City of Durham - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 7,147 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 10,338 hours , potential overflows 6 hours so far..

© OpenStreetMap contributors
Contains OS Data © Crown copyright & database right 2021-2024
© Top of the Poops 2021-2024

Which Year?

Select Another Constituency

Select the constituency from the drop-down
✔ means we have live data (𝑥 if not)

View Annual Sewage Data

You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in City of Durham 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.

Totals for City of Durham in 2026

Sewage7,147 hours
Monitoring offline10,338 hours
Potential pollution6 hours
Storm overflows237

Take Action

Your local MP is Mary Foy (Labour) - Find out more about their interests, donors, and voting at They Work For You

Share this page, post a message, and tell others about the huge problem of sewage pollution across the UK

Daily Data

Jan - 1,711 hours
Feb - 3,756 hours , 41 offline
Mar - 416 hours , 463 offline
Apr - 26 hours , 335 offline
May - 541 hours , 828 offline
Jun - 207 hours , 6 potential
Jul - 16 hours , 1,988 offline
Aug - 160 hours , 1,939 offline
Sept - 16 hours , 2,332 offline
Oct - 294 hours , 1,330 offline
We need your support!

Please consider a one-off or small recurring donation. We need your help to keep this site going.

Donate Now

Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Northumbrian Water JOYCE TERRACE AND DEERNESS VIEW STW Deerness 36 529h 35m -
Northumbrian Water LEAMSIDE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS River Wear 41 462h 35m -
Northumbrian Water BRANCEPETH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Brancepeth Beck 48 447h 54m -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 24 348h 41m -
Northumbrian Water ALDIN GRANGE (NORTH) STW River Browney 34 331h 22m -
Northumbrian Water BARKERS HAUGH STW Wear 28 290h 48m -
Northumbrian Water SNOWDONS FARM CSO River Browney 25 269h 21m -
Northumbrian Water FINCHALE VIEW Wear 38 231h 24m -
Northumbrian Water WILLINGTON STW River Wear 19 221h 44m -
Northumbrian Water LOW PITTINGTON PUMPING STATION Pittington Beck 17 207h 56m -
Northumbrian Water SATLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Steeley Burn 49 185h 30m -
Northumbrian Water SANDS SYPHON SSO River Wear 37 175h 46m -
Northumbrian Water FRANKLAND LANE CSO River Wear 29 159h 48m -
Northumbrian Water SHERBURN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Sherburn Beck 22 150h -
Northumbrian Water STONEBRIDGE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION Browney 33 143h 59m -
Northumbrian Water SUNNYBROW SEWAGE PUMPING STATION Holy Well Burn 32 142h 33m 179 h
Northumbrian Water HIGH WATERHOUSE FARM (100M WEST OF) Deerness 19 139h 4m -
Northumbrian Water FAIR VIEW STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW Priest Burn 21 132h -
Northumbrian Water HIGH CARR ROAD CSO Wear, 46 128h 16m -
Northumbrian Water CSO WV80 DISUSED STW HUNWICK Wear 33 118h 35m -
Northumbrian Water FRONT STREET CSO River Browney 43 114h 18m -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 11 112h 32m -
Northumbrian Water HIGH PITTINGTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION Coalford Beck 15 109h 32m -
Northumbrian Water WITTON GILBERT STW River Browney 31 103h 37m -
Northumbrian Water MILLBURNGATE CSO River Wear 17 102h 59m -
Northumbrian Water ESH WINNING SPS River Deerness 16 101h 50m -
Northumbrian Water LOCAL AVENUE Coldwell Burn 11 98h 43m 6 h
Northumbrian Water BROWNEY LANE CSO Unnamed Of River Browney 30 93h 50m 152 h
Northumbrian Water DURHAM UNIVERSITY STW Saltwell Gill 12 86h 26m -
Northumbrian Water Plawsworth Gate Combined Sewer Overflow Blackdene Burn 22 76h 44m 38 h
Northumbrian Water BLEACH GREEN FARM CSO River Deerness 14 73h 51m -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 8 72h 47m -
Northumbrian Water DURHAM UNIVERSITY STW Saltwell Gill 11 60h 7m 203 h
Northumbrian Water ESH WINNING SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Priest Burn 12 59h 36m -
Northumbrian Water STAGS HEAD CSO River Deerness 13 59h 7m -
Northumbrian Water STONEBRIDGE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION Browney 41 58h 22m 35 h
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 7 58h 2m -
Northumbrian Water LOW WILLINGTON PARK CSO River Wear 27 57h 22m 296 h
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 9 55h 22m -
Northumbrian Water QUEBEC PUMPING STATION Hamsteels Beck 20 50h 49m -
Northumbrian Water SHINCLIFFE (A177) CSO River Wear 11 48h 31m -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 12 44h 38m -
Northumbrian Water HAMILTON ROW WATERHOUSES CSO Deerness 8 39h 52m -
Northumbrian Water TOLL HOUSE ROAD CSO River Browney 24 35h 48m -
Northumbrian Water DENESIDE CSO Dene Burn 15 33h 10m -
Northumbrian Water PITY ME ROUNDABOUT CSO Pity Me Beck 13 30h 10m 89 h
Northumbrian Water SHINCLIFFE NO 2 PS Old Durham Beck 11 30h 6m -
Northumbrian Water ELVET SYPHON CSO River Wear 13 29h 39m 3,903 h
Northumbrian Water SHINCLIFFE SSO MANHOLE NO. 2 Wear 12 26h 54m -
Northumbrian Water DRAGON LANE CSO Pittington Beck 4 26h 8m -
Northumbrian Water PELAW WOOD SEWER, NO 1 BATHS BRIDGE Wear 18 24h 40m -
Northumbrian Water RUSSEL PLACE CSO Wear 14 24h 38m -
Northumbrian Water FININGS AVENUE SPS Browney 5 24h 35m -
Northumbrian Water SCOUT HOUSE FARM 1 CSO River Deerness 5 24h 24m -
Northumbrian Water ESH WINNING CSO POINT A2 Deerness 6 23h 2m -
Northumbrian Water WEST RAINTON STW MANHOLE NO21 CSO Wear 5 22h 56m -
Northumbrian Water ALDIN GRANGE CSO River Browney 18 22h 42m 21 h
Northumbrian Water GROVE TERRACE CSO DU005 River Browney 24 22h 12m 1,017 h
Northumbrian Water WILLINGTON SYSTEM CSO Wear, 14 21h 8m -
Northumbrian Water LEAMSIDE CSO Wear 2 20h 40m -
Northumbrian Water PITY ME SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Black Dene Burn 9 19h 44m 49 h
Northumbrian Water LAUREL AVENUE CSO Pelaw Wood Beck 15 16h 40m -
Northumbrian Water OPPOSITE 16 FRONT STREET CSO River Browney 9 14h 6m -
Northumbrian Water BARKERS HAUGH NO 8 CSO River Wear 10 13h 36m -
Northumbrian Water RENNYS LANE PUMPING STATION Pittington Beck 4 10h 47m -
Northumbrian Water SALISBURY PS Wear 6 9h 45m -
Northumbrian Water SCOUT HOUSE FARM 2 CSO River Deerness 9 6h 48m -
Northumbrian Water WALKERGATE DURHAM CSO River Wear 10 6h 40m -
Northumbrian Water STATION BANK (DU21) Pittington Beck 13 6h 30m -
Northumbrian Water MILLHOUSE FARM CSO Steeley Burn 12 4h 45m 259 h
Northumbrian Water DURHAM SKILL CENTRE CSO DU008 Goat'S Beck River Browney 6 4h 16m -
Northumbrian Water BRANCEPETH CSO Stockley Beck 11 3h 4m -
Northumbrian Water BRANDON VILLAGE SSO Deerness 4 2h 38m 47 h
Northumbrian Water CANTEBURY ROAD CSO Wear 4 2h 36m -
Northumbrian Water SOUTH OF ROOKWOOD CSO NTY 003 Seaton Burn 7 2h 20m -
Northumbrian Water CATHEDRAL BANKS CSO River Wear 5 2h 14m -
Northumbrian Water BARCLAYS A CSO ELVET Wear 5 1h 42m -
Northumbrian Water CHAPEL STREET CSO Willington Burn 3 1h 40m 20 h
Northumbrian Water FALLSWAY CSO (DU57) Wear 2 1h 36m -
Northumbrian Water DEVONSHIRE ROAD WEST CSO Pittington Beck 2 1h 30m -
Northumbrian Water GARDNER AVENUE CSO Willington Burn 4 1h 30m -
Northumbrian Water CHURCH STREET DU026 River Wear 3 1h 18m -
Northumbrian Water JUBILEE PLACE CSO Wear 3 1h 14m -
Northumbrian Water PELAW WOOD ST. GILES CLOSE CSO Pelaw Wood Beck 1 1h 10m 773 h
Northumbrian Water HIGH ST CSO Wear 2 1h 2m -
Northumbrian Water FRONT STREET CSO Browney 2 0h 58m -
Northumbrian Water PITHOUSE LANE CSO (WEST RAINTON 5) River Wear 2 0h 56m -
Northumbrian Water WEST RAINTON CSO DU085 Wear 3 0h 54m -
Northumbrian Water WEST RAINTON STW CSO (DU081) Wear 4 0h 49m -
Northumbrian Water HIGH PITTINGTON STW CSO Coalford Beck 4 0h 48m -
Northumbrian Water SOUTH FARM CSO Ravensbush Burn 1 0h 46m -
Northumbrian Water ATHERTON STREET CSO Flass Burn 3 0h 38m -
Northumbrian Water GOATSBECK TERRACE CSO Goats Beck 2 0h 34m -
Northumbrian Water BARKERS HAUGH NO 5 CSO River Wear 2 0h 32m -
Northumbrian Water CHURCH VALE CSO Coalford Beck 2 0h 32m -
Northumbrian Water CHURCH VILLAS CSO Shadforth Beck 1 0h 24m -
Northumbrian Water BROOM PARK OLD WORKS CSO Relley Gill 2 0h 20m -
Northumbrian Water CHAPEL COURT DU068 Sherburn House Beck 1 0h 16m -
Northumbrian Water CSO WV79 ROUGH LEA LANE Unnamed Beck Rvr Wear 3 0h 16m -
Northumbrian Water HUNWICK LANE CSO Willington Burn 1 0h 12m -
Northumbrian Water STOCKTON RD & QUARRY HEADS LN CSOS Wear 1 0h 12m -
Northumbrian Water ROWAN DRIVE CSO (DU 52) Redhouse Gill, 3 0h 10m 105 h
Northumbrian Water WATERHOUSE CSO River Burn 2 0h 9m 2,183 h
Northumbrian Water SHERBURN SSO MANHOLE NO. 34 Sherburnhouse Beck 1 0h 2m -
Northumbrian Water BARKERS HAUGH CSO NO. 10 River Wear 1 0h 2m -
Northumbrian Water BACK ELM STREET CSO River Browney 1 0h 2m -
Northumbrian Water AINSLEY STREET CSO Clvrtd River Wear 1 0h -
Northumbrian Water COALFORD LANE CSO Coalford Beck 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water RECTORY COTTAGE CSO Brancepeth Beck, 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water DEVONSHIRE ROAD EAST CSO Pittington Beck 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 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 MILL LANE CSO Sherburnhouse Beck 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 TOOL HIRE CSO Priest Burn 0 0h 358 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 FRONT STREET CSO River Browney 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water CORNSAY COLLIERY STORM SEWAGE OVERF Hedleyhope 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 REAR AGED MINERS HOMES CSO Hamsteels Beck 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water SHERBURN SSO MANHOLE NO 32 Coalford Beck, 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 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 BELMONT STW Unnamed Of River Wear 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 PITTINGTON STW Coalford Beck 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water OAKENSHAW CSO Park House Gill 0 0h 153 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 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 SHERBURN SSO MANHOLE NO. 33 Sherburnhouse Beck 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 Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water WADDINGTON STREET CSO River Wear 0 0h 450 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 Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water DU37 B Barclays Court Lane Wear/Pelaw Wood Beck 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 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 BROWNEY STW Browney 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

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.