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Congleton - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 506 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 3,385 hours , potential overflows 834 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Congleton 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 - 207 hours , 15 potential
Feb - 295 hours , 644 potential
Mar - 3 hours , 175 potential
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
United Utilities ALSAGER WwTW River Dane 10 141 h 8m 956 h
United Utilities LAWTON GATE WwTW Kidsgrove Stream 10 118 h 8m -
United Utilities West Heath pumping station (13542) (CON0058) Loach Brook 18 106 h 35m -
United Utilities KIDSGROVE WwTW Kidsgrove Stream Wheelock 8 79 h 29m 14 h
United Utilities BERISFORDS COMPOUND CSO Dane In Shaw Brook 14 17 h 58m -
United Utilities Eaton Bank CSO River Dane 8 7 h 52m -
United Utilities MILL LANE CSO Dane-In-Shaw Brook 3 7 h 30m -
United Utilities CONGLETON WwTW River Dane 3 4 h 44m 2 h
United Utilities FRONT STREET CSO Arclid Brook 7 4 h 30m -
United Utilities 29 Cresswellshawe Road (Overflow A) CSO Cresswellshawe Brk Via Sws 7 3 h 20m -
United Utilities LAWTON GATE WwTW Kidsgrove Stream 2 3 h 2m 23 h
United Utilities CONGLETON WwTW River Dane 1 2 h 23m -
United Utilities Chestnut Avenue PS Trent 1 1 h 42m 32 h
United Utilities Mill Lane CSO Dane-In-Shaw Brook 2 1 h 42m -
United Utilities Ashmores Lane/Lawton Road CSO Cresswellshawe Brook Via Sws 4 1 h 20m -
United Utilities The Grange (Congleton) Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 132UW) (CON0032) River Dane Via Sws 1 1 h 18m -
United Utilities Thurlwood No 1 PS Trent And Mersey Canal 1 1 h 12m 0 h
United Utilities SANDBACH WwTW River Wheelock 1 0 h 34m 10 h
United Utilities MILL HILL LANE CSO River Wheelock 2 0 h 34m -
United Utilities BROMLEY ROAD / CORONATION ROAD CSO River Dane Via Sws 2 0 h 32m -
United Utilities HASSALL ROAD CSO Day Green Stream 1 0 h 24m -
United Utilities Brook Mill CSO Clvrtd Section Of Brook Mill 1 0 h 14m -
United Utilities Cooksmere Lane PS River Croco 0 0 h -
United Utilities BROOKHOUSE GREEN WwTW X-X MOSS MERE River Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Audley Road and Talke Road Junction CSO Valley Brook Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Sefton Avenue combined sewer overflow River Dane Via S/Water Sewer 0 0 h -
United Utilities KIDSGROVE WwTW Kidsgrove Stream Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Birch Avenue CSO (134JU) Valley Brook Via Surface Water Sewer 0 0 h -
United Utilities FRONT STREET CSO Arclid Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities LAWTON GATE WwTW Kidsgrove Stream 0 0 h -
United Utilities MILL LANE CSO Dane-In-Shaw Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Birch Avenue CSO (134JU) Valley Brook Via Surface Water Sewer 0 0 h -
United Utilities XXX Middleton Road CSO (131V4) Croco 0 0 h -
United Utilities Havannah Street/Redfern Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow River Dane 0 0 h -
United Utilities CONGLETON WwTW River Dane 0 0 h -
United Utilities HASSALL ROAD / CREWE ROAD CSO Valley Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities 58/64 Audley Road CSO Valley Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities MOSS LANE CSO Trent And Mersey Canal 0 0 h -
United Utilities Thurlwood No 1 PS Trent And Mersey Canal 0 0 h -
United Utilities MOSS LANE CSO Trent And Mersey Canal 0 0 h -
United Utilities Audley Road and Talke Road Junction CSO Valley Brook Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities 58/64 Audley Road CSO Valley Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities West Heath pumping station (13542) (CON0058) Loach Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Lawton Road/Wesley Avenue CSO Cresswellshawe Brook Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities HASSALL ROAD CSO River Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities XXX Middleton Road CSO (131V4) Croco 0 0 h -
United Utilities The Grange (Congleton) Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 132UW) (CON0032) River Dane Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities DANE STREET CSO River Dane 0 0 h -
United Utilities 29 Cresswellshawe Road (Overflow B) CSO Cresswellshawe Brk Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Bromley Road CSO River Dane Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities CONGLETON WwTW River Dane 0 0 h -
United Utilities HOLMES CHAPEL WwTW River Dane 0 0 h -
United Utilities Sefton Avenue combined sewer overflow River Dane Via S/Water Sewer 0 0 h 1,589 h
United Utilities HASSALL ROAD CSO River Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities BROMLEY ROAD / CORONATION ROAD CSO River Dane Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities 29 Cresswellshawe Road (Overflow B) CSO Cresswellshawe Brk Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities BERISFORDS COMPOUND CSO Dane In Shaw Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Bromley Road CSO River Dane Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities DANE STREET CSO River Dane 0 0 h -
United Utilities SANDBACH WwTW River Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities ALSAGER WwTW River Dane 0 0 h -
United Utilities Alum Bridge PS River Croco 0 0 h -
United Utilities BROOKHOUSE GREEN WwTW X-X MOSS MERE River Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities CREWE ROAD / MILL LANE CSO River Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities 29 Cresswellshawe Road (Overflow A) CSO Cresswellshawe Brk Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities HASSALL ROAD / CREWE ROAD CSO Valley Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Middlewich Road CSO Unnamed River Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Castle Inn Road (Mossley) Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 13531) (CON0034) Dane-In-Shaw Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Alum Bridge PS River Croco 0 0 h -
United Utilities MILL HILL LANE CSO River Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Brook Mill CSO Clvrtd Section Of Brook Mill 0 0 h -
United Utilities HASSALL ROAD CSO Day Green Stream 0 0 h -
United Utilities CREWE ROAD / MILL LANE CSO River Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Castle Inn Road (Mossley) Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 13531) (CON0034) Dane-In-Shaw Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities LAWTON GATE WwTW Kidsgrove Stream 0 0 h -
United Utilities Havannah Street/Redfern Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow River Dane 0 0 h -
United Utilities HOLMES CHAPEL WwTW River Dane 0 0 h 1,589 h
United Utilities Middlewich Road CSO Unnamed River Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Ashmores Lane/Lawton Road CSO Cresswellshawe Brook Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Cooksmere Lane PS River Croco 0 0 h -
United Utilities Mill Lane CSO Dane-In-Shaw Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Chestnut Avenue PS Trent 0 0 h -
United Utilities Eaton Bank CSO River Dane 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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