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Shrewsbury - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 11,943 hours in 2025 - That's 1.38 years , monitoring offline 11,844 hours , potential overflows 485 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Shrewsbury 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 - 2,713 hours , 470 potential
Feb - 407 hours , 991 offline
Mar - 6 hours , 425 offline
Apr - 24 hours , 329 offline
May - 81 hours , 391 offline
Jun - 40 hours , 435 offline
Jul - 73 hours , 187 offline
Aug - 8 hours , 593 offline
Sept - 520 hours , 100 offline
Oct - 180 hours , 15 potential
Nov - 3,904 hours , 2,890 offline
Dec - 3,984 hours , 1,135 offline
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Severn Trent Water BOMERE HEATH STW (SSTO) Leaton Brook 49 857 h 17m -
Severn Trent Water MONKMOOR STW (SSTO) River Severn 49 766 h 14m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - LONGDEN COLEHAM PS (CSO) River Severn 45 746 h 21m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - CASTLE FOREGATE (CSO) Bagley Brook 60 738 h 57m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY -SMITHFIELD RD/ROUSHILL (CSO) River Severn 50 709 h 5m 116 h
Severn Trent Water BOMERE HEATH STW (SSTO) Leaton Brook 35 644 h 14m -
Severn Trent Water FRANKWELL - WATER LANE (BOATHOUSE) (CSO) River Severn 43 476 h 37m 390 h
Severn Trent Water FRANKWELL - WATER LANE (BOATHOUSE) (CSO) River Severn 26 436 h 31m 30 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - KINGSLAND ROAD (CSO) River Severn 38 381 h 15m 87 h
Severn Trent Water CASTLEFIELDS - BURTON STREET (CSO) River Severn 26 340 h 16m -
Severn Trent Water FRANKWELL - WATER LA (PLAYGROUND) (CSO) River Severn 20 315 h 25m 112 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - KINGSLAND ROAD (CSO) River Severn 23 296 h 41m -
Severn Trent Water PONTESBURY (STW) Rea Brook 34 285 h 4m -
Severn Trent Water CASTLEFIELDS - BURTON STREET (CSO) River Severn 30 239 h 46m 91 h
Severn Trent Water PONTESBURY (STW) Rea Brook 19 237 h 34m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - VICTORIA AVE/CRES LA (CSO) River Severn 30 228 h 52m 993 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - VICTORIA AV (CSO) River Severn 19 200 h 31m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - VICTORIA AVE (CSO) River Severn 31 195 h 9m 24 h
Severn Trent Water CASTLEFIELDS - DANA STEPS (CSO) River Severn 32 193 h 29m 350 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY -SMITHFIELD RD/ROUSHILL (CSO) River Severn 12 187 h 53m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - LONGDEN COLEHAM PS (CSO) River Severn 14 186 h 38m -
Severn Trent Water FRANKWELL - WATER LA (PLAYGROUND) (CSO) River Severn 29 185 h 43m 373 h
Severn Trent Water HOOK-A-GATE (SSO) Rea Brook 14 174 h 28m -
Severn Trent Water HOOK-A-GATE (SSO) Rea Brook 12 168 h 37m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - 5 SEVERN TERRACE (CSO) River Severn 19 165 h 10m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - 5 SEVERN TERRACE (CSO) River Severn 44 156 h 53m 113 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - COLEHAM HEAD (CSO) Rea Brook 27 146 h 1m -
Severn Trent Water MONKMOOR STW (SSTO) River Severn 14 145 h 11m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - CLIVE ROAD (CSO) River Severn 32 143 h 2m 178 h
Severn Trent Water CASTLEFIELDS - VICTORIA ST (CSO) River Severn 30 141 h 10m 991 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - VICTORIA AVE (CSO) River Severn 12 129 h 20m 27 h
Severn Trent Water BICTON - THE OVAL (SSO) River Severn 16 128 h 62 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - VICTORIA AV (CSO) River Severn 13 120 h 39m -
Severn Trent Water CASTLEFIELDS - DANA STEPS (CSO) River Severn 12 119 h 20m 76 h
Severn Trent Water HANWOOD - WEIR ROAD (SSO) Rea Brook 10 98 h 20m 96 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - OLD COLEHAM (CSO) Rea Brook 25 96 h 14m 138 h
Severn Trent Water PONTESBURY - STATION ROAD (CSO) Rea Brook 29 94 h 23m 551 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - ST MARYS WATER LN (CSO) River Severn 23 90 h 48m 948 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - CASTLE FOREGATE (CSO) Bagley Brook 6 87 h 35m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - THE ROCKS (CSO) Rea Brook 8 77 h 26m 108 h
Severn Trent Water MINSTERLEY - THE GROVE (CSO) Rea Brook 7 55 h 58m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY -ABBEY FORGATE/BROOK RD (CSO) Rea Brook 14 54 h 16m 532 h
Severn Trent Water MONKMOOR STW (CSO) River Severn 13 51 h 7m -
Severn Trent Water BASCHURCH - WALFORD HEATH SPS (EO) River Ryton 11 48 h 36m 445 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - OLD COLEHAM (CSO) Rea Brook 6 48 h -
Severn Trent Water BASCHURCH - WALFORD HEATH SPS (EO) River Ryton 5 47 h 14m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - QUARRY PK (CSO) River Severn 13 37 h 4m 504 h
Severn Trent Water MINSTERLEY - THE GROVE (CSO) Rea Brook 7 36 h 47m 152 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - COLEHAM HEAD (CSO) Rea Brook 6 34 h 50m -
Severn Trent Water BICTON - THE OVAL (SSO) River Severn 5 31 h 53m -
Severn Trent Water HANWOOD - WEIR ROAD (SSO) Rea Brook 6 31 h 40m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - OLD COLEHAM (BRIDGE) (CSO) Rea Brook 20 29 h 7m 60 h
Severn Trent Water HANWOOD - CARADOC VIEW (SSO) Rea Brook 3 29 h 4m -
Severn Trent Water PONTESBURY - STATION ROAD (CSO) Rea Brook 7 26 h 2m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY -THE MOUNT/THORNHILL RD (CSO) River Severn 9 25 h 33m 71 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - ABBEY FOREGATE X (CSO) Rea Brook 18 24 h 32m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - OLD COLEHAM (BRIDGE) (CSO) Rea Brook 5 24 h 19m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - EARLS VIEW HILL (CSO) River Severn 15 18 h 57m 136 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - DITHERINGTON RD (CSO) River Severn 20 18 h 56m -
Severn Trent Water BAYSTON HILL - SHARPSTONES LANE (CSO) Rea Brook 10 17 h 32m 0 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - MILLERS GREEN (CSO) River Severn 21 17 h 2m 365 h
Severn Trent Water HANWOOD - CARADOC VIEW (SSO) Rea Brook 4 15 h 53m 490 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - QUARRY PK (CSO) River Severn 5 15 h 36m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY -UNDERDALE RD/ASHLEY ST (CSO) River Severn 9 11 h 45m 199 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - CLIVE ROAD (CSO) River Severn 7 11 h 26m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY -THE MOUNT/THORNHILL RD (CSO) River Severn 9 10 h 31m -
Severn Trent Water MONKMOOR STW (CSO) River Severn 2 6 h 55m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - COTON HILL (THE FLASH) (CSO) River Severn 14 6 h 49m 1,152 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - SUTTON ROAD 10 (CSO) Rea Brook 9 5 h 21m 11 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - BRIDGE ST/HILLS LANE (CSO) River Severn 8 4 h 3m 163 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - THE ROCKS (CSO) Rea Brook 1 3 h 55m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY -SPRING GRDNS/SULTAN RD (CSO) River Severn 5 3 h 55m 201 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - COTON HILL (THE FLASH) (CSO) River Severn 4 1 h 4m 157 h
Severn Trent Water FRANKWELL รขโ‚ฌโ€œ QUARRY VIEW (CSO) River Severn 2 0 h 51m -
Severn Trent Water BAYSTON HILL - SHARPSTONES LANE (CSO) Rea Brook 2 0 h 51m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - ABBEY FOREGATE X (CSO) Rea Brook 3 0 h 45m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - WATER LANE SPS (CSO) River Severn 2 0 h 44m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - ABBEY FOREGATE X (CSO) Rea Brook 1 0 h 37m 78 h
Severn Trent Water FRANKWELL - WHITE HORSE PASSAGE (CSO) River Severn 3 0 h 27m 30 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - SMITHFIELD RD/MARDOL (CSO) River Severn 1 0 h 26m 47 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - EARLS VIEW HILL (CSO) River Severn 2 0 h 20m -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - SCOTT STREET (CSO) Rea Brook 1 0 h 8m 76 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - ST MARYS WATER LN (CSO) River Severn 1 0 h 42 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - QUEEN STREET (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h 407 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - UNDERDALE ROAD 49 (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h 50 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - BRIDGE ST/HILLS LANE (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - QUEEN STREET (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - CLAREMONT BANK (HIGH) (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h 188 h
Severn Trent Water FRANKWELL รขโ‚ฌโ€œ QUARRY VIEW (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water CRUCKTON-5 CHURCH CLOSE (CSO) Drain To Rea Brook 0 0 h 133 h
Severn Trent Water FRANKWELL - WHITE HORSE PASSAGE (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water BICTON - CALCOTT LANE (SSO) River Severn 0 0 h 16 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY -SPRING GRDNS/SULTAN RD (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - VICTORIA AVE/CRES LA (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h 167 h
Severn Trent Water BAYSTON HILL - PARRS LANE (CSO) Hills Brook 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - WATER LANE SPS (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water CASTLEFIELDS - VICTORIA ST (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h 190 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY -UNDERDALE RD/ASHLEY ST (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - SCOTT STREET (CSO) Rea Brook 0 0 h 49 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - UNDERDALE ROAD 49 (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water CRUCKTON-5 CHURCH CLOSE (CSO) Drain To Rea Brook 0 0 h 205 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - CLAREMONT BANK (HIGH) (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - HARLESCOTT CRES (SSO) Local Ditch 0 0 h 136 h
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - HARLESCOTT CRES (SSO) Local Ditch 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - MILLERS GREEN (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - ABBEY FOREGATE X (CSO) Rea Brook 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water BICTON - CALCOTT LANE (SSO) River Severn 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - SMITHFIELD RD/MARDOL (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - DITHERINGTON RD (CSO) River Severn 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SHREWSBURY - SUTTON ROAD 10 (CSO) Rea Brook 0 0 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.

This project is not associated, approved or endorsed by any of the companies whose logos you see here.