENDINGS (STARTFORTH) SPS 17 21 97.3
Northumbrian Water Gaunless TOAD POOL CSO TE351 9 20 78.8
Northumbrian Water Deerness CHURCH LANE CSO 18 20 99.9
Northumbrian Water Beechburn Beck MILL FARM COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 2 16 100
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless THE SLACK CSO (TE 010) 6 15 97.4
Northumbrian Water Woodham Burn CSO AT SHILDON 10 14 100
Northumbrian Water Wear GOMER TCE SSO 10 13 93.9
Northumbrian Water Coal Burn DENE HALL DRIVE CSO 7 12 99.9
Northumbrian Water Gordon Beck RAMSHAW PS 9 12 100
Northumbrian Water Gaunless COPELAND ESTATE OFF SITE SEWER 8 9 96.5
Northumbrian Water River Wear ROSE TERRACE CSO 14 6 100
Northumbrian Water Heugh Sike YARKER LANE CSO 7 6 90.4
Northumbrian Water Tees OVINGTON STW 8 6 100
Northumbrian Water Tees REAR OF RABY ROAD STORM SEWAGE OVER 3 5 98.5
Northumbrian Water Wear WESTGATE CARAVAN SITE CSO 1 4 75.8
Northumbrian Water Black Beck STAINTON CSO 6 4 98.3
Northumbrian Water River Tees CSO AT REAR OF 1 RIVER TERRACE 8 4 90.2
Northumbrian Water Heugh Sike OLD SCHOOL COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 4 3 100
Northumbrian Water Bell Burn BELL BURN WOOD CSO WV042 5 3 100
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless WOODHOUSE LANE LIBRARY CSO 6 3 100
Northumbrian Water Gaunless VINOVIUM SSOs A17, A18, A19 & A21 10 3 99.9
Northumbrian Water Black Burn Via A Sw Sewer COCKFIELD FELL NO2 CSO 4 2 95.8
Northumbrian Water Wear MILL COTTAGES CSO 6 2 100
Northumbrian Water Langley Beck STAINDROP SSO 6 2 99.8
Northumbrian Water Unnamed River Gaunless MOSTYN TERRACE CSO 4 2 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Tees CALIFORNIA ROW CSO 3 2 92.3
Northumbrian Water Culverted Beechburn Beck WOODFIELD HILL CROOK CSO 2 2 42.2
Northumbrian Water Seasonally Dry To River Wear NEWFIELD FARM CSO (NEW FIELD CSO 1) 5 2 100
Northumbrian Water Gaunless GIB CHARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 5 2 99.9
Northumbrian Water Crow Howle Beck LYNESACK AND SOFTLEY CSO (TE 011) 2 2 64.1
Northumbrian Water Wear VEDRA CLOSE SSO 2 1 86.1
Northumbrian Water Gaunless VINOVIUM SSO NO A32RIVER WALK WV 12 1 1 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Wear VINOVIUM CSO NO A9 3 1 100
Northumbrian Water Gaunless VINOVIUM SSO NO A13 4 0 99.9
Northumbrian Water Wear CHAPEL STREET CSO 4 0 98.6
Northumbrian Water River Tees WINSTON STW 5 0 94.9
Northumbrian Water Gaunless COCKFIELD P.S. & LANDS FARM CSO 2 0 97
Northumbrian Water Woodham Burn SHILDON CSO WEST ROAD AUCKLAND 1 0 100
Northumbrian Water Waskerley Beck ANGATE STREET CSO 1 0 100
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless CAROLINE STREET CSO 1 0 98
Northumbrian Water Tees DEMESNES MILL NO 3 CSO 1 0 99.3
Northumbrian Water Balder COTHERSTONE SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS 0 0 92.8
Northumbrian Water Tees NEWHOLME C.S.O. 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water Heugh Sike SOUTH VIEW CSO 0 0 72.3
Northumbrian Water Coundon Burn PARK HEAD STORAGE TANK CSO 0 0 0
Northumbrian Water Dene Beck CLOSE HOUSE STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW 0 0 55.1
Northumbrian Water River Wear BINCHESTER PLANTATION CSO 0 0 98.7
Northumbrian Water Gaunless SOUTH OF COCKFIELD STW CSO TE63 0 0 99.8
Northumbrian Water Tees EGGLESTON STW SSO 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water Linburn Beck, HAMSTERLEY CSO 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless SOUTH CHURCH CSO 0 0 91.2
Northumbrian Water Black Burn, FALLOWS CSO 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water Rushyford Beck RUTLAND STREET/LEEHOLME ROAD CSO 0 0 94
Northumbrian Water River Wear PARK ROAD CSO WV41 0 0 86.9
Northumbrian Water River Gaunless VINOVIUM CSO NO A22 0 0 83.3
Northumbrian Water Culverted River Wear ETHERLEY LANE (NO.87) CSO 0 0 94.3

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

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