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South Northamptonshire - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 9,699 hours in 2026 - That's 1.12 years , monitoring offline 2,853 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in South Northamptonshire 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 - 3,461 hours , 1,488 offline
Feb - 6,023 hours , 1,307 offline
Mar - 215 hours , 58 offline
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Anglian Water TOWCESTER STW River Tove River Great Ouse N 49 1,072 h 35m -
Anglian Water SILVERSTONE STW River Tove River Gre 51 965 h 21m -
Anglian Water HACKLETON SP Wootton Brook 43 912 h 27m -
Anglian Water BOZEAT STW Grendon Brook River Nene 42 815 h 55m -
Anglian Water HELMDON STW Helmdon Brook River Tove 45 734 h 20m -
Anglian Water STOKE BRUERNE STW River Tove 45 670 h 12m -
Anglian Water COSGROVE-DOGSMOUTH SO SSO Dogsmouth Brook 43 608 h 29m -
Anglian Water GREENS NORTON STW River Tove 31 424 h 4m -
Anglian Water ASHTON STW Salcey Brook 25 363 h 31m -
Anglian Water WOLLASTON-UNITY CLOSE SSO River Nene 44 348 h 8m -
Thames Water Culworth STW Culworth Brook 30 283 h 15m -
Anglian Water YARDLEY HASTINGS WORKS SP Grendon Brook 13 263 h 58m -
Anglian Water WHITTLEBURY SP Silverstone Brook 28 261 h 9m -
Anglian Water CROWFIELD SP Syresham Stream 19 251 h 42m -
Thames Water Marston St Lawrence SPS N/A 19 224 h 10m -
Thames Water Middleton Cheney STW Washle Brook 18 213 h -
Thames Water Moreton Pinkney STW Ashby Brook 26 164 h -
Anglian Water PAULERSPURY-CUTTLE MILL SP River Tove 18 155 h 22m -
Anglian Water ROTHERSTHORPE SP Wotton Brook 17 148 h 22m -
Anglian Water BUGBROOKE STW Bugbrooke Brook 30 138 h 32m -
Anglian Water SHUTLANGER SO-FIELD 76 SSO Shutlanger Brook 37 97 h 11m -
Anglian Water KISLINGBURY-BAPTIST CHAPEL SSOAA River Nene 7 86 h 18m -
Anglian Water DENTON TPS (NORTHANTS) Denton Brook 10 84 h 37m -
Anglian Water MILTON MALSOR-LOWER ROAD SSO Milton Brook 24 64 h 52m -
Thames Water Greatworth STW Farthinghoestream 11 57 h 45m -
Anglian Water EASTON MAUDIT STW Grendon Brook 14 52 h 36m -
Anglian Water GREAT DODDINGTON STW River Nene 11 40 h 34m -
Anglian Water HARPOLE-WEEDON RD SSO River Nene 10 32 h 21m -
Anglian Water EVENLEY STW Stream River Great Ouse 7 28 h 38m -
Thames Water Kings Sutton STW Kings Sutton Stream 9 22 h -
Anglian Water HELMDON TPS River Tove 5 15 h 33m -
Anglian Water BUGBROOKE TPS Bugbrooke Brook 3 14 h 45m -
Anglian Water POTTERSBURY-CHURCH END SO- SSO Great River Ouse 3 12 h 59m -
Thames Water Chacombe STW Chacombe Brook 6 12 h 30m -
Anglian Water YARDLEY HASTINGS STW Grendon Brook 3 8 h 2m -
Anglian Water BRACKLEY (EX STW SITE) TPS River Ouse 5 7 h 35m -
Anglian Water GAYTON STW (S NORTHANTS) Wootton Brook River Nene 7 7 h 12m -
Anglian Water GRENDON STW River Chater 6 6 h 35m -
Anglian Water WOLLASTON LONDON RD SSO Wollaston Brook 7 5 h 29m -
Anglian Water DEANSHANGER SO SSO Great River Ouse 1 4 h 44m -
Anglian Water Harpole - Northampton Road Combined Sewer Overflow River Nene 4 4 h 37m -
Anglian Water BOZEAT-SPRING VALE SSO Grendon Brook 4 3 h 14m -
Anglian Water GRENDON-LOWER END SSO Grendon Brook 5 2 h 30m -
Thames Water Banbury Road (Kings Sutton) SPS Middleton Brook 1 2 h 10m -
Anglian Water LITCHBOROUGH STW Farthingstone Brook River Nene 3 1 h 34m -
Anglian Water PATTISHALL SSO Pattishall Brook 3 1 h 18m -
Anglian Water BRAFIELD-LOWER END SP Unknown River Nene 2 0 h 45m -
Anglian Water Cosgrove 23 Main Street Combined Sewer Overflow River Tove 2 0 h 45m -
Anglian Water GREENS NORTON-BENGAL MANOR SSO River Tove 2 0 h 30m -
Anglian Water HARTWELL-COLMAR KENNELS SSO River Tove 1 0 h 30m -
Anglian Water GRIMSCOTE SP Bugbrooke Brook 1 0 h 29m -
Anglian Water BRADDEN SP River Tove 1 0 h 14m -
Anglian Water UPPER HEYFORD SSO River Nene 1 0 h 8m -
Anglian Water PAULERSPURY-CUTTLE MILL SP River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BUGBROOKE STW Bugbrooke Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water WOLLASTON A509 ROUNDABOUT CSO#1 Of Wollaston Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water Unknown Unknown 0 0 h -
Anglian Water HARPOLE-WEEDON RD SSO River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BOZEAT-SPRING VALE SSO Grendon Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water SILVERSTONE PLAYING FIELD SSO1_NEW Silverstone Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water COSGROVE-DOGSMOUTH SO SSO Dogsmouth Brook 0 0 h -
Thames Water Greatworth STW Farthinghoestream 0 0 h -
Anglian Water UPPER HEYFORD SSO River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water Harpole - Northampton Road Combined Sewer Overflow River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water HELMDON TPS River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water TOWCESTER-SPRINGFIELDS SP Silverstone Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water WOLLASTON-PYGHTLES SSO River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water SILVERSTONE STW River Tove River Gre 0 0 h -
Anglian Water DENTON TPS (NORTHANTS) Denton Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water TOWCESTER STW River Tove River Great Ouse N 0 0 h -
Anglian Water SHUTLANGER SO-FIELD 76 SSO Shutlanger Brook 0 0 h -
Thames Water Culworth STW Culworth Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water WOLLASTON-UNITY CLOSE SSO River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water LITTLE HOUGHTON-MEADOW LANE SSO Unknown River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water KISLINGBURY SP River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water GAYTON STW (S NORTHANTS) Wootton Brook River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water ROADE SO SSO Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water EVENLEY STW Stream River Great Ouse 0 0 h -
Anglian Water Cosgrove 23 Main Street Combined Sewer Overflow River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water GRENDON-HALF MOON SSO Grendon Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BUGBROOKE-ACE LANE SSO Bugbrooke Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BRACKLEY-BRIDGE ST SSO Hinton Stream 0 0 h -
Thames Water Middleton Cheney STW Washle Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BRAFIELD-LOWER END SP Unknown River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water WOLLASTON LONDON RD SSO Wollaston Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water KISLINGBURY SP River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water GREENS NORTON STW River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water ROTHERSTHORPE SP Wotton Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water MILTON MALSOR-LOWER ROAD SSO Milton Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water HELMDON STW Helmdon Brook River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water WOLLASTON A509 ROUNDABOUT CSO#1 Of Wollaston Brook 0 0 h -
Thames Water Banbury Road (Kings Sutton) SPS Middleton Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BUGBROOKE TPS Bugbrooke Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BLAKESLEY TPS River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water GRIMSCOTE SP Bugbrooke Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water COGENHOE MILL LANE CSO Nene - Conf Brampton Branch To Conf Ise 0 0 h 1,379 h
Anglian Water TIFFIELD STW Hulcote Brook River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water GREAT DODDINGTON STW River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BLAKESLEY TPS River Tove 0 0 h 1,474 h
Thames Water Chacombe STW Chacombe Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water COGENHOE MILL LANE CSO Nene - Conf Brampton Branch To Conf Ise 0 0 h -
Anglian Water WHITTLEBURY SP Silverstone Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water CASTLE ASHBY STW Un Castle Ashby 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BRACKLEY (EX STW SITE) TPS River Ouse 0 0 h -
Thames Water Marston St Lawrence SPS N/A 0 0 h -
Anglian Water GRENDON STW River Chater 0 0 h -
Anglian Water STOKE BRUERNE STW River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water ASHTON STW Salcey Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water YARDLEY HASTINGS STW Grendon Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water HACKLETON SP Wootton Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water CASTLE ASHBY STW Un Castle Ashby 0 0 h -
Anglian Water KISLINGBURY-BAPTIST CHAPEL SSOAA River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water POTTERSBURY-CHURCH END SO- SSO Great River Ouse 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BRADDEN SP River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water TIFFIELD STW Hulcote Brook River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water GREENS NORTON-BENGAL MANOR SSO River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BOZEAT STW Grendon Brook River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water CROWFIELD SP Syresham Stream 0 0 h -
Anglian Water EASTON MAUDIT STW Grendon Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water HARTWELL-SALCEY FOREST SSO Salcey Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water WAPPENHAM TPS River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water PATTISHALL SSO Pattishall Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water LITCHBOROUGH STW Farthingstone Brook River Nene 0 0 h -
Anglian Water ABTHORPE TPS River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water HARTWELL-COLMAR KENNELS SSO River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water GRENDON-HALF MOON SSO Grendon Brook 0 0 h -
Thames Water Moreton Pinkney STW Ashby Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water BUGBROOKE-ACE LANE SSO Bugbrooke Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water YARDLEY HASTINGS WORKS SP Grendon Brook 0 0 h -
Anglian Water SILVERSTONE PLAYING FIELD SSO1_NEW Silverstone Brook 0 0 h -
Thames Water Kings Sutton STW Kings Sutton Stream 0 0 h -
Anglian Water ABTHORPE TPS River Tove 0 0 h -
Anglian Water TOWCESTER TPS Silverstone Brook River Tove 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.

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