Blackburn polluted by sewage 1,072 times in 2022 - lasting 3,979 hours

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Totals for Blackburn in 2022
30 Sites polluted by United Utilities
1,072 sewage dumps
3,979 h duration
That's 5.53 months. On average 2.9 times a day

Pollution Summary 2022

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Blackburn in 2022. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
United Utilities River Blakewater PHILIPS ROAD CSO 85 1,375 100
United Utilities Culvert Culvert St MERCHANTS LANDING CULVERT ST CSO 78 861 94.6
United Utilities River Blakewater V Sws PHILIPS ROAD CSO (052LO) 127 296 100
United Utilities River Darwen BOLTON ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 95 274 73.85
United Utilities River Blakewater ADDISON CLOSE CSO 77 216 99.2
United Utilities River Blakewater APPLEBY SREETT CSO 73 215 96.3
United Utilities River Blakewater LOWER AUDLEY CSO 47 127 97.6
United Utilities Leeds/Liverpool Canal INFIRMARY STREET CSO 05050 13 73 100
United Utilities Clvrt'D Section Knuzden Brook ACCRINGTON ROAD CSO 53 72 100
United Utilities River Blakewater NEW MILL STREET CSO 14 72 99.9
United Utilities River Blakewater WITTON TANKS CSO 42 68 100
United Utilities Queens Park Culvert DICKENS STREET CSO 39 62 99.9
United Utilities River Blakewater THWAITES BREWERY YARD 37 53 99.9
United Utilities Little Harwood Brook WHALLEY OLD RD/PROVIDENCE ST CSO 68 45 92.9
United Utilities River Darwen WELLINGTON ROAD CSO 27 44 57.1
United Utilities Queens Park Culvert Via Sws CUMBERLAND STREET CSO 40 39 99.55
United Utilities River Blakewater APPLE STREET CSO 42 26 100
United Utilities Queens Park Culvert QUEENS PARK ROAD CSO 24 21 99.9
United Utilities River Blakewater ROLLESTON ROAD CSO 17 11 100
United Utilities River Blakewater GATE STREET CSO 32 10 100
United Utilities River Blakewater BEECHWOOD ROAD CSO 12 6 100
United Utilities River Blakewater Via Sws WHALLEY RANGE/MILLHAM STREET CSO 6 0 100
United Utilities River Darwen CHERRY TREE/FENISCOWLES CSO 5 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater LARK HILL/BROOKHOUSE LANE CSO 5 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater BROWNHILL DRIVE CSO 4 0 98.2
United Utilities River Blakewater WHALLEY NEW ROAD CSO 4 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater GRIMSHAW PARK CSO 1 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater PRINGLE STREET CSO 2 0 99.5
United Utilities River Blakewater MANOR ROAD CSO (052ER) 2 0 99.7
United Utilities River Blakewater NOTRE DAME GARDENS CSO 1 0 95.5
United Utilities River Blakewater 293 PRESTON OLD ROAD CSO (052M0) 0 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater RAMSGREAVE DRIVE CSO 0 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater FIELDEN STREET CSO 0 0 0
United Utilities Culvert River Darwen SHARPLES STREET CSO 0 0 0
United Utilities River Blakewater DAISY LANE CSO 0 0 0
United Utilities River Blakewater DUKES BROW CSO 0 0 0
United Utilities River Darwen 293 PRESTON OLD ROAD CSO (052M0) 0 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater WHALLEY RANGE/GRACE STREET CSO 0 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater WHALLEY RANGE / WESLEY STREET CSO 0 0 98
United Utilities River Blakewater GREAT BOLTON STREET CSO 0 0 100
United Utilities Culvert Pringle St BACK QUEENS PARK RD 0 0 0
United Utilities River Darwen AQUEDUCT ROAD CSO 0 0 0
United Utilities River Darwen GORSE ST COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 0 0 0
United Utilities Arley Brook REVIDGE RD/PRESTON NEW RD SSO 0 0 0

Data Sources & Accuracy

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

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