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Newark - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 6,753 hours in 2025 , monitoring offline 8,459 hours , potential overflows 415 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Newark 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 - 3,562 hours , 374 potential
Feb - 456 hours , 1,421 offline
Mar - 58 hours , 915 offline
Apr - 36 hours , 339 offline
May - 46 hours , 854 offline
Jun - 29 hours , 0 potential
Jul - 63 hours , 843 offline
Aug - 9 hours , 336 offline
Sept - 161 hours , 485 offline
Oct - 96 hours , 352 offline
Nov - 904 hours , 41 potential
Dec - 1,315 hours , 117 offline
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Severn Trent Water SUTTON ON TRENT - CROMWELL STW (SSTO) River Trent 90 1,088 h 44m 27 h
Severn Trent Water COLLINGHAM STW (SSTO) Fleet 35 682 h 51m -
Severn Trent Water SUTTON ON TRENT - CROMWELL STW (SSTO) River Trent 33 552 h 29m -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL STW (SSTO) River Trent 39 440 h 19m 43 h
Severn Trent Water LAXTON STW (CSO&EO) Moorhouse Beck 34 400 h 59m 289 h
Severn Trent Water ASLOCKTON - SSTO OVERFLOW-3PG Car Dyke 26 397 h 31m 92 h
Severn Trent Water FARNDON STW (SSTO) River Devon 19 233 h 46m -
Severn Trent Water BURTON JOYCE - TRENT LANE PS (CSO) River Trent 38 203 h 37m -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL STW (SSTO) River Trent 16 193 h 42m -
Severn Trent Water LANEHAM - MAIN STREET (SSO) Laneham Beck 25 188 h 57m 318 h
Severn Trent Water ASLOCKTON - SSTO OVERFLOW-3PG Car Dyke 18 144 h 17m -
Severn Trent Water FLINTHAM STW IPS (CSO&EO) Car Dyke 20 131 h 40m 348 h
Severn Trent Water COLLINGHAM MAIN STREET (SSO) Fleet 9 128 h 24m -
Severn Trent Water EAST BRIDGFORD STW (SSTO) River Trent 27 120 h 57m -
Severn Trent Water EDINGLEY - STATION ROAD (SSO) Aisby Beck 7 113 h 58m 232 h
Severn Trent Water LANEHAM - MAIN STREET (SSO) Laneham Beck 10 105 h 1m -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - HALLOUGHTON ROAD (CSO) Potwell Dyke 26 100 h 45m 108 h
Severn Trent Water CRANKLEY POINT STW (SSTO) River Trent 7 98 h 19m 41 h
Severn Trent Water EAST MARKHAM STW (SSTO) Laneham Beck 17 96 h 9m 12 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON JOYCE - TRENT LANE PS (CSO) River Trent 12 92 h 52m -
Severn Trent Water ALVERTON STW IPS (CSO&EO) River Devon 5 90 h 2m 465 h
Severn Trent Water ELSTON STW (CSO&EO) Car Dyke 15 89 h 38m -
Severn Trent Water BALDERTON STW (SSTO) River Trent 6 89 h 25m -
Severn Trent Water FARNDON STW (SSTO) River Devon 6 72 h 50m -
Severn Trent Water NORMANTON ON TRENT (SSO) River Trent 9 66 h 33m 25 h
Severn Trent Water GROVE STW (CSO) North Beck 18 64 h 39m 104 h
Severn Trent Water LAXTON STW (CSO&EO) Moorhouse Beck 12 54 h 59m -
Severn Trent Water EAST BRIDGFORD - SPRINGDALE LANE (SSO) Car Dyke 12 53 h 11m -
Severn Trent Water HAWKSWORTH STW IPS (CSO&EO) Gutter 3 48 h 45m -
Severn Trent Water EAST MARKHAM STW (SSTO) Laneham Beck 8 47 h 29m -
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - BEACON HILL ROAD (CSO) River Trent 48 45 h 12m 183 h
Severn Trent Water ELTON STW IPS (CSO&EO) Winter Beck 8 42 h 24m 105 h
Severn Trent Water FLINTHAM STW IPS (CSO&EO) Car Dyke 7 39 h 31m -
Severn Trent Water FARNSFIELD STW (SSTO) Cotton Mill Dyke, R Greet 7 38 h 36m 27 h
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - NEWARK ROAD (CSO) River Greet 14 36 h 20m 1,783 h
Severn Trent Water ELSTON STW (CSO&EO) Car Dyke 5 36 h 19m -
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - BRUNEL DRIVE (CSO) Slough Dyke 17 35 h 12m -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - RIVERSIDE (CSO) River Greet 15 33 h 53m 102 h
Severn Trent Water NORMANTON ON TRENT (SSO) River Trent 3 32 h 39m -
Severn Trent Water SIBTHORPE (CSO) Car Dyke 2 24 h 38m -
Severn Trent Water EAST BRIDGFORD STW (SSTO) River Trent 9 23 h 58m -
Severn Trent Water EDINGLEY - STATION ROAD (SSO) Aisby Beck 4 21 h 10m -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - HALLOUGHTON ROAD (CSO) Potwell Dyke 7 20 h 17m -
Severn Trent Water FARNSFIELD STW (CSO) Cotton Mill Dyke, R Greet 17 16 h 35m 38 h
Severn Trent Water GROVE STW (CSO) North Beck 4 13 h 10m -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - CHURCH STREET (CSO) Potwell Dyke 22 11 h 30m 30 h
Severn Trent Water FARNSFIELD STW (SSTO) Cotton Mill Dyke, R Greet 3 9 h 50m -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - RIVERSIDE (CSO) River Greet 3 9 h 21m -
Severn Trent Water NEW BALDERTON - LONDON ROAD (CSO) Local Ditch 6 9 h 2m -
Severn Trent Water SCREVETON - KNIGHTS CLOSE (SPS) Car Dyke 11 8 h 27m -
Severn Trent Water SUTTON VILLAGE STW IPS (CSO&EO) River Whipling 9 8 h 8m -
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - BRUNEL DRIVE (CSO) Slough Dyke 8 6 h 48m -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - NEWARK ROAD (CSO) River Greet 3 4 h 38m 117 h
Severn Trent Water COLLINGHAM STW (SSTO) Fleet 2 4 h 23m -
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - BOUNDARY ROAD (CSO) River Devon 10 4 h 14m -
Severn Trent Water HALAM - MANSFIELD ROAD (CSO) Halam Beck 4 4 h 5m 47 h
Severn Trent Water COTHAM (CSO) Middle Beck 2 3 h 41m 631 h
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - CHURCH STREET (CSO) Potwell Dyke 4 2 h 47m -
Severn Trent Water EAST MARKHAM - QUAKEFIELD RD (CSO) Tuxford Beck 3 2 h 30m 54 h
Severn Trent Water NORTH ASKHAM - TOWN STREET (SSO) Of Laneham Beck 3 2 h 20m -
Severn Trent Water SCREVETON - KNIGHTS CLOSE (CSO) Car Dyke 1 2 h 3m 2,158 h
Severn Trent Water CRANKLEY POINT - CIRCULAR (CSO) River Trent 2 1 h 47m 27 h
Severn Trent Water KNEESALL - A616 (CSO) Beck 1 1 h 24m 108 h
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - BEACON HILL ROAD (CSO) River Trent 3 1 h 20m 39 h
Severn Trent Water KNEETON (CSO) Beck Dyke 1 0 h 43m -
Severn Trent Water EAST MARKHAM - QUAKEFIELD RD (CSO) Tuxford Beck 1 0 h 33m -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - NOTTINGHAM ROAD (CSO) Potwell Dyke 2 0 h 10m 12 h
Severn Trent Water SCREVETON - KNIGHTS CLOSE (SPS) Car Dyke 1 0 h 9m 61 h
Severn Trent Water COLLINGHAM MAIN STREET (SSO) Fleet 1 0 h 5m -
Severn Trent Water KNEETON (CSO) Beck Dyke 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SCREVETON - KNIGHTS CLOSE (CSO) Car Dyke 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water FARNDON - CHAPEL LANE (SSO) Edingley Beck 0 0 h 38 h
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - BOUNDARY ROAD (CSO) River Devon 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water BALDERTON STW (SSTO) River Trent 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water NORTH ASKHAM - TOWN STREET (SSO) Of Laneham Beck 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water CRANKLEY POINT STW (SSTO) River Trent 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water NEW BALDERTON - LONDON ROAD (CSO) Local Ditch 0 0 h 40 h
Severn Trent Water SIBTHORPE (CSO) Car Dyke 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water FARNSFIELD STW (CSO) Cotton Mill Dyke, R Greet 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water CRANKLEY POINT - CIRCULAR (CSO) River Trent 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SUTTON VILLAGE STW IPS (CSO&EO) River Whipling 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - NOTTINGHAM ROAD (CSO) Potwell Dyke 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water HAWKSWORTH STW IPS (CSO&EO) Gutter 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water KNEESALL - A616 (CSO) Beck 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water FLINTHAM - MAIN STREET (SSO) Beck Dyke 0 0 h 0 h
Severn Trent Water AVERHAM - CHURCH LANE (CSO) River Trent 0 0 h 1,074 h
Severn Trent Water ALVERTON STW IPS (CSO&EO) River Devon 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SOUTH ASKHAM - ASKHAM ROAD (SSO) Of Laneham Beck 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water EAST BRIDGFORD - SPRINGDALE LANE (SSO) Car Dyke 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - MASSEY ST (CSO) River Trent 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water FLINTHAM - MAIN STREET (SSO) Beck Dyke 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water ELTON STW IPS (CSO&EO) Winter Beck 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water FARNDON - CHAPEL LANE (SSO) Edingley Beck 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water COTHAM (CSO) Middle Beck 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - MASSEY ST (CSO) River Trent 0 0 h 84 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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