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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for High Peak 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 all the declared CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s appeared to have monitoring enabled for more than 50% of the year
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Utilities | River Etherow | GLOSSOP STW (SPS) | 102 | 1,411 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Black Brook | CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH WWTW | 107 | 1,347 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Sett | HAYFIELD WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS | 59 | 1,027 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Goyt | WHALEY BRIDGE STW | 53 | 940 | 99.5 |
| United Utilities | River Goyt Vis Sws | TORRS DIVERSION CSO 21123 | 104 | 870 | 99.8 |
| Severn Trent Water | River Wye | BUXTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS | 97 | 709 | 99.65 |
| Severn Trent Water | River Noe | BAMFORD - ROSE GARDENS TERMINAL PS | 52 | 690 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Glossop Brook | MELANDRA ROAD PS | 87 | 443 | 99.3 |
| United Utilities | River Etherow | WOODLANDS CLOSE CSO (21117) | 82 | 341 | 99 |
| Severn Trent Water | River Derwent | THE RAILWAY LINE CSO | 67 | 337 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | River Etherow | SPRING TAVERN CSO 218NH | 68 | 283 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Glossop Brook | HIGH ST WEST CSO (21120) | 36 | 230 | 91.9 |
| Severn Trent Water | River Noe | EDALE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS | 20 | 217 | 98.8 |
| United Utilities | Glossop Brook | HIGH ST WEST CSO (21120) | 50 | 216 | 84 |
| United Utilities | River Goyt | BRIDGEMONT COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 31 | 191 | 99.3 |
| United Utilities | Chisworth Brook | CHISWORTH MARPLE ROAD WWNPS | 54 | 170 | 96.5 |
| United Utilities | Black Brook | BOWDEN LANE CSO 211FL | 59 | 167 | 99.5 |
| United Utilities | River Etherow | CHARLESWORTH PUMPING STATION | 13 | 127 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | River Etherow | TINTWISTLE STW | 29 | 127 | 96.6 |
| United Utilities | River Etherow | WOOLLEY BRIDGE ROAD CSO 43133 | 40 | 118 | 96.3 |
| United Utilities | Shelf Brook Via Sws | CORNMILL BRIDGE CSO | 44 | 102 | 99 |
| United Utilities | Hollingworth Clough | SWALLOW HOUSE LANE CSO 212UB | 29 | 102 | 99.8 |
| United Utilities | River Etherow | BANK LANE TINTWISTLE CSO | 58 | 92 | 100 |
| Severn Trent Water | River Noe | SEWAGE PUMPING STATION AT HOPE | 8 | 80 | 96.5 |
| United Utilities | Culvrtd Glossop Brk Sws | NORTH ROAD CSO (212IL) | 35 | 52 | 99.3 |
| United Utilities | River Sett | WATFORD BRIDGE CSO 212W1 | 23 | 47 | 97.5 |
| Severn Trent Water | River Derwent | CARBOLITE CSO | 23 | 40 | 99.8 |
| United Utilities | Long Clough Brook | PRIMROSE LANE CSO | 31 | 40 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | River Goyt | GOYT SIDE SPS | 27 | 39 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Goyt | WHITE HART INN CSO | 7 | 35 | 99.2 |
| United Utilities | River Goyt | MOUSLEY BOTTOM PS | 16 | 29 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Goyt | OFLOW 6000 WHALEY BRIDGE CSO 211EA | 4 | 29 | 96.5 |
| United Utilities | Glossop Brook Via Sws | NEWSHAW LANE CSO | 3 | 11 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Culverted River Sett | HIGH HILL ROAD CSO | 4 | 10 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | River Etherow | BANKBOTTOM COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 3 | 8 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Combs Reservoir | MANC' ROAD (CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH) CSO | 5 | 1 | 57.9 |
| United Utilities | Glossop Brook | ST MARYS RD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 3 | 0 | 100 |
| Severn Trent Water | Peakshole Water | OLD SEWAGE WORKS CSO | 2 | 0 | 98.3 |
| United Utilities | Randall Carr Brook | THE OLD VICARAGE CSO | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Severn Trent Water | River Wye | PAVILION GARDENS - STORM OVERFLOW | 1 | 0 | 98.9 |
| United Utilities | River Etherow | PETER STREET CSO 212LL | 1 | 0 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Glossop Brook | VICTORIA ST CSO 212WG | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Sett | BATEMILL ROAD CSO | 1 | 0 | 95.7 |
| United Utilities | Syke Culvert To River Etherow | OLD ROAD CSO | 0 | 0 | 98.3 |
| United Utilities | Glossop Brook | SHAW LANE CSO 212Q4 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Etherow | WATERSIDE MILL CSO 212ZY | 0 | 0 | 99.9 |
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.
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