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North Northumberland

Polluted by sewage 3,769 times in 2025 lasting 16,433 hours - That's 1.9 years!

Monitoring fell below 50% in some locations so could be more

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Live data for North Northumberland in 2026

So far this year (as of 18 May 2026, 12:00) there has been 17,100 hours of sewage overflows, from 340 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s - that's 1.98 years!

Totals for North Northumberland in 2025

137 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water
3,769 sewage dumps
16,433 hours duration
That's 1.9 years. On average 10.3 times a day

Change Over Time

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for North Northumberland 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 2 of the total 160 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Northumbrian Water Coquet FELTON STW 116 1,454 98.1
Northumbrian Water Unnamed River Till MILFIELD SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 83 1,192 99.2
Northumbrian Water North Sea/Lady Burn HADSTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 65 914 100
Northumbrian Water Pow Burn POWBURN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 38 648 99
Northumbrian Water North Sea AMBLE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS 91 522 99.7
Northumbrian Water Low LOWICK SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 117 509 88.5
Northumbrian Water River Aln ALNWICK SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 123 504 97.6
Northumbrian Water Brunton Burn CHRISTON BANK SPS 58 458 99.9
Northumbrian Water North Sea RAF BOULMER SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 29 453 100
Northumbrian Water Lady Burn TOGSTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 56 445 99.5
Northumbrian Water Fence Burn SWARLAND FENCE PUMPING STATION 64 415 99.7
Northumbrian Water North Sea BOULMER SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 43 394 99.9
Northumbrian Water East House Burn LANEHEAD PUMPING STATION 31 385 99.8
Northumbrian Water North Sea SCREMERSTON NO 2 SPS 44 376 99.9
Northumbrian Water Tyelaw Burn SHILBOTTLE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 74 346 99.6
Northumbrian Water Fenwick Burn FENWICK (BERWICK) STW 77 345 98.7
Northumbrian Water River Aln WHITTINGHAM STW 49 323 97.1
Northumbrian Water R Lyne LYNEMOUTH STW 28 320 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Lyne DENE HOUSE SPS 38 302 100
Northumbrian Water River Till BRANXTON STW 75 269 93.2
Northumbrian Water Wreigh Burn THROPTON & SNITTER STW 34 258 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Lyne SEA VIEW CSO 45 249 99
Northumbrian Water North Sea AMBLE HARBOUR PUMPING STATION 31 242 97.9
Northumbrian Water North Sea CRESSWELL SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 31 237 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Tweed BERWICK STW 39 228 99.1
Northumbrian Water North Sea SOUTH ACRES COMMINUTER, CRASTER 61 217 99.5
Northumbrian Water River Wansbeck MORPETH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 33 201 68.85
Northumbrian Water Embleton Burn EMBLETON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 36 195 99.9
Northumbrian Water North Sea MITCHELL AVENUE SEWAGE PUMPING STAN 43 176 99.7
Northumbrian Water Till ETAL STW 88 164 95.6
Northumbrian Water River Wansbeck STOBS FORD SPS 48 163 100
Northumbrian Water Bothal Burn PEGSWOOD STW 20 146 99.6
Northumbrian Water North Sea MAGDALENE FIELDS NORTH CSO 112 142 93.2
Northumbrian Water North Sea BERWICK P S NO 7 (MAGDALENE FIELDSN 73 134 99.8
Northumbrian Water Fence Burn LONGFRAMLINGTON SSO 36 134 89.7
Northumbrian Water Mere Burn SWARLAND OLD SEWAGE WORKS CSO 18 123 96.6
Northumbrian Water North Sea MAGDALEN FIELDS SOUTH COMBINED SEWW 67 118 73.5
Northumbrian Water Wooler Water WOOLER STW 68 110 100
Northumbrian Water Watercourse To River Tweed MILLFIELD SPS 36 103 76.9
Northumbrian Water River Tweed CASTLE TERRACE 1 CSO 51 99 96.2
Northumbrian Water Lyne ULGHAM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 31 97 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Tweed SPITTAL QUAY CSO (BT7) 46 97 97
Northumbrian Water Tweed Estuary QUEENS GARDENS CSO 39 97 91
Northumbrian Water Belford Burn BELFORD SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 35 92 52.8
Northumbrian Water Coquet ROTHBURY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 13 85 100
Northumbrian Water Ogle Letch WHITTLE COLLIERY VILLAGE STW 11 85 99.1
Northumbrian Water River Coquet FELTON RECREATION GROUND CSO 43 80 99.6
Northumbrian Water River Tweed Estuary QUAY WALL SPS 42 77 96.6
Northumbrian Water River Tweed Estuary BT41 MAIN STREET NO 4 CSO 32 75 99.2
Northumbrian Water Chevington Burn RED ROW SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 9 74 100
Northumbrian Water River Coquet STEPPING STONES CSO 24 71 97.5
Northumbrian Water North Sea BEADNELL HARBOUR SEWAGE PUMPING STN 23 63 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Tweed NORHAM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 25 59 72.9
Northumbrian Water Wreigh Burn THROPTON CSO 13 57 94.5
Northumbrian Water Aln ALNMOUTH ROAD SSO 40 55 97.7
Northumbrian Water Bondicarr Burn HIGH HAUXLEY PS 18 50 99.9
Northumbrian Water Tweed Estuary CSO AT BLAKEWELL ROAD 30 49 84.3
Northumbrian Water River Coquet HARBOTTLE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 39 48 99.3
Northumbrian Water Wash Burn HOWLING LANE CSO A046 44 47 98.5
Northumbrian Water Tyelaw Burn SHILBOTTLE CSO NO. 2 A015 27 46 78.6
Northumbrian Water Guilders Burn SWARLAND HOUSE SPS 8 42 100
Northumbrian Water Duddo Burn, MAIN STREET CSO 38 42 97.2
Northumbrian Water Longhirst Burn LONGHIRST STW 16 40 100
Northumbrian Water Bowsden BOWSDEN STW 42 33 100
Northumbrian Water Belford Burn MCLAREN DRIVE CSO 23 32 99.7
Northumbrian Water Doupster Burn SCREMERSTON NO 2 SPS 18 32 99.9
Northumbrian Water Embleton Burn EMBLETON SEWAGE WORKS CSO 22 30 99.9
Northumbrian Water Lyne LYNE CSO CM045 6 30 100
Northumbrian Water River Tweed CAR PARK CSO 25 30 97.3
Northumbrian Water Hips Burn STEPPEY LANE CSO A020 34 29 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Tweed 33 DOCK ROAD CSO 28 29 96.3
Northumbrian Water River Coquet NEW HALL FARM CSO 22 27 90.3
Northumbrian Water South Low HAGGERSTON CASTLE CARAVAN PARK STW 10 25 99.9
Northumbrian Water Goat WARK SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 24 25 99.9
Northumbrian Water Bow Burn ALNWICK CASTLE CSO A011 33 24 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Tweed MOUNT ROAD CSO BT003 32 23 96.1
Northumbrian Water River Aln NARROWGATE CSO 32 23 73.9
Northumbrian Water River Tweed JNC CHURCH ROAD/DOCK ROAD COMBINEEW 25 23 87.8
Northumbrian Water River Coquet HEPPLE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 3 23 99.8
Northumbrian Water Eglingham Burn EGLINGHAM STW 11 21 100
Northumbrian Water Cotting Burn POINT A DAMSIDE CSO CM022 22 21 99.3
Northumbrian Water River Tweed BRANDYWELL CSO 40 21 97.3
Northumbrian Water River Aln ALNWICK CASTLE CSO NO 2 A035 28 20 99.8
Northumbrian Water North Sea DUNSTANBURGH COMMINUTOR STATION 12 20 99.7
Northumbrian Water North Sea HOLY ISLAND STW 9 20 100
Northumbrian Water Tweed Estuary SSO AT WEST END 19 20 82.6
Northumbrian Water Wooler Water WOOLER SPS 12 16 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Aln LESBURY (STEPPY LANE) PUMPING STATI 9 16 100
Northumbrian Water River Tweed MILL STRAND COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 8 16 80
Northumbrian Water River Tweed DOCK ROAD CSO (BT44) 19 16 94.7
Northumbrian Water River Till CHATTON CSO 17 15 100
Northumbrian Water Low KYLOE VIEW SSO 22 15 96.9
Northumbrian Water Elsdon Burn ELSDON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 18 14 100
Northumbrian Water North Sea HARBOUR SPS 12 14 92.1
Northumbrian Water Wooler Water CHURCH STREET CSO 24 14 99.9
Northumbrian Water Coquet WARKWORTH PUMPING STATION NO3 3 13 95.3
Northumbrian Water River Aln ALNMOUTH P STATION 7 9 100
Northumbrian Water Coquet Estuary A1068 ROAD BRIDGE CSO 5 9 87.9
Northumbrian Water Coquet PUMPING STATION NO4 6 8 100
Northumbrian Water River Coquet TURNER STREET SPS 6 7 76.1
Northumbrian Water Till CROOKHAM STW 16 7 96.9
Northumbrian Water Church Burn SUNN INN CSO 17 7 97.6
Northumbrian Water River Tweed BERWICK NO 4 SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 9 7 98.5
Northumbrian Water Till CHATTON STW 7 6 96.8
Northumbrian Water River Tweed RAILWAY STREET 6 4 99.7
Northumbrian Water North Sea KING STREET SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 7 4 99.7
Northumbrian Water North Sea BAMBURGH SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 3 4 99.9
Northumbrian Water North Sea DERWENT WATER TERRACE CSO BT022 4 4 99.5
Northumbrian Water Netherton Burn NETHERTON CSO 13 3 99
Northumbrian Water Coquet, Tidal Waters WARKWORTH SEWERAGE SYSTEM SSO MH NO 3 2 100
Northumbrian Water Netherton Burn NETHERTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 8 2 98.1
Northumbrian Water River Coquet MAIN STREET CSO 10 2 91.2
Northumbrian Water Cotting Burn POINT M ST JAMES CHURCH CSO 6 1 95.6
Northumbrian Water Unnamed Coastal Stream WESTFIELD NO 9 PS 3 1 100
Northumbrian Water Church Burn STOREY PARK CSO 4 1 99.5
Northumbrian Water Bothal Burn BOTHAL CSO THE TUNNELS CM036 5 1 99
Northumbrian Water Potland Burn 29 FIRST ROW 4 1 99.6
Northumbrian Water River Tweed SHOREGATE CSO 2 1 100
Northumbrian Water Tweed HORNCLIFFE NORTH STW 5 1 99.95
Northumbrian Water Cotting Burn DAMSIDE AND STAITHES LANE CSO 2 0 89.3
Northumbrian Water River Tweed PALACE STREET NORTH CSO 1 3 0 96
Northumbrian Water River Tweed CASTLE VALE SPS 2 0 99.9
Northumbrian Water North Sea MAIN STREET SPITTAL CSO 2 0 100
Northumbrian Water Craster Burn DUNSTAN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 4 0 99.8
Northumbrian Water Potland Burn LINTON PS 2 0 99.9
Northumbrian Water Tweed Estuary SEA ROAD CSO 2 0 99.5
Northumbrian Water River Tweed CORNHILL SPS 1 0 37.8
Northumbrian Water River Wansbeck BENNETTS WALK CSO 4 0 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Tweed CASTLE TERRACE NO2 (BT341) CSO 2 0 77.2
Northumbrian Water River Aln ALN BANK CSO 3 0 100
Northumbrian Water River Tweed PALACE STREET NORTH CSO 1 1 0 95.6
Northumbrian Water Tyelaw Burn SHILBOTTLE CSO 1 0 94.3
Northumbrian Water River Tweed RAVENSDOWNE BARRACKS SPS 1 0 99.9
Northumbrian Water Tyelaw Burn SHILBOTTLE CSO A 1 0 99.6
Northumbrian Water Wooler Water SOUTH ROAD NO 18 CSO 1 0 99.6
Northumbrian Water Church Burn MAFEKING COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 1 0 99.9
Northumbrian Water R Aln STAIGS GARTH SPS 1 0 99.8
Northumbrian Water Hosedon Burn ALWINTON STW 0 0 99.95
Northumbrian Water Aln AVONDALE CSO 0 0 99.6
Northumbrian Water Unnamed Coastal Stream BEADNELL(SWINHOE ROAD) SEWAGE PUMPN 0 0 99.8
Northumbrian Water Newlands Burn BELFORD INDUTRIAL ESTATE PS. 0 0 99.9
Northumbrian Water Pallin'S Burn CSO MAIN STREET 0 0 95.6
Northumbrian Water Church Burn ELDER COTTAGES CSO 0 0 46.7
Northumbrian Water Ellingham Burn ELLINGHAM STW 0 0 72.9
Northumbrian Water Potland Burn FIFTH ROW CSO 0 0 92
Northumbrian Water North Sea HEUGH ROAD PUMPING STATION 0 0 98.2
Northumbrian Water North Sea JOLLY FISHERMAN CSO 0 0 92
Northumbrian Water Hips Burn LESBURY(HIPSBURN)CSO 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water North Sea LOW HAUXLEY PS 0 0 99.8
Northumbrian Water Wansbeck MORPETH CSO D 0 0 93.8
Northumbrian Water Bothal Burn PEGSWOOD CSOCOUNTY FIRST SCHOOL 0 0 96.4
Northumbrian Water Rennington Burn RENNINGTON PUMPING STATION 0 0 97.7
Northumbrian Water Embleton Burn SEA LANE PUMPING STATION 0 0 99.1
Northumbrian Water N. Sea SOUTHFIELD CSO 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water North Sea ST AIDANS SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 0 0 91.1
Northumbrian Water Houndalee Letch THE GABLES CSO 0 0 61.8
Northumbrian Water Church Burn THE KYLINS COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 0 0 99.2
Northumbrian Water River Tweed TWEEDSIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CSO 0 0 93.5
Northumbrian Water Linton Burn WIDDRINGTON CSO 0 0 93.8
Northumbrian Water Wooler Water WOOLER CSO 0 0 99.5

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

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