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Mid Leicestershire - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 2,296 hours in 2025 , monitoring offline 5,805 hours , potential overflows 270 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Mid Leicestershire for 2025. It is an estimate, based on very poor quality live data from the Water Companies. This may not align with the 'official' reported sewage values from the water companies, which is reported in April following then end of the year - so 2025 numbers are reported in April 2026.

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 - 724 hours , 2 potential
Feb - 2 hours , 717 offline
Mar - 47 hours , 167 offline
Apr - 15 hours , 106 offline
May - 23 hours , 131 potential
Jun - 4 hours , 103 potential
Jul - 54 hours , 512 offline
Aug - 2 hours , 239 offline
Sept - 37 hours , 0 potential
Oct - 14 hours , 24 offline
Nov - 970 hours , 758 offline
Dec - 398 hours , 32 potential
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Severn Trent Water SSTO OVERFLOW-3PG-RIVER SOAR1 River Soar 23 204 h 51m 352 h
Severn Trent Water SSTO OVERFLOW-3PG-RIVER SOAR2 River Soar 14 119 h 40m 4 h
Severn Trent Water SSTO OVERFLOW-3PG-RIVER SOAR1 River Soar 12 116 h 22m -
Severn Trent Water BAGWORTH - OFF HAWTHORN ROAD (CSO) River Sence 10 94 h 36m 271 h
Severn Trent Water WANLIP IPS (CSO&EO) River Soar 17 85 h 29m -
Severn Trent Water BRAUNSTONE - WESTOVER ROAD (CSO) River Biam 22 83 h 31m 142 h
Severn Trent Water DESFORD - DESFORD CROSS ROAD PS (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 22 82 h 40m -
Severn Trent Water ROTHLEY (CSO) River Soar 7 79 h 11m 38 h
Severn Trent Water SSTO OVERFLOW-3PG-RIVER SOAR2 River Soar 10 77 h 9m -
Severn Trent Water STANTON UNDER BARDON PS (CSO) Stanton Brook 16 69 h 2m 81 h
Severn Trent Water THURCASTON - MILL ROAD (SSO) Anstey Brook 16 66 h 47m 142 h
Severn Trent Water THURCASTON - MILL ROAD (SSO) Anstey Brook 7 65 h 4m 92 h
Severn Trent Water BRAUNSTONE - AMY STREET (SSO) River Biam 7 64 h 41m -
Severn Trent Water GLENFIELD - STAMFORD STREET (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 17 63 h 15m 32 h
Severn Trent Water MOUNTSORREL - BETTY HENSERS LANE (SSO) Various Sites River Soar 5 62 h 7m -
Severn Trent Water BRAUNSTONE - COLBERT DRIVE (SSO) River Biam 5 54 h 30m -
Severn Trent Water SWITHLAND - MAIN STREET (CSO) Swithland Reservoir 10 49 h 23m -
Severn Trent Water WOODHOUSE - VICARY LANE (CSO) River Soar 22 48 h 35m -
Severn Trent Water BAGWORTH - OFF HAWTHORN ROAD (CSO) River Sence 5 47 h 35m -
Severn Trent Water GLENFIELD - STAMFORD STREET (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 17 42 h 30m 16 h
Severn Trent Water GROBY - BRS A50 (CSO) Slate Brook 4 41 h 33m -
Severn Trent Water WOODHOUSE - SCHOOL LANE (CSO) Quorn Brook 16 41 h 28m 309 h
Severn Trent Water ROTHLEY - TOWN GREEN STREET (CSO) Rothley Brook 6 37 h 45m 187 h
Severn Trent Water NEWTOWN LINFORD - BRADGATE ROAD (SSO) Bradgate Brook 8 37 h 39m 290 h
Severn Trent Water BATTLEFLAT - WEST LANE (SSO) River Sence 4 36 h 58m 37 h
Severn Trent Water MARKFIELD - CROFTWAY (FIELD 5247) (CSO) Rothley Brook 11 33 h 33m -
Severn Trent Water STANTON UNDER BARDON PS (CSO) Stanton Brook 10 33 h 24m -
Severn Trent Water GLENFIELD - WEST STREET (SSO) Rothley Brook 4 32 h 32m -
Severn Trent Water SWITHLAND - MAIN STREET (CSO) Swithland Reservoir 10 31 h 57m 804 h
Severn Trent Water BRAUNSTONE - AMY STREET 14 (CSO) River Biam 5 25 h 42m 238 h
Severn Trent Water WOODHOUSE - VICARY LANE (CSO) River Soar 7 23 h 44m -
Severn Trent Water GROBY - BRANTING HILL (CSO) Rothely Brook 6 23 h 29m 52 h
Severn Trent Water BATTLEFLAT - WEST LANE (SSO) River Sence 4 23 h 25m 266 h
Severn Trent Water KIRBY MUXLOE - COURT CLOSE (SSO) Rothley Brook 4 22 h 14m 30 h
Severn Trent Water ROTHLEY (CSO) River Soar 3 21 h 55m -
Severn Trent Water WOODHOUSE EAVES - MEADOW LANE (CSO) River Soar 12 21 h 46m 112 h
Severn Trent Water WANLIP IPS (CSO&EO) River Soar 4 21 h 19m -
Severn Trent Water BRAUNSTONE - WESTOVER ROAD (CSO) River Biam 7 20 h 19m -
Severn Trent Water NEWTOWN LINFORD - BRADGATE ROAD (SSO) Bradgate Brook 5 20 h 14m -
Severn Trent Water BRAUNSTONE - KINGSWAY XX (CSO) River Soar 5 19 h 48m -
Severn Trent Water THURMASTON - CANAL STREET (SSO) Birstall Brook / River Soar 3 19 h 22m 228 h
Severn Trent Water ROTHLEY - TOWN GREEN STREET (CSO) Rothley Brook 2 14 h 56m 151 h
Severn Trent Water GROBY - BRS A50 (CSO) Slate Brook 3 14 h 34m -
Severn Trent Water WOODHOUSE - SCHOOL LANE (CSO) Quorn Brook 3 13 h 46m -
Severn Trent Water KIRBY MUXLOE - RATBY LANE (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 12 10 h 6m 18 h
Severn Trent Water MOUNTSORREL - BETTY HENSERS LANE (SSO) Various Sites River Soar 2 9 h 40m -
Severn Trent Water GLENFIELD - STATION ROAD (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 2 9 h 28m 467 h
Severn Trent Water KIRBY MUXLOE - GOLF COURSE (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 4 8 h 34m -
Severn Trent Water KIRBY MUXLOE - COURT CLOSE (SSO) Rothley Brook 1 6 h 24m -
Severn Trent Water ROTHLEY - MOUNTSORREL LANE PS (CSO) Various Sites River Soar 1 6 h 9m 48 h
Severn Trent Water RATBY PS (CSO) Rothley Brook 2 5 h 58m -
Severn Trent Water GLENFIELD -STAMFORD ST/CHESTNUT RD (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 7 5 h 20m -
Severn Trent Water BIRSTALL - QUEENSGATE DRIVE (SSO) Rotheley Brook 1 5 h 7m 600 h
Severn Trent Water MARKFIELD - CROFTWAY (FIELD 5247) (CSO) Rothley Brook 3 4 h 8m -
Severn Trent Water WOODHOUSE EAVES - MEADOW LANE (CSO) River Soar 2 4 h 5m -
Severn Trent Water GLENFIELD -STAMFORD ST/CHESTNUT RD (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 3 3 h 45m -
Severn Trent Water BRAUNSTONE - AMY STREET (SSO) River Biam 1 2 h 57m -
Severn Trent Water GROBY - BRANTING HILL (CSO) Rothely Brook 2 1 h 6m -
Severn Trent Water GLENFIELD - LEICESTER ROAD (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 3 0 h 48m -
Severn Trent Water KIRBY MUXLOE - RATBY LANE (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 2 0 h 38m -
Severn Trent Water BIRSTALL - WORCESTER AVENUE (CSO) Birstall Brook / River Soar 1 0 h 35m 312 h
Severn Trent Water WOODHOUSE EAVES - BRAND LANE (CSO) River Soar 1 0 h 16m 70 h
Severn Trent Water SILEBY - COSSINGTON ROAD (SSO) Various Sites River Soar 1 0 h 5m -
Severn Trent Water BRAUNSTONE - KINGSWAY XX (CSO) River Soar 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water COSSINGTON - MAIN STREET (SSO) Various Sites River Soar 0 0 h 81 h
Severn Trent Water LEICESTER FOREST-BULLS HEAD PS (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water GLENFIELD - WEST STREET (SSO) Rothley Brook 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water BIRSTALL - WORCESTER AVENUE (CSO) Birstall Brook / River Soar 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water RATBY PS (CSO) Rothley Brook 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water COSSINGTON - MAIN STREET (SSO) Various Sites River Soar 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water ROTHLEY - MOUNTSORREL LANE PS (CSO) Various Sites River Soar 0 0 h 193 h
Severn Trent Water THURMASTON - CANAL STREET (SSO) Birstall Brook / River Soar 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water LEICESTER FOREST-BULLS HEAD PS (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 0 0 h 187 h
Severn Trent Water LEICESTER FOREST E - BEECHWOOD AVE (CSO) Rothley Brook 0 0 h 78 h
Severn Trent Water BRAUNSTONE - COLBERT DRIVE (SSO) River Biam 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water BRAUNSTONE - AMY STREET 14 (CSO) River Biam 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water GLENFIELD - STATION ROAD (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 0 0 h 58 h
Severn Trent Water KIRBY MUXLOE - GOLF COURSE (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 0 0 h 75 h
Severn Trent Water BIRSTALL - QUEENSGATE DRIVE (SSO) Rotheley Brook 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water GLENFIELD - LEICESTER ROAD (CSO) Glenfield/Braunstone/K/Mux Br 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water WOODHOUSE EAVES - BRAND LANE (CSO) River Soar 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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