City of Durham polluted by sewage 2,082 times in 2022 - lasting 6,153 hours

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Totals for City of Durham in 2022
93 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water
2,082 sewage dumps
6,153 h duration
That's 8.55 months. On average 5.7 times a day
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Pollution Summary 2022

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Northumbrian Water River Wear SUNDERLAND BRIDGE STW 82 650 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear PITHOUSE LANE CSO (WEST RAINTON 5) 32 546 38.4
Northumbrian Water Wear BARKERS HAUGH STW 48 425 99.6
Northumbrian Water Pittington Beck LOW PITTINGTON PUMPING STATION 27 325 99.8
Northumbrian Water Wear WEST RAINTON STW 28 319 77.3
Northumbrian Water River Deerness ESH WINNING SPS 48 224 100
Northumbrian Water Bowburn Beck BOWBURN STW (2002) 49 182 50.9
Northumbrian Water Browney STONEBRIDGE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 84 166 99.85
Northumbrian Water River Wear BARKERS HAUGH NO 8 CSO 57 164 100
Northumbrian Water Sherburn Beck SHERBURN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 29 145 100
Northumbrian Water River Browney WITTON GILBERT STW 70 145 99.4
Northumbrian Water Browney BEAR PARK (ALDIN GRANGE) STW 43 138 100
Northumbrian Water Unnamed Of River Browney BROWNEY LANE CSO 49 136 99.4
Northumbrian Water River Wear SANDS SYPHON SSO 30 120 27.4
Northumbrian Water River Wear FRANKLAND LANE CSO 42 116 62.5
Northumbrian Water Wear FINCHALE VIEW 57 113 98.9
Northumbrian Water Shadforth Beck LUDWORTH SSO 49 110 97.6
Northumbrian Water Wear, HIGH CARR ROAD CSO 71 105 81.3
Northumbrian Water River Wear ELVET SYPHON CSO 51 103 94.5
Northumbrian Water Black Dene Burn PITY ME SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 44 85 100
Northumbrian Water Bowburn Beck EDNA STREET CSO 39 80 99.5
Northumbrian Water River Browney ALDIN GRANGE CSO 39 74 96.9
Northumbrian Water Coxhoe Beck KELLOE STW 24 73 100
Northumbrian Water River Deerness SCOUT HOUSE FARM 1 CSO 13 71 99.7
Northumbrian Water Deerness HIGH WATERHOUSE FARM (100M WEST OF) 18 69 99.2
Northumbrian Water River Wear SUNDERLAND BRIDGE CSO 36 67 96
Northumbrian Water Bowburn Beck BOWBURN BRIDGE PS 25 64 100
Northumbrian Water Priest Burn TOOL HIRE CSO 25 64 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Deerness ESH WINNING CSO POINT A2 28 59 90
Northumbrian Water Wear PELAW WOOD SEWER, NO 1 BATHS BRIDGE 29 59 94.5
Northumbrian Water Coxhoe Beck PARADISE FARM (WILLOW FARM) CSO 23 58 100
Northumbrian Water Browney FRONT STREET CSO 79 57 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear BARKERS HAUGH CSO NO. 10 31 51 99.2
Northumbrian Water Deerness ESH WINNING CSO POINT A2 11 50 88.8
Northumbrian Water Pelaw Wood Beck LAUREL AVENUE CSO 33 48 99.8
Northumbrian Water Coxhoe Beck BLACK HORSE CSO 15 46 89.6
Northumbrian Water Coxhoe Beck RAILWAY LINE CSO 36 46 90
Northumbrian Water River Deerness BLEACH GREEN FARM CSO 18 45 99.9
Northumbrian Water Priest Burn FAIR VIEW STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW 11 37 100
Northumbrian Water River Browney GROVE TERRACE CSO DU005 34 35 97.5
Northumbrian Water River Wear WALKERGATE DURHAM CSO 14 35 39.4
Northumbrian Water Coxhoe Beck PARK HILL CSO 17 34 99.2
Northumbrian Water Wear CANTEBURY ROAD CSO 21 34 100
Northumbrian Water Deerness ESH WINNING CSO POINT A2 17 34 98.3
Northumbrian Water Coalford Beck PITTINGTON STW 9 33 4.9
Northumbrian Water Coxhoe Beck CORNFORTH PUMPING STATION 12 33 100
Northumbrian Water Pity Me Beck PITY ME ROUNDABOUT CSO 28 32 98.2
Northumbrian Water River Burn WATERHOUSE CSO 8 31 99.3
Northumbrian Water River Browney TOLL HOUSE ROAD CSO 38 28 98.7
Northumbrian Water Shadforth Beck CHURCH VILLAS CSO 14 28 99.6
Northumbrian Water Old Durham Beck SHINCLIFFE NO 2 PS 8 27 100
Northumbrian Water Wear SHINCLIFFE SSO MANHOLE NO. 2 10 27 100
Northumbrian Water Coldwell Burn LOCAL AVENUE 16 26 96
Northumbrian Water Chapman Beck CASSOP STW 12 25 12.1
Northumbrian Water Wear WEST RAINTON CSO DU085 25 24 99.8
Northumbrian Water Wear WEST RAINTON CSO DU085 18 24 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Wear MILLBURNGATE CSO 6 20 64.85
Northumbrian Water Goat'S Beck River Browney DURHAM SKILL CENTRE CSO DU008 22 20 99.9
Northumbrian Water Dene Burn DENESIDE CSO 26 17 99.8
Northumbrian Water Sherburn House Beck CHAPEL COURT DU068 11 15 99.3
Northumbrian Water Pelaw Wood Beck PELAW WOOD ST. GILES CLOSE CSO 5 10 99.8
Northumbrian Water Stockley Beck BRANCEPETH CSO 17 10 88.2
Northumbrian Water Pittington Beck STATION BANK (DU21) 15 9 100
Northumbrian Water Wear LEAMSIDE CSO 2 8 100
Northumbrian Water Wear HIGH ST CSO 8 8 100
Northumbrian Water Browney BROWNEY STW 25 7 94.4
Northumbrian Water Unnamed Of River Wear BELMONT STW 2 6 100
Northumbrian Water Coxhoe Beck DAVEY LAMP PH CSO 9 6 99.4
Northumbrian Water River Deerness SCOUT HOUSE FARM 2 CSO 11 5 98.1
Northumbrian Water River Wear SHINCLIFFE (A177) CSO 12 5 100
Northumbrian Water Wear SALISBURY PS 4 4 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear CHURCH STREET DU026 10 4 99.7
Northumbrian Water Wear WEST RAINTON CSO DU085 6 3 75.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear CATHEDRAL BANKS CSO 9 3 100
Northumbrian Water Pittington Beck RENNYS LANE PUMPING STATION 9 2 100
Northumbrian Water Deerness JOYCE TERRACE AND DEERNESS VIEW STW 1 2 100
Northumbrian Water Wear JUBILEE PLACE CSO 6 2 100
Northumbrian Water Wear CROSS STREET CSO 6 1 99.6
Northumbrian Water Wear FALLSWAY CSO (DU57) 2 1 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear BARKERS HAUGH NO 5 CSO 4 1 100
Northumbrian Water Coxhoe Beck COXHOE CSO 4 1 100
Northumbrian Water Nicky Nack Beck NICKY NACK PUMPING STATION 4 0 91.6
Northumbrian Water Blagdon Beck WEST STREET CSO 2 0 99.4
Northumbrian Water Goats Beck GOATSBECK TERRACE CSO 3 0 100
Northumbrian Water Coalford Beck HIGH PITTINGTON STW CSO 2 0 95.6
Northumbrian Water Coalford Beck HIGH PITTINGTON CSOs, MHs 27,28&29 3 0 97
Northumbrian Water Coalford Beck, SHERBURN SSO MANHOLE NO 32 3 0 98.4
Northumbrian Water Coxhoe Beck, KELLOE SSO MANHOLE NO. 18 2 0 99.9
Northumbrian Water Pittington Beck DEVONSHIRE ROAD WEST CSO 2 0 99.5
Northumbrian Water Flass Burn ATHERTON STREET CSO 2 0 91.4
Northumbrian Water Deerness BRANDON VILLAGE SSO 1 0 100
Northumbrian Water Pittington Beck DRAGON LANE CSO 1 0 100
Northumbrian Water Relley Gill BROOM PARK OLD WORKS CSO 1 0 95.9
Northumbrian Water Deerness ESH WINNING SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 0 0 0
Northumbrian Water Pittington Beck DEVONSHIRE ROAD EAST CSO 0 0 99.6
Northumbrian Water Clvrtd River Wear AINSLEY STREET CSO 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water Brancepeth Beck, RECTORY COTTAGE CSO 0 0 99.5
Northumbrian Water Sherburnhouse Beck SHERBURN SSO MANHOLE NO. 33 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water Wear STOCKTON RD & QUARRY HEADS LN CSOs 0 0 99.7
Northumbrian Water Brancepeth Beck BRANCEPETH STW 0 0 0
Northumbrian Water Wear BARCLAYS A CSO ELVET 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear WADDINGTON STREET CSO 0 0 99.8
Northumbrian Water Browney WITTON GILBERT STW 0 0 0
Northumbrian Water Wear/Pelaw Wood Beck CATHEDRAL BANKS CSO 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water River Browney SNOWDONS FARM CSO 0 0 0
Northumbrian Water Redhouse Gill, ROWAN DRIVE CSO (DU 52) 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water Coxhoe Beck WORKINGMEN'S CLUB CSO 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water Sherburnhouse Beck SHERBURN SSO MANHOLE NO. 34 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water Saltwell Gill DURHAM UNIVERSITY STW 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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