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Mid Cheshire - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 438 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 1,780 hours , potential overflows 2,002 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Mid Cheshire 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 - 96 hours , 1,119 potential
Feb - 338 hours , 688 potential
Mar - 3 hours , 194 potential
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
United Utilities Meadowbank/Bradford Road PS River Weaver 18 221 h 6m -
United Utilities NORTHWICH WwTW River Weaver 6 108 h 15m -
United Utilities 102 Middlewich Road CSO Wade Brook 19 55 h 14m 17 h
United Utilities Marlowe Road (Playing Fields) CSO River Dane 16 17 h 3m 138 h
United Utilities WINSFORD WwTW River Weaver 6 16 h 19m -
United Utilities Navigation Road (Northwich) CSO Weaver Navigation 12 7 h 20m -
United Utilities School Lane/Lodge Lane CSO River Weaver 2 2 h 32m 24 h
United Utilities Greenbank Lane CSO Northwich River Weaver 4 2 h 24m 2 h
United Utilities Outside 51 Church Street (Davenham) CSO Eldersbriar Brook 3 2 h 16m -
United Utilities Jack Lane CSO Peckmill Brook 6 1 h 32m -
United Utilities St. Michael's Way Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 132TH) (CON0039) River Wheelock Via Sws 3 0 h 52m -
United Utilities Wardle Bridge PS River Croco 1 0 h 50m -
United Utilities WINSFORD WwTW River Weaver 1 0 h 38m -
United Utilities Gas Yard Pumping Station River Croco 2 0 h 32m -
United Utilities Rear of XX Meadow Lane CSO Peckmill Brook Via Sws 1 0 h 30m -
United Utilities NORTHWICH WwTW River Weaver 1 0 h 25m -
United Utilities 230 London Road CSO River Dane Via Sws 1 0 h 22m -
United Utilities Chester Road (Middlewich) WwNPS Wheelock 1 0 h 17m -
United Utilities Outside of 90 Queensway CSO River Weaver Via Sws 1 0 h 16m -
United Utilities Off Carlton Road CSO River Dane 1 0 h 10m -
United Utilities Dean Street CSO Culvert Dene Brook Viasws 0 0 h -
United Utilities School Lane/Lodge Lane CSO River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities WHITEGATE WwTW Pettypool Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Gas Yard Pumping Station River Croco 0 0 h -
United Utilities 102 Middlewich Road CSO Wade Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities 310 -314 Chester Road CSO Handforth Brook Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Winnington Street CSO River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Church Street PS River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Croxton Road (Middlewich No. 5 PS) River Wheelock 0 0 h 1,610 h
United Utilities Winnington Street CSO River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Off School Lane CSO Weaver Navigation 0 0 h -
United Utilities Edward Street (Northwich) CSO Wade Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Gas Yard Pumping Station River Croco 0 0 h -
United Utilities Church Street CSO Eldersbriar Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Northwich Resewerage Scheme River Dane 0 0 h 0 h
United Utilities Croxton Road (Middlewich No. 5 PS) River Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities NORTHWICH WwTW River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Dean Street CSO Culvert Dene Brook Viasws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Outside of 90 Queensway CSO River Weaver Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities MARTON NORTH (Cassia) WwTW Bogart Brook 0 0 h 1,610 h
United Utilities Jack Lane CSO Peckmill Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Manora Road (Dane Nurseries) CSO River Dane 0 0 h -
United Utilities Alleyway Adjacent to Rear of Peter Street CSO Wade Brook Via Sws 0 0 h 2 h
United Utilities XXX Middlewich Road CSO Wade Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Nantwich Road/Chester Road CSO River Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities WHITEGATE WwTW Pettypool Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Alleyway Adjacent to Rear of Peter Street CSO Wade Brook Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Hill Street PS River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Wardle Bridge PS River Croco 0 0 h -
United Utilities Castle Street, Northwich River Weaver 0 0 h 0 h
United Utilities Off John Street CSO River Weaver Via Culvert 0 0 h -
United Utilities WEIR STREET CSO River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Off John Street CSO River Weaver Via Culvert 0 0 h 1 h
United Utilities 310 -314 Chester Road CSO Handforth Brook Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities XXX Middlewich Road CSO Wade Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Dock Road Sewage PS River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Outside 51 Church Street (Davenham) CSO Eldersbriar Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Navigation Road (Northwich) CSO Weaver Navigation 0 0 h -
United Utilities WINSFORD WwTW River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Gas Yard Pumping Station River Croco 0 0 h -
United Utilities Northwich Resewerage Scheme River Dane 0 0 h -
United Utilities Barons Quay PS River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Off Carlton Road CSO River Dane 0 0 h -
United Utilities SPENCER STREET / DARWIN STREET CSO Weaver Navigation Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Rear of XX Meadow Lane CSO Peckmill Brook Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Manora Road (Dane Nurseries) CSO River Dane 0 0 h -
United Utilities Rilshaw Lane PS Course 0 0 h -
United Utilities Dock Road Sewage PS River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Church Street CSO Eldersbriar Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Castle Street, Northwich River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities WINSFORD WwTW River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities SPENCER STREET / DARWIN STREET CSO Weaver Navigation Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities WEIR STREET CSO River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities St. Michael's Way Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 132TH) (CON0039) River Wheelock Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Off School Lane CSO Weaver Navigation 0 0 h 375 h
United Utilities Meadowbank/Bradford Road PS River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Chester Road (Middlewich) WwNPS Wheelock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Rilshaw Lane PS Course 0 0 h -
United Utilities Edward Street (Northwich) CSO Wade Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities 230 London Road CSO River Dane Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities NORTHWICH WwTW River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Church Street PS River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities 181 London Road CSO River Dane Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Mere Heath PS Peckmill Bk 0 0 h -
United Utilities Mere Heath PS Peckmill Bk 0 0 h -
United Utilities Marlowe Road (Playing Fields) CSO River Dane 0 0 h -
United Utilities MARTON NORTH (Cassia) WwTW Bogart Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Greenbank Lane CSO Northwich River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities 181 London Road CSO River Dane Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Barons Quay PS River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Hill Street PS River Weaver 0 0 h -
United Utilities Nantwich Road/Chester Road CSO River Wheelock 0 0 h -

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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