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Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 3,098 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 1,116 hours , potential overflows 4 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor 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 - 576 hours
Feb - 1,677 hours , 91 offline
Mar - 392 hours , 4 potential
Apr - 80 hours , 557 offline
May - 371 hours , 420 offline
Jun - 0 hours
Jul - 0 hours
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Northumbrian Water BYERS GREEN SPS River Wear 29 439h 35m -
Northumbrian Water TUDHOE MILL SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Valley Burn 28 261h 26m -
Northumbrian Water MORDON STW Skerne, A To 23 230h 40m -
Northumbrian Water NICKY NACK SEWAGE PUMPING STATION Nicky Nack Beck 27 217h 21m -
Northumbrian Water TRAVELLERS GREEN CSO (SE015) River Skerne 22 153h 27m -
Northumbrian Water AYCLIFFE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Demons Beck 13 143h 11m -
Northumbrian Water TRIMDON VILLAGE STW River Skerne 12 129h 46m -
Northumbrian Water BOWBURN STW (2002) Bowburn Beck 10 115h 54m -
Northumbrian Water TRIMDON VILLAGE STW River Skerne 25 113h 39m -
Northumbrian Water SUNDERLAND BRIDGE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION River Wear 9 109h 39m -
Northumbrian Water BOWBURN STW (2002) Bowburn Beck 20 107h 46m -
Northumbrian Water AYCLIFFE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Demons Beck 7 95h 59m -
Northumbrian Water TRIMDON COLLIERY SPS Langley Beck 12 84h 41m 1 h
Northumbrian Water WINDLESTONE STW Rushyford Beck, 9 78h 54m -
Northumbrian Water SUNDERLAND BRIDGE CSO River Wear 15 71h 14m -
Northumbrian Water CASSOP STW Chapman Beck 17 70h 50m -
Northumbrian Water FISHBURN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS River Skerne 7 66h 3m -
Northumbrian Water BISHOP MIDDLEHAM SEWAGE WORKS Carrs 10 57h 57m 47 h
Northumbrian Water RUSHYFORD SEWAGE PUMPING STATION, A Rushyford Beck 6 56h 58m -
Northumbrian Water SEDGEFIELD SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Shotton Beck, 6 49h 57m -
Northumbrian Water TUDHOE MILL SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS Valley Burn 9 44h 46m -
Northumbrian Water MAYFIELD CSO Valley Burn 17 39h 42m 91 h
Northumbrian Water PARADISE FARM (WILLOW FARM) SPS Coxhoe Beck 14 39h 40m -
Northumbrian Water EDNA STREET CSO Bowburn Beck 11 36h 20m -
Northumbrian Water BOWBURN BRIDGE SPS Bowburn Beck 7 32h 38m -
Northumbrian Water KELLOE STW Coxhoe Beck 4 25h 22m -
Northumbrian Water LEASINGTHORPE FARM CSO Rushyford Beck 16 22h 56m -
Northumbrian Water CHILTON LANE SPS Mainsforth Stell 5 22h 46m -
Northumbrian Water FISHBURN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS River Skerne 4 21h 56m -
Northumbrian Water LANGLEY BECK CSO Langley Beck 8 17h 38m -
Northumbrian Water BURTON BECK CSO Burton Beck 8 17h 34m -
Northumbrian Water CHILTON LANE A CSO Carrs Rvr Skerne 13 12h 42m -
Northumbrian Water CORNFORTH PUMPING STATION Coxhoe Beck 5 12h 30m -
Northumbrian Water ROWLANDSON TERRACE CSO Carrs 4 9h 14m -
Northumbrian Water STOCKTON ROAD CSO (SE 024) Shotton Beck 7 9h 12m -
Northumbrian Water FERRYHILL NORTH SPS East Howle Beck 10 9h 10m -
Northumbrian Water DURHAM ROAD CSO Tursdale Beck 2 9h 976 h
Northumbrian Water STEPHENSON WAY SPS River Skerne 2 8h 59m -
Northumbrian Water 50 Oxclose Crescent Spennymoor Valley Burn 3 6h 54m -
Northumbrian Water FISHBURN BRIDGE CSO River Skerne 7 6h 40m -
Northumbrian Water BRADBURY STW River Skerne 4 6h 36m -
Northumbrian Water RAILWAY LINE CSO Coxhoe Beck 5 6h 2m -
Northumbrian Water WEST CORNFORTH SPS Coxhoe Beck 3 5h 4m -
Northumbrian Water CHILTON LANE SSO Mainsforth Stell 2 3h 46m -
Northumbrian Water PARK HILL CSO Coxhoe Beck 6 3h 36m -
Northumbrian Water FERRYHILL (GORDON TERRACE) SPS Mainsforth Stell 4 2h 59m 4 h
Northumbrian Water EAST END CSO (SE 026) Redcar Beck 3 2h 12m -
Northumbrian Water COW PLANTATION CSO Valley Burn, River Wear 2 1h 58m -
Northumbrian Water BLACK HORSE CSO Coxhoe Beck 2 1h 40m -
Northumbrian Water EAST HOWLE STW Coxhoe Beck 5 1h -
Northumbrian Water COXHOE CSO Coxhoe Beck 6 0h 50m -
Northumbrian Water HALL FARM CSO (SE037) Wear 2 0h 38m -
Northumbrian Water DAVEY LAMP PH CSO Coxhoe Beck 1 0h 32m -
Northumbrian Water ATTWOOD TERRACE CSO SE008 Nicky Nack Beck 5 0h 24m -
Northumbrian Water 20 PEARSON STREET CSO SE 009 East Howle Beck, 1 0h 12m -
Northumbrian Water WEAR VIEW A CSO SE001 Strait The 1 0h 10m -
Northumbrian Water THE MEADOWS CSO (SE 022) Shotton Beck 1 0h 8m -
Northumbrian Water DEAN ROAD CSO River Skerne 1 0h 2m -
Northumbrian Water METAL BRIDGE SPS AND CSO East Howle Beck 1 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water WEAR VIEW B CSO Strait, Culverted Watercrs 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water WINGATE CSO NO 1 River Skerne 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
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Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water FISHBURN TCE SSO Skerne 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water KELLOE SSO MANHOLE NO. 18 Coxhoe Beck, 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water YORK HILL PS (SE034) Nicky Nack Beck 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
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Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
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Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
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Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water WEST STREET CSO Blagdon Beck 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water WELL BANK CSO River Skerne 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water LYNDHURST ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERF Rushyford Beck 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water MAUGHAN CLOSE CSO SE39 Coxhoe Beck 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water WORKINGMEN'S CLUB CSO Coxhoe Beck 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water BEACON AVENUE SPS Redcar Beck 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Tursdale PS - NWL name Coxhoe Beck 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water CROSS STREET CSO Wear 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0h -
Northumbrian Water Unknown Unknown 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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