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Mid Cheshire - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 572 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 6,886 hours , potential overflows 2,517 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 - 69 hours , 709 potential
Apr - 23 hours , 804 offline
May - 41 hours , 744 offline
Jun - 0 hours , 927 offline
Jul - 0 hours , 1,488 offline
Aug - 3 hours , 568 offline
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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 27 245h 32m -
United Utilities NORTHWICH WwTW River Weaver 9 119h 17m -
United Utilities 102 Middlewich Road CSO Wade Brook 24 58h 56m 33 h
United Utilities Marlowe Road (Playing Fields) CSO River Dane 32 44h 40m 138 h
United Utilities WINSFORD WwTW River Weaver 13 25h 48m -
United Utilities Navigation Road (Northwich) CSO Weaver Navigation 26 22h 4m 1 h
United Utilities Outside 51 Church Street (Davenham) CSO Eldersbriar Brook 14 12h 4m -
United Utilities Off School Lane CSO Weaver Navigation 1 11h 454 h
United Utilities Greenbank Lane CSO Northwich River Weaver 7 5h 20m 2 h
United Utilities Gas Yard Pumping Station River Croco 8 4h 18m -
United Utilities Off Carlton Road CSO River Dane 9 3h 28m -
United Utilities St. Michael's Way Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 132TH) (CON0039) River Wheelock Via Sws 7 2h 58m -
United Utilities School Lane/Lodge Lane CSO River Weaver 3 2h 34m 24 h
United Utilities Wardle Bridge PS River Croco 5 2h 24m -
United Utilities Mere Heath PS Peckmill Bk 1 1h 48m -
United Utilities 230 London Road CSO River Dane Via Sws 5 1h 44m -
United Utilities Rear of XX Meadow Lane CSO Peckmill Brook Via Sws 3 1h 34m -
United Utilities Jack Lane CSO Peckmill Brook 6 1h 32m -
United Utilities Chester Road (Middlewich) WwNPS Wheelock 5 1h 23m -
United Utilities Hill Street PS River Weaver 1 1h 10m -
United Utilities WINSFORD WwTW River Weaver 2 1h -
United Utilities Church Street PS River Weaver 1 0h 38m -
United Utilities NORTHWICH WwTW River Weaver 1 0h 25m -
United Utilities SPENCER STREET / DARWIN STREET CSO Weaver Navigation Via Sws 2 0h 24m -
United Utilities Winnington Street CSO River Weaver 2 0h 20m -
United Utilities Outside of 90 Queensway CSO River Weaver Via Sws 1 0h 16m -
United Utilities WEIR STREET CSO River Weaver 1 0h 10m -
United Utilities Chester Road (Middlewich) WwNPS Wheelock 0 0h -
United Utilities 181 London Road CSO River Dane Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities Outside 51 Church Street (Davenham) CSO Eldersbriar Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Alleyway Adjacent to Rear of Peter Street CSO Wade Brook Via Sws 0 0h 2 h
United Utilities Alleyway Adjacent to Rear of Peter Street CSO Wade Brook Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities Mere Heath PS Peckmill Bk 0 0h -
United Utilities Navigation Road (Northwich) CSO Weaver Navigation 0 0h -
United Utilities Barons Quay PS River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities Dean Street CSO Culvert Dene Brook Viasws 0 0h -
United Utilities 310 -314 Chester Road CSO Handforth Brook Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities Barons Quay PS River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities WHITEGATE WwTW Pettypool Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Croxton Road (Middlewich No. 5 PS) River Wheelock 0 0h -
United Utilities Marlowe Road (Playing Fields) CSO River Dane 0 0h -
United Utilities WEIR STREET CSO River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities Off School Lane CSO Weaver Navigation 0 0h -
United Utilities XXX Middlewich Road CSO Wade Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Rear of XX Meadow Lane CSO Peckmill Brook Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities Off John Street CSO River Weaver Via Culvert 0 0h 1 h
United Utilities Hill Street PS River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities Rilshaw Lane PS Course 0 0h -
United Utilities MARTON NORTH (Cassia) WwTW Bogart Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Gas Yard Pumping Station River Croco 0 0h -
United Utilities Edward Street (Northwich) CSO Wade Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Meadowbank/Bradford Road PS River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities Manora Road (Dane Nurseries) CSO River Dane 0 0h -
United Utilities Castle Street, Northwich River Weaver 0 0h 18 h
United Utilities Winnington Street CSO River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities St. Michael's Way Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 132TH) (CON0039) River Wheelock Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities Off Carlton Road CSO River Dane 0 0h -
United Utilities Northwich Resewerage Scheme River Dane 0 0h -
United Utilities Gas Yard Pumping Station River Croco 0 0h 1,235 h
United Utilities WHITEGATE WwTW Pettypool Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Dean Street CSO Culvert Dene Brook Viasws 0 0h -
United Utilities Rilshaw Lane PS Course 0 0h -
United Utilities WINSFORD WwTW River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities NORTHWICH WwTW River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities Greenbank Lane CSO Northwich River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities MARTON NORTH (Cassia) WwTW Bogart Brook 0 0h 5,371 h
United Utilities NORTHWICH WwTW River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities WINSFORD WwTW River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities Wardle Bridge PS River Croco 0 0h -
United Utilities Castle Street, Northwich River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities Croxton Road (Middlewich No. 5 PS) River Wheelock 0 0h 2,118 h
United Utilities 102 Middlewich Road CSO Wade Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Nantwich Road/Chester Road CSO River Wheelock 0 0h -
United Utilities Dock Road Sewage PS River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities School Lane/Lodge Lane CSO River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities Church Street PS River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities Jack Lane CSO Peckmill Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Outside of 90 Queensway CSO River Weaver Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities 310 -314 Chester Road CSO Handforth Brook Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities SPENCER STREET / DARWIN STREET CSO Weaver Navigation Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities 230 London Road CSO River Dane Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities XXX Middlewich Road CSO Wade Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Off John Street CSO River Weaver Via Culvert 0 0h -
United Utilities Nantwich Road/Chester Road CSO River Wheelock 0 0h -
United Utilities Edward Street (Northwich) CSO Wade Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Manora Road (Dane Nurseries) CSO River Dane 0 0h -
United Utilities Northwich Resewerage Scheme River Dane 0 0h 1 h
United Utilities 181 London Road CSO River Dane Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities Church Street CSO Eldersbriar Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Gas Yard Pumping Station River Croco 0 0h -
United Utilities Dock Road Sewage PS River Weaver 0 0h -
United Utilities Church Street CSO Eldersbriar Brook 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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