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Manchester Central - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 112 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 92 hours , potential overflows 4,162 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Manchester Central 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 - 7 hours , 744 potential
Feb - 32 hours , 671 potential
Mar - 38 hours , 1,433 potential
Apr - 3 hours , 895 potential
May - 30 hours , 419 potential
Jun - 0 hours
Jul - 0 hours
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
United Utilities PARROT STREET / BROMLOW STREET CSO Corn Brook Via Sws 7 29h 12m 1,828 h
United Utilities Julia Street CSO River Irwell 21 24h 54m -
United Utilities Charles Street/Princess Street CSO River Medlock 3 23h 40m 14 h
United Utilities Beaumont Building, Jnt New Bridge Street / Great Ducie Street CSO River Irwell 8 7h 20m -
United Utilities FAILSWORTH WwTW River Medlock 1 5h 14m -
United Utilities Fairfield Street CSO River Medlock 8 4h 40m -
United Utilities Victoria Bridge Street CSO River Blakewater 9 4h 24m -
United Utilities ASPIN LANE CSO River Irk 11 4h 14m 2 h
United Utilities Bridge Street CSO River Irwell 3 2h 6m 0 h
United Utilities BLACKFRIARS STREET CSO River Irwell 6 1h 18m 24 h
United Utilities Bury New Road/Waterloo Road CSO River Irwell 1 1h 12m -
United Utilities Egerton Street / Worsley Street CSO River Medlock 4 1h 6m 0 h
United Utilities Water Street/Liverpool Road CSO River Irwell 1 1h -
United Utilities ASSHETON ROAD CSO Clvrt River Mersey 3 0h 30m -
United Utilities Water Street/New Quay Street CSO River Irwell 1 0h 28m -
United Utilities Bridge Street West CSO River Irwell 1 0h 20m -
United Utilities Princess Street/Whitworth Street CSO River Medlock Via Sws 1 0h 18m -
United Utilities Miller St/Corporation St CSO River Irk 3 0h 14m 25 h
United Utilities Palmerston Street CSO Harrop Brook 1 0h 9m -
United Utilities OXFORD ROAD / GROSVENOR STREET CSO River Medlock Via Sws 1 0h 6m 2,334 h
United Utilities LORD NORTH STREET / CLIFTON STREET CSO Shooters Brook 1 0h 4m -
United Utilities Palmerston Street CSO Harrop Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities MOUNT STREET / GREEK STREET CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities FAILSWORTH WwTW River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Princess Street/Whitworth Street CSO River Medlock Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities CHORLTON STREET CSO Shooters Brook Rvr Medloc 0 0h -
United Utilities BLACKFRIARS STREET CSO River Irwell 0 0h -
United Utilities Mallard Street/Charles Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Egerton Street / Worsley Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Briscoe Lane CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities ROLLESTON AVENUE / BUTLER STREET CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Long Millgate_Near Manchester Cathedral Gardens_CSO River Irk 0 0h -
United Utilities Bury New Road/Waterloo Road CSO River Irwell 0 0h -
United Utilities Cambridge Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Julia Street CSO River Irwell 0 0h -
United Utilities PARROT STREET / BROMLOW STREET CSO Corn Brook Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities Chester Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities MOUNT STREET / GREEK STREET CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Mallard Street/Charles Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities LORD NORTH STREET / CLIFTON STREET CSO Shooters Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Fairfield Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Hillkirk Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Charles Street/Princess Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Charles Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Briscoe Lane CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Hillkirk Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities ASPIN LANE CSO River Irk 0 0h -
United Utilities Verdon Street/Scotland Combined Sewer Overflow River Irk 0 0h -
United Utilities Cambridge Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Water Street/New Quay Street CSO River Irwell 0 0h -
United Utilities Beswick Street/Ashton New Road CSO River Medlock 0 0h 1 h
United Utilities Dantzic Street CSO River Irk 0 0h -
United Utilities Miller St/Corporation St CSO River Irk 0 0h -
United Utilities Lostock Close / Chale Close CSO (282D0) River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Charles Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Chester Road/Great Jackson Road CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Chester Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h 0 h
United Utilities Culcheth Lane CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Great Bridgewater Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities ASSHETON ROAD CSO Clvrt River Mersey 0 0h -
United Utilities OXFORD ROAD / GROSVENOR STREET CSO River Medlock Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities Bromley Street Nr Railway Arch CSO River Irk 0 0h -
United Utilities Victoria Bridge Street CSO River Blakewater 0 0h -
United Utilities Great Bridgewater Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Water Street (Manchester) CSO River Irwell 0 0h -
United Utilities Holt Lane (Failsworth ) SSO Lords Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Palmerston Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Mancunian Way CSO River Medlock Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities Beaumont Building, Jnt New Bridge Street / Great Ducie Street CSO River Irwell 0 0h -
United Utilities Mancunian Way CSO River Medlock Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities Chester Road/Great Jackson Road CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities FAILSWORTH WwTW River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Water Street/Liverpool Road CSO River Irwell 0 0h -
United Utilities CHORLTON STREET CSO Shooters Brook Rvr Medloc 0 0h -
United Utilities DANTZIC STREET / WARFORD STREET CSO River Irk 0 0h -
United Utilities FAILSWORTH WwTW River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Culcheth Lane CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Water Street (Manchester) CSO River Irwell 0 0h -
United Utilities Lostock Close / Chale Close CSO (282D0) River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Bridge Street West CSO River Irwell 0 0h -
United Utilities BANK STREET STORAGE TANK CSO (28CSO123) River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Bridge Street CSO River Irwell 0 0h -
United Utilities Verdon Street/Scotland Combined Sewer Overflow River Irk 0 0h -
United Utilities Dantzic Street CSO River Irk 0 0h -
United Utilities Bromley Street Nr Railway Arch CSO River Irk 0 0h -
United Utilities Junction of GRAVER LANE and ELSMA ROAD CSO Berry Brow Culvert 0 0h -
United Utilities Holt Lane (Failsworth ) SSO Lords Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Long Millgate_Near Manchester Cathedral Gardens_CSO River Irk 0 0h 25 h
United Utilities DANTZIC STREET / WARFORD STREET CSO River Irk 0 0h -
United Utilities Junction of GRAVER LANE and ELSMA ROAD CSO Berry Brow Culvert 0 0h -
United Utilities ROLLESTON AVENUE / BUTLER STREET CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Palmerston Street CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities Beswick Street/Ashton New Road CSO River Medlock 0 0h -
United Utilities BANK STREET STORAGE TANK CSO (28CSO123) River Medlock 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

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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