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Live data for Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor in 2026

So far this year (as of 16 Aug 2026, 14:16) there has been 3,334 hours of sewage overflows, from 142 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s

Totals for Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor in 2025

57 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water

1,278 sewage dumps

5,008 hours duration

That's 6.96 months. On average 3.5 times a day

Change Over Time

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor in 2025. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Reporting refers to how much of the time the monitoring was active. In this constituency all the declared CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s appeared to have monitoring enabled for more than 50% of the year

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BYERS GREEN PUMPING STATION	53	600	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Valley Burn	TUDHOE MILL SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	87	543	88.9
Northumbrian Water	Bowburn Beck	BOWBURN STW (2002)	62	393	98.55
Northumbrian Water	River Skerne	TRIMDON VILLAGE SEWAGE TREATMENT WO	68	340	84.35
Northumbrian Water	Skerne, A To	MORDON STW	32	289	99.8
Northumbrian Water	Demons Beck	AYCLIFFE STW WORKS	20	224	98.4
Northumbrian Water	Nicky Nack Beck	NICKY NACK PUMPING STATION	39	204	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Skerne	FISHBURN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	29	184	99.5
Northumbrian Water	Rushyford Beck,	WINDLESTONE STW	24	152	100
Northumbrian Water	River Skerne	TRAVELLERS GREEN CSO (SE015)	43	149	99.6
Northumbrian Water	Langley Beck	TRIMDON COLLIERY SPS	33	146	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Chapman Beck	CASSOP STW	38	140	95.8
Northumbrian Water	Carrs	BISHOP MIDDLEHAM SEWAGE WORKS	21	136	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Valley Burn	MAYFIELD CSO	44	120	94.2
Northumbrian Water	Coxhoe Beck	PARADISE FARM (WILLOW FARM) CSO	33	116	99.6
Northumbrian Water	Rushyford Beck	RUSHYFORD SEWAGE PUMPING STATION, A	11	113	98.6
Northumbrian Water	Rushyford Beck	LEASINGTHORPE FARM CSO	68	112	93.2
Northumbrian Water	Bowburn Beck	EDNA STREET CSO	28	78	99.6
Northumbrian Water	Shotton Beck,	SEDGEFIELD SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	15	77	99
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	SUNDERLAND BRIDGE CSO	40	58	94.5
Northumbrian Water	Mainsforth Stell	CHILTON LANE PS EMERGENCY OVERFLOW	7	53	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Burton Beck	BURTON BECK CSO	30	53	92.7
Northumbrian Water	Bowburn Beck	BOWBURN BRIDGE PS	16	53	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Culverted River Wear	ETHERLEY LANE (NO.100) CSO	8	52	98
Northumbrian Water	Coxhoe Beck	KELLOE STW	9	49	100
Northumbrian Water	River Skerne	FISHBURN BRIDGE CSO	27	48	92.2
Northumbrian Water	Coxhoe Beck	CORNFORTH PUMPING STATION	9	46	95.3
Northumbrian Water	Shotton Beck	STOCKTON ROAD CSO (SE 024)	28	44	99.7
Northumbrian Water	Langley Beck	LANGLEY BECK CSO	26	42	92.1
Northumbrian Water	River Skerne	BRADBURY STW	11	41	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Coxhoe Beck	BLACK HORSE CSO	17	38	100
Northumbrian Water	Carrs Rvr Skerne	CHILTON LANE A CSO	29	32	80.7
Northumbrian Water	Mainsforth Stell	CHILTON LANE SSO	16	31	99.6
Northumbrian Water	East Howle Beck	FERRYHILL NORTH SPS	31	30	99.7
Northumbrian Water	Coxhoe Beck	RAILWAY LINE CSO	23	29	87.5
Northumbrian Water	Coxhoe Beck	WEST CORNFORTH SPS	8	25	82.1
Northumbrian Water	Redcar Beck	EAST END CSO (SE 026)	26	25	99.6
Northumbrian Water	Coxhoe Beck	PARK HILL CSO	16	25	97.6
Northumbrian Water	Valley Burn, River Wear	COW PLANTATION CSO	14	24	99.5
Northumbrian Water	Mainsforth Stell	FERRYHILL PS	18	24	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Skerne	AYCLIFFE (STEPHENSON WAY) PS	5	20	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Redcar Beck	BEACON AVENUE SPS	1	6	99.6
Northumbrian Water	Coxhoe Beck	DAVEY LAMP PH CSO	8	4	99.5
Northumbrian Water	Coxhoe Beck	EAST HOWLE STW	23	4	99.7
Northumbrian Water	Wear	HALL FARM CSO (SE037)	9	3	88.9
Northumbrian Water	Shotton Beck	THE MEADOWS CSO (SE 022)	4	2	91.2
Northumbrian Water	Carrs	ROWLANDSON TERRACE CSO	17	2	97.9
Northumbrian Water	Strait The	WEAR VIEW A CSO SE001	6	2	99.8
Northumbrian Water	Nicky Nack Beck	ATTWOOD TERRACE CSO SE008	8	1	97.5
Northumbrian Water	Coxhoe Beck	COXHOE CSO	10	1	96.6
Northumbrian Water	Tursdale Beck	DURHAM ROAD CSO	12	0	88
Northumbrian Water	Coxhoe Beck,	KELLOE SSO MANHOLE NO. 18	2	0	99.5
Northumbrian Water	River Skerne	DEAN ROAD CSO	8	0	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CROSS STREET CSO	3	0	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Strait, Culverted Watercrs	WEAR VIEW B CSO	2	0	96.4
Northumbrian Water	Coxhoe Beck	MAUGHAN CLOSE CSO SE39	2	0	94.7
Northumbrian Water	Blagdon Beck	WEST STREET CSO	1	0	83.7
Northumbrian Water	Skerne	FISHBURN TCE SSO	0	0	99.7
Northumbrian Water	Rushyford Beck	LYNDHURST ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERF	0	0	97
Northumbrian Water	East Howle Beck	METAL BRIDGE SPS AND CSO	0	0	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Skerne	WELL BANK CSO	0	0	93.4
Northumbrian Water	Coxhoe Beck	WORKINGMEN'S CLUB CSO	0	0	99.8
Northumbrian Water	Nickynack Beck	YORK HILL CSO	0	0	100

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.

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