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Gateshead Central and Whickham was polluted by sewage 2,037 times in 2023
lasting 8,164 hours

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Totals for Gateshead Central and Whickham in 2023
44 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water
2,037 sewage dumps
8,164 h duration
That's 11.34 months. On average 5.6 times a day
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Constituencies near Gateshead Central and Whickham
Waterways in Gateshead Central and Whickham

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Gateshead Central and Whickham in 2023. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Reporting refers to how much of the time the monitoring was active. In this constituency 0 of the total 46 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year, of which 0 had zero reporting.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Northumbrian Water River Tyne Saline Estuary DUNSTON FLOUR MILL (WEST) CSO 65 809 100
Northumbrian Water River Derwent MARKET LANE CSO 87 776 100
Northumbrian Water Tyne METROCENTRE GREEN CAR PARK PS (E7) 144 619 99
Northumbrian Water Tyne MARKET LANE CSO 90 485 95.1
Northumbrian Water Tyne Saline Estuary SOUTH SHORE ROAD EAST PUMPING STN 123 463 100
Northumbrian Water Team CSO ON WHICKHAM AND GATESHEAD SEWER 74 442 100
Northumbrian Water River Team STAITHES ROAD CSO 63 435 100
Northumbrian Water River Team CSO AT TEAM STREET 31 416 99.9
Northumbrian Water Derwent JUNCTION OF HEXHAM RD & 95 362 100
Northumbrian Water River Tyne TEAMS CSO JOHNSON STREET E17-105 75 337 94.15
Northumbrian Water River Team THE GREEN MARKET CSO 86 326 94.2
Northumbrian Water Black Burn GELLESFIELD CSO 78 306 100
Northumbrian Water River Team Saline Estuary CORMORANT DRIVE CSO 56 286 99.9
Northumbrian Water Team NO2 ESKDALE GARDENS CSO 77 277 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Tyne SWINBURNE STREET CSO 92 234 99.6
Northumbrian Water River Tyne ROSE STREET CSO 51 225 100
Northumbrian Water Tyne Saline Estuary SOUTH SHORE ROAD CSO 70 189 89.3
Northumbrian Water Tyne Estuary HIGH WEST STREET CSO (G066) 81 171 100
Northumbrian Water Black Burn ELMWOOD GARDENS 72 148 100
Northumbrian Water Team EASTERN AVENUE CSO 55 145 99.7
Northumbrian Water Don 4 AYCLIFFE AVENUE CSO 40 136 97.3
Northumbrian Water Team BENSHAM SIDINGS CSO 52 136 100
Northumbrian Water Black Burn PINEWOOD GARDENS CSO 46 86 99.7
Northumbrian Water Team VICTORIA RD AT SANDOWN GARDENS CSO 53 80 100
Northumbrian Water Tyne Saline Estuary ALBANY ROAD/SALTMEADOWS ROAD CSO 47 57 100
Northumbrian Water Team, CHOWDENE CSO 45 53 100
Northumbrian Water River Team Estuarine Waters BENSHAM CSO 24 41 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Tyne EAST STREET WAS SWINBURN ST END CSO 37 41 100
Northumbrian Water Team, LOW FELL CSO 31 24 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Don LANCHESTER AVENUE CSO 14 12 90.6
Northumbrian Water Derwent Mill Race JUNC OF CLAVERING RD & SWALWEL BANK 16 8 97.4
Northumbrian Water Derwent Mill Race CLAVERING RD & RUSKIN RD 12 4 99.4
Northumbrian Water Tyne Estuary SALTMEADOWS PUMPING STATION 4 4 100
Northumbrian Water Black Burn Via Sw Sewer WHICKHAM SOUTH & SUNNISIDE CSO 9 4 100
Northumbrian Water River Tyne RIVERSDALE ROAD CSO 12 3 100
Northumbrian Water Black Burn BEECH STREET CSO 8 3 100
Northumbrian Water Team, River BENSHAM HOSPITAL CSO 9 2 87.5
Northumbrian Water Black Burn WASHINGWELL SCHOOL CSO 3 1 99.8
Northumbrian Water Black Burn SOUTHFIELD ROAD CSO 3 1 99.3
Northumbrian Water Black Burn NAPIER COURT CSO 2 0 100
Northumbrian Water River Team CSO REAR 11 ST AUSTELL GARDENS 2 0 100
Northumbrian Water River Tyne QUAYSIDE (HILLGATE STREET CSO) 1 0 100
Northumbrian Water Black Burn KINGSWAY/PRINCESS STREET CSO 1 0 100
Northumbrian Water Tyne Saline Estuary PIPEWELLGATE PUMPING STATION 1 0 100
Northumbrian Water Tyne NEWTON STREET CSO 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water Culverted Section Black Burn SUNNISIDE CSO 0 0 100

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. This uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.

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