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Hexham

Polluted by sewage 3,307 times in 2025 lasting 13,694 hours - That's 1.58 years!

Monitoring fell below 50% in some locations so could be more

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Live data for Hexham in 2026

So far this year (as of 18 May 2026, 12:00) there has been 12,189 hours of sewage overflows, from 247 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s - that's 1.41 years!

Totals for Hexham in 2025

95 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water United Utilities
3,307 sewage dumps
13,694 hours duration
That's 1.58 years. On average 9.1 times a day

Change Over Time

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Hexham in 2025. 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 1 of the total 117 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Northumbrian Water River East Allen ALLENDALE STW 106 1,865 97.8
Northumbrian Water River Rede OTTERBURN STW 120 1,816 99.8
Northumbrian Water Paxtondean Burn LONGHORSLEY STW 39 725 99.9
United Utilities Stromford Brook SALE WWTW (SALEZ) 134 700 99.35
Northumbrian Water Middleton Burn SCOTS GAP STW 66 614 99.5
Northumbrian Water Catraw Burn STANNINGTON VILLAGE PUMPING STATION 32 541 100
Northumbrian Water Pont ELAND LANE (NEW) PUMPING STATION 48 510 96.35
Northumbrian Water Coal Burn COLWELL STW 77 489 89.05
Northumbrian Water South Tyne / Haltwhistle Burn HALTWHISTLE STW 107 478 99.8
Northumbrian Water River North Tyne WARK STW 46 423 99.8
Northumbrian Water Tarset Burn LANEHEAD STW 63 408 99.8
Northumbrian Water River North Tyne BELLINGHAM STW 83 380 97.35
Northumbrian Water Duddo Burn ST MARYS SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 29 376 99.9
Northumbrian Water Tyne HEXHAM STW 43 317 100
Northumbrian Water North Tyne HUMSHAUGH STW 56 282 99.9
Northumbrian Water Tyne HEDDON ON THE WALL STW 53 273 83.5
Northumbrian Water River Pont JACKSON AVENUE CSO 38 244 99.6
Northumbrian Water Pont MEMORIAL HALL SSO 48 222 91.2
Northumbrian Water Flothers Burn SLALEY STW 78 217 97.9
Northumbrian Water Gunnerton Burn GUNNERTON STW 69 209 95.45
Northumbrian Water River South Tyne HAYDON BRIDGE STW 25 200 99.8
Northumbrian Water Unnamed River Burn CHURCH DENE CSO 53 160 98.7
Northumbrian Water Tipalt Burn GREENHEAD PS 22 131 99.9
Northumbrian Water Langley Burn TEMPLE HOUSE PS 27 113 99.1
Northumbrian Water North Tyne FALSTONE AND STANNERSBURN PS 48 112 99.4
Northumbrian Water North Tyne BUTTERYHAUGH PS 15 105 99.8
Northumbrian Water Pont EASTERN WAY SSO 29 103 100
Northumbrian Water How Burn WHALTON STW 14 90 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Tyne BROOMHAUGH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 9 86 100
Northumbrian Water Cockermere Burn OVINGTON CSO TD034 35 82 97.9
Northumbrian Water South Tyne TOW HOUSE PUMPING STATION 54 80 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Tyne ACOMB CSO 67 77 99.7
Northumbrian Water River South Tyne FOURSTONES STW 12 76 99.7
Northumbrian Water Stocksfield Burn ROSE COTTAGE PUMPING STATION 26 71 92.1
Northumbrian Water Tyne PRUDHOE PUMPING STATION 16 70 99.1
Northumbrian Water River Tyne WELL BANK CSO TD008 40 68 95.5
Northumbrian Water North Tyne FALSTONE & STANNERSBURN SEWAGE TREA 8 62 79.7
Northumbrian Water Pont MOOR LANE SSO 24 61 96.2
Northumbrian Water Chainley Burn BARDON MILL (STATION HOUSE) P.S. 40 57 99.8
Northumbrian Water Red Burn REDBURN SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 45 51 99.7
Northumbrian Water North Tyne WALL SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 55 49 99.9
Northumbrian Water Birkley Burn ACOMB PUMPING STATION 22 42 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Tyne WOODLANDS PUMPING STATION 17 42 91.4
Northumbrian Water New Burn MAYFIELD AVE CSO NC034 20 41 100
Northumbrian Water Philip Burn PHILIPBURN DENE PS 11 40 95.3
Northumbrian Water River South Tyne OLD TYNE BRIDGE CSO 44 40 99.6
Northumbrian Water River Tyne MARY MAGDALENE NO3 CSO (TD037) 504 35 96.4
Northumbrian Water Black Burn, HALTON LEA GATE CSO 21 34 99.6
Northumbrian Water Hepscott Burn HEPSCOTT SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 17 30 100
Northumbrian Water Ouse Burn STAMFORDHAM ROAD PUMPING STATION 4 29 99.9
Northumbrian Water Tyne PETH HEAD PS 22 28 99.9
United Utilities River Irthing GILSLAND (BATH HOUSE) CSO (101VN) 20 26 89.7
Northumbrian Water River South Tyne SLAGGYFORD SPS 4 25 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Tyne Saline Estuary NEWBURN PUMPING STATION 10 23 99.4
Northumbrian Water Tyne WYLAM NORTH SPS EO AND CSO 18 23 97.2
Northumbrian Water Ogle Burn OGLE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 5 21 99.9
Northumbrian Water Tyne STATION ROAD CSO 4 21 99.2
Northumbrian Water River Derwent BLANCHLAND STW 5 20 100
Northumbrian Water Cleugh Burn WALLRIDGE SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS 10 18 99.8
Northumbrian Water Bellassis Burn MERRYSHIELDS CSO 15 15 87.8
Northumbrian Water Cockshaw Burn THE LARCHES P.S. 10 13 100
Northumbrian Water River South Tyne MELKRIDGE STW 27 13 68.5
Northumbrian Water Rede WEST WOODBURN PUMPING STATION 3 11 99.7
Northumbrian Water Culverted Cockshaw Burn HEXHAM CSO LEAZES TERRACE 25 9 98.7
Northumbrian Water Whittle Burn, Tyne OVINGHAM PUMPING STATION EO/CSO 7 6 98.5
Northumbrian Water Riding Mill Burn RIDING MILL VILLAGE SPS 7 6 100
Northumbrian Water Tyne ANDREWS HOUSE 10 6 98.2
Northumbrian Water Tyne HEXHAM (ANICK GRANGE) P.S. 2 5 99.9
Northumbrian Water Pont STAMFORDHAM CSO 1 5 98.2
Northumbrian Water Tyne HEDDON BANKS FARM CSO 16 4 99.7
Northumbrian Water Newbrough Burn NEWBROUGH PUMPING STATION 9 4 100
Northumbrian Water River South Tyne THE OLD VICARAGE CSO 37 3 90.3
Northumbrian Water South Tyne THE LARCHES PUMPING STATION 7 2 99.8
Northumbrian Water Cockshaw Burn TYNE GREEN CSO TD030 8 2 99.6
Northumbrian Water Unnamed River Tyne ANICK CSO TD006 9 2 100
United Utilities River Caldew REAR OF PIRELLI FACTORY CSO 5 2 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Tyne BRIDGE END COTTAGES CSO 9 1 96.8
Northumbrian Water River Tyne ST HELENS LANE CSO 288 1 91.8
Northumbrian Water Tyne RIDING DENE CSO 7 1 93.6
Northumbrian Water New Burn CSO 32 WALBOTTLE ROAD 3 1 100
Northumbrian Water Otter Burn PRUDHOE CSO 4 8 1 87.3
Northumbrian Water Cockshaw Burn TANNERS ROAD CSO TD028 8 1 95.8
Northumbrian Water Stocksfield Burn RAILWAY STATION STOCKSFIELD CSO 5 1 74
Northumbrian Water Hemmel Burn MAIN STREET CSO 6 1 72.8
Northumbrian Water Ouse Burn WOOLSINGTON CSO 1 0 99.4
Northumbrian Water Cockshaw Burn Culverted BEECH HILL CSO 4 0 95.3
Northumbrian Water River Tyne CSO OUTSIDE MILKWELL COTTAGES 2 0 98.5
Northumbrian Water Pow Charney Burn LONGBYRE STW 1 0 94.5
Northumbrian Water Park Burn MEADOW VIEW CSO 2 0 97.3
Northumbrian Water Melkridge Burn MOOR VIEW CSO 1 0 96
Northumbrian Water Tyne OUTLET ROAD NO 2 CSO 1 0 99.7
Northumbrian Water South Tyne STONEY RIGG 1 0 85.9
Northumbrian Water River North Tyne WARDEN VILLAGE STW 3 0 95.3
Northumbrian Water River Tyne Via Surface Wtr Swr ROSELEIGH CSO 1 0 87.7
Northumbrian Water Pont STAMFORDHAM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 1 0 99.1
Northumbrian Water Adderlane Gill Park Burn ADDERLANE SCHOOL CSO (TD035) 0 0 80.5
Northumbrian Water River Tyne Saline Estuary BLANEY ROW PUMPING STATION 0 0 90.6
Northumbrian Water Pont BRIDGE END PS 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water River East Allen CATTON LEA CSO 0 0 99.6
Northumbrian Water Pont, CROSSFELL SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 0 0 96.7
Northumbrian Water Cockshaw Burn EILANS GATE CSO 0 0 50.4
Northumbrian Water Cold Kettle Burn ELTRINGHAM CSO 0 0 92.1
Northumbrian Water River South Tyne LANYTYS LONNEN CSO 0 0 89.5
Northumbrian Water River Tyne MID TYNE SEWERAGE SCHEME CSO 0 0 99.7
Northumbrian Water Tyne MID-TYNE NO,3 CSO 0 0 74.9
Northumbrian Water River East Allen MILL COTTAGE CSO 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water Pegwhistle Burn NETHERTON PARK SPS 0 0 26.6
Northumbrian Water River Tyne OUTLET LANE CSO NO.2 0 0 99.6
Northumbrian Water Halgut Burn PRIESTLAND CLOSE CSO 0 0 92.5
Northumbrian Water Tyne PRINCES/WOODBINE(ST HELENS ST.)CSO 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water Bat Burn RIDLEY MILL ROAD CSO 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water River Tyne SPRINGFIELD COTTAGES CSO 0 0 99.7
Northumbrian Water River South Tyne ST AIDENS PARK CSO 0 0 98.5
Northumbrian Water River Tyne Estuary THE BOATHOUSE SPS 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water River East Allen THE PETH CSO 0 0 83
Northumbrian Water Mill Burn WHITTONSTALL CSO 0 0 99.5
Northumbrian Water Ouse Burn WOOLSINGTON SEWAGE SYSTEM 0 0 85.4

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.

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