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Blaydon and Consett - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 3,927 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 2,976 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Blaydon and Consett so far for 2026. It is an estimate, based on very poor quality live data from the Water Companies. The water companies report their sewage to the Environment Agency every year in April. You can see the last reported year in the other page

What's a potential overflow? If the CSO goes 'Offline' while its Overflowing, we don't know if it stopped overflowing until we get a 'Stop' event.

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Daily Data

Jan - 1,161 hours , 387 offline
Feb - 2,263 hours , 968 offline
Mar - 344 hours , 655 offline
Apr - 25 hours , 200 offline
May - 132 hours , 764 offline
Jun - 0 hours
Jul - 0 hours
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Northumbrian Water CONSETT STW River Derwent 31 343h 54m -
Northumbrian Water CROOKHALL STW Stockerley Burn, 35 331h 50m -
Northumbrian Water LOCKHAUGH STW River Derwent 17 245h 20m -
Northumbrian Water BURNOPFIELD CSO Leapmill Burn 26 230h 22m -
Northumbrian Water BLAYDON BURN WAGONWAY CSO River Tyne Saline Estuary 10 206h 42m -
Northumbrian Water HAMSTERLEY MILL PUMPING STATION Pont Burn 25 196h 32m 179 h
Northumbrian Water CLARA VALE SPS River Tyne 32 195h 24m -
Northumbrian Water RIVERSIDEWAY CSO River Derwent 19 161h 27m -
Northumbrian Water CROOKHALL STW Stockerley Burn, 28 149h 20m -
Northumbrian Water DIPTON STW Dipton Burn 15 139h 24m -
Northumbrian Water ARMONSIDE RD CONNOLLY TERRACE CSO River Derwent 17 133h 42m -
Northumbrian Water BLAYDON METALS NO 1 CSO Tyne Saline Estuary 15 133h 30m -
Northumbrian Water LOCKHAUGH STW River Derwent 25 104h 42m -
Northumbrian Water HIGH SPEN SPS Barlow Burn 24 101h 21m -
Northumbrian Water DIPTON STW Dipton Burn 26 98h 30m -
Northumbrian Water EBCHESTER SPS River Derwent 17 97h 59m -
Northumbrian Water HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY PS Derwent 15 93h 15m -
Northumbrian Water FACTORY ROAD CSO Tyne 14 91h 28m -
Northumbrian Water SOUTH WYLAM PUMPING STATION Stanley Burn 29 85h 26m -
Northumbrian Water SMAILES LANE CSO G15 Low Spen Burn 16 83h 3m -
Northumbrian Water BLAYDON BANK CSO Tyne Estuary 25 80h 28m -
Northumbrian Water ST MARYS PRIMARY SCHOOL CSO Backstone Burn 5 79h 4m -
Northumbrian Water CUTLERS HALL ROAD (NO. 29) STORM Backstone Beck River Derwe 13 77h 54m -
Northumbrian Water RGIL LOCKHAUGH RD & SHRBURN PRK CSO River Derwent 11 56h 20m -
Northumbrian Water STATION BANK CSO River Tyne Estuarine Waters 20 52h 49m -
Northumbrian Water BUSTY BANK CSO Leapmill Burn 19 51h 22m -
Northumbrian Water PONT B CSO Pont Burn 13 47h 40m -
Northumbrian Water DIPWOOD ROAD CSO GO16 Derwent, 11 32h 9m -
Northumbrian Water BUTSFIELD LANE CSO DER092 Smallhope Burn 17 30h 20m -
Northumbrian Water EAST OF KNITSLEY GRANGE FARM CSO Smallhope Burn 14 29h 54m -
Northumbrian Water GREEN BRIDGE CSO (DER 137) Derwent 6 24h 7m -
Northumbrian Water BLAYDON METALS NO 2 CSO Tyne 3 19h 58m 663 h
Northumbrian Water CONSETT ACADEMY SOUTH CSO DER090 Dene Burn 11 16h 40m -
Northumbrian Water HAUGH LANE CSO River Tyne 3 13h 12m 1,228 h
Northumbrian Water PENNINE VIEW CSO River Derwent 5 12h 41m -
Northumbrian Water PONT LANE A CSO Pont Burn 2 10h 42m -
Northumbrian Water STATION ROAD CSO G020 Derwent 4 9h 3m 105 h
Northumbrian Water ASH TREE LANE CSO Spen Burn 3 8h 46m -
Northumbrian Water CHURCH ROAD CSO Backstone Burn 6 8h 24m -
Northumbrian Water WEST LANE SCHOOL CSO River Derwent 4 8h 4m -
Northumbrian Water FELLSIDE CSO (DER 174) Backgill Burn 6 5h 50m -
Northumbrian Water CHOPWELL ROAD CSO River Derwent 1 5h 48m -
Northumbrian Water SHOTLEY BRIDGE CSO DER0004 River Derwent 2 4h 22m -
Northumbrian Water Holburn Lane CSO, Ryton - NWL name River Tyne Estuary 1 3h 17m -
Northumbrian Water VINDOMORA VILLAS CSO Blackstone Burn River Derwent 1 3h 16m -
Northumbrian Water BRIARDENE Derwent, 2 2h 44m -
Northumbrian Water A692 CSO Dene Burn 5 1h 50m -
Northumbrian Water DERWENT CARAVAN PARK PUMPING STN Derwent 2 1h 30m -
Northumbrian Water BERRY EDGE ROAD CSO DER096 Dene Burn 3 1h 12m -
Northumbrian Water DERWENTHAUGH ROAD CSO River Derwent 2 0h 54m -
Northumbrian Water CROFTDALE ROAD CSO Tyne Estuary 1 0h 54m -
Northumbrian Water ADDISON VILLAGE CSO UNIT 3 Tyne 2 0h 52m -
Northumbrian Water BLACKHALL MILL PUMPING STATION Tongue Burn 1 0h 34m 439 h
Northumbrian Water CSO AT CHURCH DENE River Tyne Estuary 2 0h 16m -
Northumbrian Water CONSETT OAP HALL CSO Backstone Burn 1 0h 14m -
Northumbrian Water CASTLESIDE Dene Burn 1 0h 12m -
Northumbrian Water SIXTH ST SSO Stockerley Burn, 1 0h 10m -
Northumbrian Water QUEENSWAY CSO Backstone Burn 3 0h 8m -
Northumbrian Water TAY STREET CSO River Derwent 1 0h 4m 107 h
Northumbrian Water HIGH FRIARSIDE CSO Derwent, 1 0h 4m -
Northumbrian Water 85 SNOWS GREEN ROAD Snows Green Burn 1 0h 2m -
Northumbrian Water IVESTON LANE CSO Iveston Burn 1 0h 1m -
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 5 SOUTH STREET CSO, CROOKHALL Stockerley Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water CSO 28 BEWESHILL CRESCENT Blaydon Burn 0 0h 99 h
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 Dunelm Road Combined Sewer Overflow Dene 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 STELLA ROAD CSO Clvrt Watercrse River Tyne 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water REAR 39 CUTLERS HALL ROAD Backstone Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water SUMMERHILL CSO River Tyne Saline Estuary 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 CRAWCROOK LANE CSO Tyne 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 Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water PONT BUNGALOWS Pont Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water GAS LANE CSO River Tyne Saline Estuary 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 SHOTLEY BRIDGE HOSPITAL CSO Tinkerhill Gill 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 EAST FARM CSO Barlow Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water SOUTH STREET STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW Stockerley Burn, 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water MOORSIDE CSO DER002 Dene Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water HIGH SPEN CSO ROWLANDS GILL 6 Spen Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water GREENSIDE CSO River Tyne 0 0h 153 h
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water COCHRANE STREET CSO Tyne 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 DENECREST CSO Ebchester Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water SHIBDON ROAD CSO Derwent Estuary 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water DURHAM ROAD REF NO 36 Tinkerhill Gill, 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 IVES ROAD CSO Pont 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 Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water STELLA ROAD CSO Clvrt Watercrse River Tyne 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 WHISKEY JACKS SPS River Derwent 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water CHOPWELL PARK FOOTPATH CSO Tongue Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water CONSETT IRON WORKS Howden Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water CONSETT CSO DERWENTDALE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE DER 168 (OOS) - NWL name Culverted Section Of Howden 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 BUSTY BANK CSO Leapmill Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water BUSTY BANK STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW Leapmill Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water SOUTH TERRACE CSO (G003) Tongue Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water SNOWS GREEN ROAD CSO (DER010) Derwent 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 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

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.

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