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Burton and Uttoxeter - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 2,792 hours in 2025 , monitoring offline 11,109 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Burton and Uttoxeter for 2025. It is an estimate, based on very poor quality live data from the Water Companies. This may not align with the 'official' reported sewage values from the water companies, which is reported in April following then end of the year - so 2025 numbers are reported in April 2026.

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 - 591 hours , 2,401 offline
Feb - 24 hours , 1,382 offline
Mar - 21 hours , 1,230 offline
Apr - 198 hours , 1,106 offline
May - 43 hours , 1,035 offline
Jun - 77 hours , 828 offline
Jul - 18 hours , 1,472 offline
Aug - 13 hours , 643 offline
Sept - 116 hours , 202 offline
Oct - 88 hours , 96 offline
Nov - 1,025 hours , 265 offline
Dec - 572 hours , 419 offline
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Severn Trent Water CLAYMILLS STW (SSTO) River Trent 39 678h 314 h
Severn Trent Water MAYFIELD STW (CSO) River Dove 40 279h 19m 64 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - SCALPCLIFF RD (CSO) River Trent 19 232h 57m -
Severn Trent Water MARCHINGTON STW (SSTO) River Dove 13 181h 45m 152 h
Severn Trent Water MARCHINGTON - SILVER LANE-STORM (CSO) Marchington Brook 22 137h 29m -
Severn Trent Water MAYFIELD STW (CSO) River Dove 18 107h 49m -
Severn Trent Water CHECKLEY STW (SSTO) River Tean 20 96h 8m 116 h
Severn Trent Water TUTBURY - BRIDGE STREET PS (CSO) River Dove 18 95h 4m 61 h
Severn Trent Water MARCHINGTON STW (SSTO) River Dove 8 67h 48m -
Severn Trent Water HORNINGLOW - TUTBURY ROAD XX (CSO) Kittling Greaves Brook 11 66h 24m 37 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - NEW ST (CSO) River Trent 6 65h 40m -
Severn Trent Water CLAYMILLS STW (SSTO) River Trent 8 61h 57m -
Severn Trent Water MARCHINGTON - SILVER LANE (SSO) River Dove 7 61h 26m 523 h
Severn Trent Water UTTOXETER (STW) River Dove 9 56h 54m -
Severn Trent Water CHECKLEY STW (SSTO) River Tean 11 45h 58m -
Severn Trent Water HORNINGLOW - WYGGESTON STREET 316 (CSO) Station Road Brook 29 41h 54m 36 h
Severn Trent Water SPATH - ASHBOURNE ROAD (SSO) River Tean 10 41h 32m 30 h
Severn Trent Water MARCHINGTON - SILVER LANE (SSO) River Dove 4 32h 10m -
Severn Trent Water HORNINGLOW - HORNINGLOW ROAD XX (CSO) Shobnall Brook 23 31h 51m 0 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - HEATH RD (CSO) River Trent 9 30h 51m 70 h
Severn Trent Water DENSTONE - DENSTONE HALL (CSO) River Churnet 15 30h 16m 179 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - STATION ST (CSO) River Trent 5 29h 29m 143 h
Severn Trent Water SHOBNALL - SHOBNALL ROAD (CSO) Shobnall Brook 12 26h 32m -
Severn Trent Water ROCESTER PS (CSO) River Churnet 10 23h 7m 87 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - NEW ST (CSO) River Trent 10 22h 49m 152 h
Severn Trent Water UTTOXETER (STW) River Dove 4 22h 16m -
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - MAYFIELD ROAD (CSO) River Trent 16 20h 36m 110 h
Severn Trent Water SPATH - ASHBOURNE ROAD (SSO) River Tean 3 20h 12m -
Severn Trent Water TUTBURY - BRIDGE STREET PS (CSO) River Dove 3 17h 59m -
Severn Trent Water HORNINGLOW - ROLLESTON ROAD XXX (CSO) River Trent 8 17h 49m 3 h
Severn Trent Water DENSTONE - DENSTONE HALL (CSO) River Churnet 5 12h 8m -
Severn Trent Water HANBURY - HANBURY HILL (ROCK HSE) (CSO) River Dove 1 12h 3m 88 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - SCALPCLIFF RD (CSO) River Trent 3 10h 15m 31 h
Severn Trent Water SHOBNALL - SHOBNALL STREET 212 (CSO) River Trent 7 10h 5m 65 h
Severn Trent Water UTTOXETER - DOVE BANK ROAD (CSO) Picknall Brook 7 9h 26m 68 h
Severn Trent Water HANBURY - (STAFFORDSHIRE) STW (SSTO) River Dove 4 9h 19m 1 h
Severn Trent Water STRETTON - DERBY ROAD (CSO) Nailsworth Stream 3 8h 29m -
Severn Trent Water STRAMSHALL - ASBOURNE ROAD (CSO) River Tean 12 7h 12m -
Severn Trent Water MARCHINGTON - SILVER LANE-STORM (CSO) Marchington Brook 3 6h 27m -
Severn Trent Water HORNINGLOW - HORNINGLOW ROAD XX (CSO) Shobnall Brook 5 6h 24m -
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - HEATH RD (CSO) River Trent 2 6h 17m -
Severn Trent Water SHOBNALL - SHOBNALL ROAD (CSO) Shobnall Brook 2 5h 16m -
Severn Trent Water UTTOXETER - HIGH STREET/MANOR ROAD (CSO) Uttoxeter Brook 6 4h 57m 394 h
Severn Trent Water HORNINGLOW - WYGGESTON STREET 316 (CSO) Station Road Brook 11 4h 50m -
Severn Trent Water ROCESTER - ROWAN COURT (CSO) River Stour 4 4h 45m -
Severn Trent Water TUTBURY - DUKE STREET (CSO) Tutbury Mill Fleam 10 3h 37m 491 h
Severn Trent Water MAYFIELD STW (SSTO) River Dove 4 3h 31m -
Severn Trent Water ROCESTER PS (CSO) River Churnet 2 3h 26m -
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - MAYFIELD ROAD (CSO) River Trent 3 2h 51m -
Severn Trent Water HORNINGLOW - ROLLESTON ROAD XXX (CSO) River Trent 2 2h 48m -
Severn Trent Water HORNINGLOW - TUTBURY ROAD XX (CSO) Kittling Greaves Brook 1 2h 19m -
Severn Trent Water UTTOXETER - DOVE BANK ROAD (CSO) Picknall Brook 2 2h 16m -
Severn Trent Water MAYFIELD STW (SSTO) River Dove 1 1h 25m -
Severn Trent Water ROCESTER - ASHBOURNE ROAD (CSO) River Churnet 1 1h 25m -
Severn Trent Water ROCESTER - ROWAN COURT (CSO) River Stour 2 1h 22m -
Severn Trent Water SHOBNALL - SHOBNALL STREET 212 (CSO) River Trent 1 1h 21m -
Severn Trent Water STRAMSHALL - ASBOURNE ROAD (CSO) River Tean 2 1h 11m -
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - STATION ST (CSO) River Trent 1 0h 36m -
Severn Trent Water STRETTON - DERBY ROAD CLAY MILLS (SSO) River Dove? 2 0h 34m -
Severn Trent Water ROCESTER - ASHBOURNE ROAD (CSO) River Churnet 3 0h 33m 28 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - FERRY ST (CSO) River Trent 2 0h 22m 47 h
Severn Trent Water ROLLESTON - SOUTH HILL (CSO) River Dove 1 0h 10m 986 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - FERRY STREET (CSO) River Trent 1 0h 4m -
Severn Trent Water TUTBURY - DUKE STREET (CSO) Tutbury Mill Fleam 1 0h 1m -
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - ANGLESEY RD XX (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - SCALPCLIFFE RD (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - SCALPCLIFFE RD X (CSO) River Trent 0 0h 262 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - SCALPCLIFFE RD X (CSO) River Trent 0 0h 130 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - ROSLISTON ROAD (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - FERRY STREET (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water HANBURY - (STAFFORDSHIRE) STW (SSTO) River Dove 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - FERRY ST (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - ASHBY RD (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BRANSTON - CLEWLEY ROAD (SSO) River Trent 0 0h 140 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - ASHBY RD (CSO) River Trent 0 0h 12 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - SCALPCLIFFE RD (CSO) River Trent 0 0h 107 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - ANGLESEY RD XX (CSO) River Trent 0 0h 25 h
Severn Trent Water STRETTON - DERBY ROAD (CSO) Nailsworth Stream 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water ROLLESTON - SOUTH HILL (CSO) River Dove 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water CHECKLEY - BADGERS HOLLOW SPS (CSO) River Tean 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BRANSTON - CLEWLEY ROAD (SSO) River Trent 0 0h 227 h
Severn Trent Water HANBURY - HANBURY HILL (ROCK HSE) (CSO) River Dove 0 0h 102 h
Severn Trent Water UTTOXETER - HIGH STREET/MANOR ROAD (CSO) Uttoxeter Brook 0 0h 112 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - ROSLISTON ROAD (CSO) River Trent 0 0h 49 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON UPON TRENT - CASEY LN (CSO) River Trent 0 0h 5,648 h

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

Annual figures up to and including 2025 come from official water company returns. The 2026 figure is our own estimate, derived continuously from the companies' live data feeds.

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.

This project is not associated, approved or endorsed by any of the companies whose logos you see here.