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City of Durham - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 5,467 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 1,262 hours so far..

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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.

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Daily Data

Jan - 1,711 hours
Feb - 3,756 hours , 992 offline
Mar - 0 hours , 270 offline
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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 27 513 h 19m -
Northumbrian Water BRANCEPETH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Brancepeth Beck 29 373 h 8m -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 22 348 h 25m -
Northumbrian Water LEAMSIDE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS River Wear 21 347 h 15m -
Northumbrian Water ALDIN GRANGE (NORTH) STW River Browney 26 281 h 8m -
Northumbrian Water BARKERS HAUGH STW Wear 18 229 h 22m -
Northumbrian Water SNOWDONS FARM CSO River Browney 15 204 h 40m -
Northumbrian Water LOW PITTINGTON PUMPING STATION Pittington Beck 12 195 h 4m -
Northumbrian Water WILLINGTON STW River Wear 11 185 h 34m -
Northumbrian Water FINCHALE VIEW Wear 17 152 h 44m -
Northumbrian Water SATLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Steeley Burn 19 138 h 50m -
Northumbrian Water HIGH WATERHOUSE FARM (100M WEST OF) Deerness 13 136 h 12m -
Northumbrian Water SHERBURN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Sherburn Beck 14 130 h 5m -
Northumbrian Water FRANKLAND LANE CSO River Wear 12 121 h 32m -
Northumbrian Water FAIR VIEW STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW Priest Burn 13 116 h 50m -
Northumbrian Water SANDS SYPHON SSO River Wear 14 114 h 12m -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 11 112 h 32m -
Northumbrian Water CSO WV80 DISUSED STW HUNWICK Wear 14 98 h 37m -
Northumbrian Water STONEBRIDGE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION Browney 13 92 h 32m -
Northumbrian Water MILLBURNGATE CSO River Wear 9 88 h 40m -
Northumbrian Water SUNNYBROW SEWAGE PUMPING STATION Holy Well Burn 15 87 h 21m -
Northumbrian Water ESH WINNING SPS River Deerness 10 86 h 44m -
Northumbrian Water FRONT STREET CSO River Browney 18 82 h 22m -
Northumbrian Water HIGH PITTINGTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION Coalford Beck 7 80 h 13m -
Northumbrian Water WITTON GILBERT STW River Browney 16 78 h 12m -
Northumbrian Water HIGH CARR ROAD CSO Wear, 18 74 h 36m -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 8 72 h 47m -
Northumbrian Water BLEACH GREEN FARM CSO River Deerness 7 68 h 26m 271 h
Northumbrian Water Plawsworth Gate Combined Sewer Overflow Blackdene Burn 7 67 h 56m -
Northumbrian Water BROWNEY LANE CSO Unnamed Of River Browney 10 61 h 46m -
Northumbrian Water DURHAM UNIVERSITY STW Saltwell Gill 5 61 h 42m -
Northumbrian Water STAGS HEAD CSO River Deerness 6 54 h 49m -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 5 54 h 32m -
Northumbrian Water DURHAM UNIVERSITY STW Saltwell Gill 7 46 h 35m -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 7 44 h 36m -
Northumbrian Water HAMILTON ROW WATERHOUSES CSO Deerness 4 37 h 30m -
Northumbrian Water LOW WILLINGTON PARK CSO River Wear 9 36 h 30m -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 9 32 h 14m -
Northumbrian Water QUEBEC PUMPING STATION Hamsteels Beck 4 29 h 46m -
Northumbrian Water STONEBRIDGE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION Browney 8 24 h 56m -
Northumbrian Water DENESIDE CSO Dene Burn 5 24 h 28m -
Northumbrian Water DRAGON LANE CSO Pittington Beck 2 24 h 26m -
Northumbrian Water ELVET SYPHON CSO River Wear 10 24 h 23m 209 h
Northumbrian Water FININGS AVENUE SPS Browney 3 23 h 2m -
Northumbrian Water SCOUT HOUSE FARM 1 CSO River Deerness 3 22 h 48m -
Northumbrian Water ESH WINNING CSO POINT A2 Deerness 5 22 h 42m -
Northumbrian Water LEAMSIDE CSO Wear 2 20 h 40m -
Northumbrian Water RUSSEL PLACE CSO Wear 4 20 h 36m -
Northumbrian Water SHINCLIFFE SSO MANHOLE NO. 2 Wear 7 17 h 40m -
Northumbrian Water TOLL HOUSE ROAD CSO River Browney 6 17 h 14m -
Northumbrian Water WILLINGTON SYSTEM CSO Wear, 3 16 h 2m -
Northumbrian Water SHINCLIFFE NO 2 PS Old Durham Beck 4 15 h 18m -
Northumbrian Water PITY ME SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Black Dene Burn 3 15 h 1m -
Northumbrian Water OPPOSITE 16 FRONT STREET CSO River Browney 4 11 h 38m -
Northumbrian Water GROVE TERRACE CSO DU005 River Browney 6 7 h 40m -
Northumbrian Water PELAW WOOD SEWER, NO 1 BATHS BRIDGE Wear 2 6 h 13m -
Northumbrian Water BARKERS HAUGH NO 8 CSO River Wear 3 3 h 22m -
Northumbrian Water PITY ME ROUNDABOUT CSO Pity Me Beck 2 3 h 6m -
Northumbrian Water LAUREL AVENUE CSO Pelaw Wood Beck 2 1 h 22m -
Northumbrian Water MILLHOUSE FARM CSO Steeley Burn 3 1 h 15m 95 h
Northumbrian Water SHINCLIFFE (A177) CSO River Wear 1 0 h 54m -
Northumbrian Water SALISBURY PS Wear 1 0 h 51m -
Northumbrian Water ALDIN GRANGE CSO River Browney 1 0 h 42m 609 h
Northumbrian Water DURHAM SKILL CENTRE CSO DU008 Goat'S Beck River Browney 1 0 h 36m -
Northumbrian Water STATION BANK (DU21) Pittington Beck 2 0 h 22m -
Northumbrian Water CHAPEL COURT DU068 Sherburn House Beck 1 0 h 16m -
Northumbrian Water FRONT STREET CSO Browney 1 0 h 12m -
Northumbrian Water BRANCEPETH CSO Stockley Beck 1 0 h 6m -
Northumbrian Water ROWAN DRIVE CSO (DU 52) Redhouse Gill, 1 0 h 1m -
Northumbrian Water HIGH PITTINGTON STW CSO Coalford Beck 1 0 h 1m 76 h
Northumbrian Water AINSLEY STREET CSO Clvrtd River Wear 1 0 h -
Northumbrian Water PITTINGTON STW Coalford Beck 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water PELAW WOOD ST. GILES CLOSE CSO Pelaw Wood Beck 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water WEST RAINTON STW MANHOLE NO21 CSO Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water SHERBURN SSO MANHOLE NO. 34 Sherburnhouse Beck 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water ATHERTON STREET CSO Flass Burn 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water BROWNEY STW Browney 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water ESH WINNING SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Priest Burn 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water WEST RAINTON STW CSO (DU081) Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water CANTEBURY ROAD CSO Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water FALLSWAY CSO (DU57) Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water HIGH ST CSO Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water CHURCH VALE CSO Coalford Beck 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water MILL LANE CSO Sherburnhouse Beck 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water RENNYS LANE PUMPING STATION Pittington Beck 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water GARDNER AVENUE CSO Willington Burn 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water OAKENSHAW CSO Park House Gill 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water BRANDON VILLAGE SSO Deerness 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water HUNWICK LANE CSO Willington Burn 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water SHERBURN SSO MANHOLE NO. 33 Sherburnhouse Beck 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water WATERHOUSE CSO River Burn 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water BARKERS HAUGH NO 5 CSO River Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water DU37 B Barclays Court Lane Wear/Pelaw Wood Beck 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water CORNSAY COLLIERY STORM SEWAGE OVERF Hedleyhope Burn 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water WALKERGATE DURHAM CSO River Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water CHURCH VILLAS CSO Shadforth Beck 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water CSO WV79 ROUGH LEA LANE Unnamed Beck Rvr Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water WADDINGTON STREET CSO River Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water BROOM PARK OLD WORKS CSO Relley Gill 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water BELMONT STW Unnamed Of River Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water COALFORD LANE CSO Coalford Beck 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water WEST RAINTON CSO DU085 Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water BARCLAYS A CSO ELVET Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water LOCAL AVENUE Coldwell Burn 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water SOUTH FARM CSO Ravensbush Burn 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water SCOUT HOUSE FARM 2 CSO River Deerness 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water TOOL HIRE CSO Priest Burn 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water BARKERS HAUGH CSO NO. 10 River Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water CHURCH STREET DU026 River Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water JUBILEE PLACE CSO Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water DEVONSHIRE ROAD WEST CSO Pittington Beck 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water PITHOUSE LANE CSO (WEST RAINTON 5) River Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water REAR AGED MINERS HOMES CSO Hamsteels Beck 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water DEVONSHIRE ROAD EAST CSO Pittington Beck 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water SOUTH OF ROOKWOOD CSO NTY 003 Seaton Burn 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water RECTORY COTTAGE CSO Brancepeth Beck, 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water BACK ELM STREET CSO River Browney 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water CHAPEL STREET CSO Willington Burn 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water SHERBURN SSO MANHOLE NO 32 Coalford Beck, 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water FRONT STREET CSO River Browney 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water STOCKTON RD & QUARRY HEADS LN CSOS Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water CATHEDRAL BANKS CSO River Wear 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Northumbrian Water GOATSBECK TERRACE CSO Goats Beck 0 0 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

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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