Gateshead Central and Whickham - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 2,901 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 2,130 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Gateshead Central and Whickham 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 Gateshead Central and Whickham in 2026

Sewage2,901 hours
Monitoring offline2,130 hours
Potential pollution0 hours
Storm overflows90

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Daily Data

Jan - 492 hours
Feb - 1,403 hours
Mar - 278 hours
Apr - 9 hours , 224 offline
May - 253 hours
Jun - 105 hours , 224 offline
Jul - 15 hours , 29 offline
Aug - 93 hours , 744 offline
Sept - 35 hours , 465 offline
Oct - 212 hours , 345 offline
Nov - 2 hours , 97 offline
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Northumbrian Water MARKET LANE CSO River Derwent 63 326h 54m -
Northumbrian Water SOUTH SHORE ROAD EAST PUMPING STN Tyne Saline Estuary 73 262h 7m -
Northumbrian Water THE GREEN MARKET CSO River Team 64 253h 16m -
Northumbrian Water GELLESFIELD CSO Black Burn 42 203h 28m -
Northumbrian Water WELLINGTON ROAD CSO (E9-102) River Tyne 25 186h 39m -
Northumbrian Water MARKET LANE CSO Tyne 46 182h 55m -
Northumbrian Water DUNSTON FLOUR MILL (WEST) CSO River Tyne Saline Estuary 20 182h 22m 85 h
Northumbrian Water CSO AT TEAM STREET River Team 21 166h 42m -
Northumbrian Water CSO ON WHICKHAM AND GATESHEAD SEWER Team 40 159h 9m -
Northumbrian Water TEAMS CSO JOHNSON STREET E17-105 River Tyne 49 139h 47m -
Northumbrian Water STAITHES ROAD CSO River Team 31 135h 31m -
Northumbrian Water BENSHAM SIDINGS CSO Team 30 85h 51m -
Northumbrian Water SOUTH SHORE ROAD CSO Tyne Saline Estuary 36 84h 40m -
Northumbrian Water PINEWOOD GARDENS CSO Black Burn 32 83h 42m -
Northumbrian Water LOW FELL (TVTE) CSO Culverted Section River Team 31 66h -
Northumbrian Water BENSHAM CSO River Team Estuarine Waters 14 55h 42m -
Northumbrian Water SWINBURNE STREET CSO River Tyne 36 54h 13m -
Northumbrian Water JUNCTION OF HEXHAM RD & Derwent 34 46h 56m -
Northumbrian Water HIGH WEST STREET CSO (G066) Tyne Estuary 29 41h 51m 12 h
Northumbrian Water NO2 ESKDALE GARDENS CSO Team 18 35h 42m 172 h
Northumbrian Water SEVENTH AVENUE CSO Team 17 34h 12m 184 h
Northumbrian Water METROCENTRE GREEN CAR PARK PS (E7) Tyne 10 33h 33m -
Northumbrian Water VICTORIA RD AT SANDOWN GARDENS CSO Team 18 18h 52m -
Northumbrian Water ROSE STREET CSO River Tyne 13 16h 43m -
Northumbrian Water ALBANY ROAD/SALTMEADOWS ROAD CSO Tyne Saline Estuary 15 12h 8m -
Northumbrian Water CORMORANT DRIVE CSO River Team Saline Estuary 5 8h 24m -
Northumbrian Water EASTERN AVENUE CSO Team 11 7h 53m -
Northumbrian Water CHOWDENE CSO Team, 7 6h 6m -
Northumbrian Water JUNC OF CLAVERING RD & SWALWEL BANK Derwent Mill Race 22 3h 44m 1 h
Northumbrian Water EAST STREET WAS SWINBURN ST END CSO River Tyne 5 2h 12m 12 h
Northumbrian Water RIVERSDALE ROAD CSO River Tyne 2 2h 10m 14 h
Northumbrian Water CLAVERING RD & RUSKIN RD Derwent Mill Race 3 0h 38m 1,205 h
Northumbrian Water WHICKHAM SOUTH & SUNNISIDE CSO Black Burn Via Sw Sewer 3 0h 26m -
Northumbrian Water BEECH STREET CSO Black Burn 2 0h 26m -
Northumbrian Water ELMWOOD GARDENS Black Burn 3 0h 24m -
Northumbrian Water BENSHAM HOSPITAL CSO Team, River 1 0h 10m -
Northumbrian Water NAPIER COURT CSO Black Burn 2 0h 3m -
Northumbrian Water SOUTHFIELD ROAD CSO Black Burn 1 0h 2m -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water KINGSWAY/PRINCESS STREET CSO Black Burn 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water PIPEWELLGATE PUMPING STATION Tyne Saline Estuary 0 0h 189 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 TEAMS CSO JOHNSON STREET E17-105 River Tyne 0 0h 27 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 Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water SUNNISIDE CSO Culverted Section Black 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 WASHINGWELL SCHOOL CSO Black Burn 0 0h 224 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 QUAYSIDE (HILLGATE STREET CSO) River Tyne 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.