Penrith and Solway

Polluted by sewage 7,532 times in 2024 lasting 58,733 hours - That's 6.8 years!

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

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Live data for Penrith and Solway in 2025

So far this year (as of May 9, 2025, 5:00 AM) there has been 7,114 hours of sewage overflows - that's 0.82 years!

Totals for Penrith and Solway in 2024

132 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water, United Utilities

7,532 sewage dumps

58,733 hours duration

That's 6.8 years! On average 20.6 times a day

Change Over Time

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Waterways in Penrith and Solway

Daily Data

We get information about overflowing CSOs since January 2025. Here is a chart of the last three months of data for Penrith and Solway, here you can see overflows in red, the darker the red, the more the CSO overflowed that day.

Each CSO has a row, the most recent data is on the right hand side.

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Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Penrith and Solway in 2024. 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 1 of the total 140 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year.

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
United Utilities	Burghmoor Beck	KIRK BAMPTON WWTW (KIRKB)	310	4,280	99.9
United Utilities	River Derwent	COCKERMOUTH WWTW	165	3,079	100
United Utilities	River Ellen	BLENNERHASSET WW PUMPING STATION	199	3,017	94.1
United Utilities	Dubwath Beck	EMBLETON WWTW	158	2,974	98.9
United Utilities	Roughton Beck	GREAT ORTON WWTW (GRORT)	160	2,778	100
United Utilities	River Ellen	PLUMBLAND WWTW	174	2,438	91
United Utilities	Bullclose Beck	GILCRUX WWTW GILCR	129	1,987	99.5
United Utilities	River Waver	BOLTON LOW HOUSES STW	153	1,943	97.6
United Utilities	River Derwent	GREAT BROUGHTON WWTW	239	1,888	99.65
Northumbrian Water	River Nent	NENTHEAD STW	109	1,722	76.4
United Utilities	West Newton Beck	WESTNEWTON PS WSTNE ALL0114	100	1,621	96.1
United Utilities	River Waver	WAVERTON PUMPING STATION	90	1,432	100
United Utilities	River Derwent	PAPCASTLE PUMPING STATION (ALL0139)	104	1,284	99.5
United Utilities	Hallgarth Beck	BRAITHWAITE WW PUMPING STATION	114	1,044	100
United Utilities	River Derwent	FITZ BRIDGE (LOW ROAD) CSO	99	958	100
United Utilities	River Ellen	ASPATRIA WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	81	956	99.9
United Utilities	River Wampool	KIRKBRIDE WWTW	62	947	100
United Utilities	Crummock Beck	FLETCHERTOWN STW	148	912	90.7
United Utilities	River Eden	LANGWATHBY WWTW	54	873	100
United Utilities	Scad Beck	CROSSCANONBY WWTW CROSC	86	853	99.9
United Utilities	Patten Beck	HAYTON STW	106	818	100
United Utilities	Unnamed Culvert Of Eamontriver	CARLETON HALL TEMPLEBANK CSO	127	807	100
United Utilities	River Derwent	KESWICK STW	78	795	99.9
United Utilities	Crummock Beck	BROMFIELD WWTW	60	745	100
United Utilities	Ridding Sough	LONGBURGH PUMPING STATION	103	707	100
United Utilities	Cald Beck	CALDBECK WWTW	92	673	100
United Utilities	Salterwath Beck	PROSPECT AND OUGHTERSIDE WWTW PRSPO	145	661	100
United Utilities	River Eden	LITTLE SALKELD WWTW	101	611	91
United Utilities	River Eden	CULGAITH STW	69	596	100
United Utilities	River Derwent	GREYSOUTHEN WWTW	106	578	99
United Utilities	Pow Beck	PORTINSCALE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	111	547	99.8
United Utilities	Bothel Beck	BOTHEL WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	115	519	98.4
United Utilities	River Eden	EDENHALL VILLAGE AND HOTEL WWTW	103	517	100
United Utilities	Solway Firth	BOWNESS-ON-SOLWAY PUMPING STATION	48	483	99.3
United Utilities	Broughton Beck	TALLENTIRE PUMPING STATION	73	478	100
United Utilities	River Caldew	DALSTON WWTW	29	477	89.7
United Utilities	River Wampool	WIGTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	59	469	99.3
United Utilities	River Petteril	NEWTON REIGNY PUMPING STATION	55	462	100
United Utilities	River Wampool	NEWTON ARLOSH WWTW NEWTA	93	436	100
United Utilities	Cockshot Beck	TORPENHOW WWTW (TORPE)	120	434	99.7
United Utilities	Glassonby Beck	GLASSONBY VILLAGE WWTW	78	427	88.3
United Utilities	Gill Beck	BLINDCRAKE WWTW	54	366	99
United Utilities	River Derwent	GRANGE BRIDGE PS GNGBO ALL0062	57	354	100
United Utilities	Solway Firth Estuarine Wt	GLASSON WWTW	62	337	99.9
United Utilities	Grise Beck	SKELTON STW	78	335	99.8
United Utilities	Riber Ellen	IREBY WWTW	122	329	99.8
United Utilities	Speet Gill	STAMPERY WWN PUMPING STATION	53	307	98.8
United Utilities	Blencarn Beck	BLENCARN WWTW	44	301	100
United Utilities	River Glenderamackin	THRELKELD PS	78	288	98.3
United Utilities	River Eden	LANGWATHBY COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	83	282	99.7
United Utilities	River Ellen	BLENNERHASSET WWTW BLENN	24	265	100
United Utilities	Ridding Sough	BURGH-BY-SANDS WWTW	41	252	100
United Utilities	Solway Firth At Silloth Bay	SILLOTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	36	250	99.2
United Utilities	Matty Beck	THURSBY STW	25	238	97.6
United Utilities	Applethwaite Gill	A591 BUS SHELTER CSO 021BY	68	232	99
Northumbrian Water	River Nent	THE CARAVAN PARK CSO	91	230	100
United Utilities	Dubwath Beck	DUBWATH WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	44	223	100
United Utilities	River Ellen	ELLEN VALE CSO	84	208	98.9
United Utilities	Threapland Gill	THREAPLAND WWTS	56	201	99.2
United Utilities	Stonethwaite Beck	STONETHWAITE WWTW	43	198	100
United Utilities	Hazelrigg Beck	UNTHANK PUMPING STATION	29	173	99.2
United Utilities	Brunsow Beck	ALLERBY WWTW ALLER	53	170	100
United Utilities	Barrock Gill	LOW HESKET PS	33	168	92.1
United Utilities	River Derwent	BELLE VUE /COCKERMOUTH PS	41	167	99.9
United Utilities	Dovenby Beck	DOVENBY WWTW DOVEN	25	165	99.8
United Utilities	Stank Beck	ABBEYTOWN PUMPING STATION	33	154	100
United Utilities	Irish Sea	MARYPORT SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	19	152	100
United Utilities	River Eden	ARMATHWAITE WWTW	146	147	99.9
United Utilities	River Eden	GREAT SALKELD WWTW GRSAL	56	139	99.8
United Utilities	Wiza Beck	MEETING HOUSE LANE CSO	64	130	99.1
United Utilities	Stony Beck	BRIGHAM PUMPING STATION (ALL0138)	30	130	100
United Utilities	River Petteril	CARLETON MILL PUMPING STATION	25	123	99.6
United Utilities	Un-Named Solway Firth	GLASSON PUMPING STATION	58	120	100
United Utilities	Gamblesby Beck	GAMBLESBY PUMPING STATION	27	117	100
Northumbrian Water	River South Tyne	ALSTON EJECTOR STATION CSO	27	115	31.7
United Utilities	River Petteril	SOUTHWAITE PS	20	110	99.3
United Utilities	River Petteril	PLUMPTON NORTH WWTW PLUMN	16	107	98.8
United Utilities	Grise Beck	SKELTON PS	33	104	99.8
United Utilities	River Caldew	DALSTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION CSO	12	102	99.9
United Utilities	River Derwent	THE BURROUGHS CSO 022UQ	41	93	98.8
United Utilities	Brides Beck	BRIDEKIRK WWTW BRIDE	33	87	100
United Utilities	River Ellen	BULLGILL WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	60	86	99.8
United Utilities	Irish Sea	ALLONBY WWTW ALLON	9	78	100
United Utilities	River Petteril	WREAY WWTW WREAY	41	78	95.1
United Utilities	River Wampool Estuary	ANTHORN PS ANTHN	29	74	99.7
United Utilities	Wiza Beck	GEORGE STREET CSO	57	71	86.8
United Utilities	Dovenby Beck	COALPIT WOOD CSO	33	69	90.7
United Utilities	River Derwent	ROSTHWAITE WWTW (ROSTH)	30	69	99
United Utilities	River Eden	LAZONBY PS AND CSO	48	67	99.8
Northumbrian Water	River Nent	FRONT STREET (TOWN HALL) CSO	46	64	99.9
United Utilities	Halls Beck	BASSENTHWAITE WWTW	43	63	99.9
United Utilities	Unnamed Of Grass Dyke	OUGHTERBY PUMPING STATION	9	55	100
United Utilities	River Petteril	SOUTHWAITE WWTW	15	51	95.6
United Utilities	River Greta	RAWNSLEY HALL PUMPING STATION	56	47	100
United Utilities	River Eden	KIRKOSWALD STW	27	46	100
United Utilities	River Caldew	HESKET NEWMARKET PUMPING STATION	19	45	100
United Utilities	River Petteril	LOW HESKET STW	10	43	99.7
United Utilities	Dog Beck	PENRITH GRAMMAR SCHOOL	17	42	100
United Utilities	River Waver	BLENCOGO PS	17	41	100
Northumbrian Water	South Tyne	GARRIGILL MANHOLE 9901 SSO	10	38	82.1
United Utilities	Raven Beck, River Eden	CROFT CLOSE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	47	33	98.9
United Utilities	Wiza Beck	STATION HILL CSO	23	27	97.5
United Utilities	Bothel Beck	GREYHOUND INN CSO 021WR	32	26	99
United Utilities	Stank Beck	OPP WEST VIEW COMBINED SEWER O/FLOW	12	26	99.5
United Utilities	River Wampool	NEWTON ARLOSH WEST PUMPING STATION	31	25	99.7
United Utilities	Patten Beck	GRANGE FARM COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	23	24	99.4
United Utilities	Skirwith Beck	SKIRWITH HALL CSO	13	19	97.2
Northumbrian Water	River Nent	HOLMSFOOT CSO	6	16	88
United Utilities	To Railway Track Drain	WHITE HORSE YARD CSO 022X9	32	15	98.8
United Utilities	Powsy Sike, River Eden	AINSTABLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORK	9	14	100
United Utilities	Harrow Beck Via Sws	BEHIND LAGER STORE CSO (174LJ)	36	13	95.2
United Utilities	Tidal Solway Firth	DRUMBURGH PUMPING STATION DRMBU	13	13	100
United Utilities	Briggle Beck	WINSKILL PUMPING STATION	5	12	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Nent	CSO AT HILLIERSON TERRACE	6	11	86.4
United Utilities	River Cocker	LORTON STW	8	10	98.5
United Utilities	Thacka Beck Via Sws	SANDGATE (PENRITH) CSO (17552)	10	10	100
United Utilities	Briggle Beck	SKIRWITH PS (WAS WWTW)	4	9	100
United Utilities	Melmerby	MELMERBY STW	9	8	99.9
United Utilities	Langrigg Beck	LANGRIGG PS	4	8	100
United Utilities	Great Gutter	GREEN ROW SILLOTH	7	6	100
United Utilities	Solway Firth	PORT CARLISLE PUMPING STATION	5	6	100
United Utilities	Harberry Beck	RENWICK CSO (171MD)	17	5	99.5
United Utilities	Sandwith Beck	NORTH ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	7	5	98.9
United Utilities	River Eden	THE FLATS CSO 171U1	5	2	99.5
United Utilities	River Greta	LATTINGS CLOSE CSO 028NF	4	1	99
United Utilities	Thacka Beck	JUNCTION OF WORDSOWRTH STREET CSO	5	1	99.4
Northumbrian Water	River South Tyne	THE FIRS CSO ED003	4	0	65
Northumbrian Water	River Nent	KINGS ARMS LANE CSO	1	0	100
United Utilities	Great Gutter Estuarine Water	MORICAMBE PARK PS 02540	5	0	100
United Utilities	Raven Beck	KIRKOSWALD VILLAGE PUMPING STATION	2	0	100
United Utilities	Thacka Beck	PENRITH SPS	1	0	100
United Utilities	Thacka Beck Clvrt Via A Sws	ARTHUR ST/MEETING HOUSE LANE CSO	1	0	99.4
United Utilities	Gill Beck	HAWTHORN AVENUE/RAILWAY BRIDGE CSO	0	0	99.4
United Utilities	Robberby Water	HUNSONBY CSO (171ME)	0	0	99.3
United Utilities	Dog Beck Via Sws	CASTLE DRIVE CSO	0	0	100
United Utilities	River Greta	PENRITH RD	0	0	81.8
United Utilities	River Waver	BOLTON LOW HOUSES CSO	0	0	98
United Utilities	River Eamont	PENRITH OUTFALL CSO	0	0	96.7
United Utilities	Tom Rudd Beck	VICARAGE LANE CSO 022WD	0	0	98
United Utilities	River Derwent	THICK RIGGS CSO (022UY)	0	0	99

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. This 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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Penrith and Solway Polluted by sewage 7,532 times in 2024 lasting 58,733 hours - That's 6.8 years! Monitoring fell below 50% in some locations so could be more

Penrith and Solway