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Stalybridge and Hyde - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 3,102 hours in 2025 , monitoring offline 4,454 hours , potential overflows 858 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Stalybridge and Hyde 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 - 777 hours , 25 potential
Feb - 26 hours , 689 offline
Mar - 24 hours , 1,076 offline
Apr - 0 hours , 647 potential
May - 17 hours , 525 offline
Jun - 60 hours , 1,083 offline
Jul - 31 hours , 0 potential
Aug - 12 hours , 5 offline
Sept - 484 hours , 45 potential
Oct - 184 hours , 51 potential
Nov - 693 hours , 57 potential
Dec - 788 hours , 30 potential
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
United Utilities MOSSLEY WwTW River Tame 46 338 h 11m 2,188 h
United Utilities MOSSLEY WwTW River Tame 19 292 h 41m -
United Utilities MOSSLEY WwTW River Tame 24 257 h 24m 62 h
United Utilities HYDE WwTW River Tame 49 204 h 2m 52 h
United Utilities Spring Tavern CSO River Etherow 59 196 h 0 h
United Utilities Corporation Street CSO River Tame 56 170 h 5m 1 h
United Utilities Grove Road CSO River Tame 40 161 h 49m -
United Utilities Tame Street/Park Road CSO River Tame 25 139 h 26m 35 h
United Utilities MOSSLEY WwTW River Tame 12 135 h 50m 4 h
United Utilities Woolley Lane Combined Sewer Overflow (44024) (TAM0142) River Etherow 36 103 h 58m -
United Utilities Raglan Street CSO River Tame 43 95 h 44m -
United Utilities HYDE WwTW River Tame 17 88 h 57m 1 h
United Utilities HYDE WwTW River Tame 15 86 h 19m 8 h
United Utilities Spring Tavern CSO River Etherow 17 84 h 38m -
United Utilities Grove Road CSO River Tame 18 75 h 43m -
United Utilities Corporation Street CSO River Tame 16 52 h 20m 5 h
United Utilities Canal Bank near Transformer House CSO Swineshaw Brook Rvr Tame 23 51 h 10m 795 h
United Utilities Mottram Road CSO (449BT) River Tame 36 46 h 33m 30 h
United Utilities Stockport Road CSO County Brook 4 41 h 16m -
United Utilities Raglan Street CSO River Tame 12 37 h 57m -
United Utilities Woolley Lane Combined Sewer Overflow (44024) (TAM0142) River Etherow 11 32 h 5m -
United Utilities STAMFORD ROAD CSO County Brook 4 31 h 30m 59 h
United Utilities Roaches Lock River Tame 22 31 h 26m 0 h
United Utilities Tame Street/Park Road CSO River Tame 13 29 h 57m 97 h
United Utilities HYDE WwTW River Tame 6 28 h 9m -
United Utilities Commercial Brow CSO Godley Brook 12 25 h 54m 4 h
United Utilities Cheetham Hill Road CSO Johnson Brook 13 24 h 24m -
United Utilities WELL ROW CSO River Etherow 5 23 h 14m 4 h
United Utilities DARK LANE CSO Unnamed River Tame 3 16 h 54m 56 h
United Utilities Canal Bank near Transformer House CSO Swineshaw Brook Rvr Tame 8 16 h 36m -
United Utilities Broadbottom PS River Etherow 4 15 h 14m 0 h
United Utilities Mottram Road CSO (449BT) River Tame 7 14 h 50m 2 h
United Utilities WELL ROW CSO River Etherow 16 14 h 48m 0 h
United Utilities Off Grove Road CSO Clvrt Sect Swineshaw Brook 5 14 h 42m -
United Utilities FERN BANK CSO Stocks Brook 9 13 h 24m -
United Utilities COMMERCIAL BROW CSO Wilson Brook 8 12 h 50m -
United Utilities COMMERCIAL BROW CSO Wilson Brook 6 12 h 30m 0 h
United Utilities Rassbottom Street CSO River Tame 2 11 h 32m -
United Utilities Apethorn Lane River Tame 1 5 h 30m 0 h
United Utilities Huddersfield Road CSO Culvert To River Tame 5 5 h 30m 3 h
United Utilities BINNS STREET CSO River Tame 1 5 h 18m -
United Utilities Stamford Street CSO Swineshaw Brook Via Sws 4 4 h 50m 398 h
United Utilities Cumberland Street CSO Culvert To River Tame 2 4 h 32m 0 h
United Utilities Chain Bar Lane CSO Hurst Clough Brook 1 4 h 30m -
United Utilities Off Foxholes Road CSO River Tame 7 3 h 58m 13 h
United Utilities Cheetham Hill Road CSO Johnson Brook 3 3 h 55m -
United Utilities Off Huddersfield Road CSO Clvrt Sec Unnamed Rvrtame 2 3 h 52m 2 h
United Utilities Commercial Brow CSO Godley Brook 4 3 h 28m -
United Utilities Buckton Vale Road CSO A Culverted To River Tame 3 3 h 20m -
United Utilities Junction of Dukinfield Road and Throstle Bank Street combined sewer overflow (441SN) (TAM0079) Unnamed River Tame 2 3 h 14m 4 h
United Utilities Roaches Lock River Tame 2 3 h 4m -
United Utilities Knowle Street CSO River Tame 3 2 h 56m 1 h
United Utilities Stockport Road CSO County Brook 1 2 h 24m 4 h
United Utilities Manchester Road CSO River Tame 6 2 h 22m 0 h
United Utilities Hattersley SSO Wilson Brook 1 2 h 18m -
United Utilities Wakefield Road CSO (449LF) River Tame 1 2 h 6m 1 h
United Utilities DARK LANE CSO Unnamed River Tame 1 1 h 4m -
United Utilities WAGGON ROAD CSO River Tame 3 0 h 50m 668 h
United Utilities Trinity Street/Dean Street CSO River Tame 2 0 h 44m 3 h
United Utilities Off Foxholes Road CSO River Tame 1 0 h 40m -
United Utilities Clough End Road CSO Hurst Clough Brook 1 0 h 32m -
United Utilities FERN BANK CSO Stocks Brook 1 0 h 24m -
United Utilities Huddersfield Road CSO Culvert To River Tame 1 0 h 14m -
United Utilities Manchester Road CSO River Tame 2 0 h 12m -
United Utilities Stamford Street CSO Swineshaw Brook Via Sws 1 0 h 2m -
United Utilities Clough End Road CSO Hurst Clough Brook 1 0 h 2m -
United Utilities STAMFORD GROVE CSO River Tame Via A Culvert 0 0 h 0 h
United Utilities Apethorn Lane River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities Knowle Street CSO River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities WAGGON ROAD CSO River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities HOUGH HILL ROAD / GRASSCROFT STREET CSO River Tame Via Sws 0 0 h 0 h
United Utilities Off Huddersfield Road CSO Clvrt Sec Unnamed Rvrtame 0 0 h -
United Utilities Junction of Dukinfield Road and Throstle Bank Street combined sewer overflow (441SN) (TAM0079) Unnamed River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities STOCKS LANE CSO Stocks Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Melbourne Street CSO River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities St. George Street/Hanover Street CSO River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities Wakefield Road CSO (449LF) River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities St. George Street/Hanover Street CSO River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities STAMFORD ROAD CSO County Brook 0 0 h 0 h
United Utilities Melbourne Street CSO River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities MARKET STREET / TRINITY STREET CSO River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities SAWYER BROW / VICTORIA STREET CSO Wilson Brook 0 0 h 795 h
United Utilities 212 Mottram Road CSO Acres Brook Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities STAMFORD GROVE CSO River Tame Via A Culvert 0 0 h -
United Utilities Buckton Vale Road CSO A Culverted To River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities Hattersley SSO Wilson Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities 212 Mottram Road CSO Acres Brook Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Broadbottom PS River Etherow 0 0 h -
United Utilities HANOVER STREET CSO Culvert To River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities Off Grove Road CSO Clvrt Sect Swineshaw Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Rassbottom Street CSO River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities Illingworth Avenue CSO Stocks Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities MARKET STREET / TRINITY STREET CSO River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities HOUGH HILL ROAD / GRASSCROFT STREET CSO River Tame Via Sws 0 0 h 0 h
United Utilities HANOVER STREET CSO Culvert To River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities STOCKS LANE CSO Stocks Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Chain Bar Lane CSO Hurst Clough Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities SAWYER BROW / VICTORIA STREET CSO Wilson Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Trinity Street/Dean Street CSO River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities Cumberland Street CSO Culvert To River Tame 0 0 h -
United Utilities BINNS STREET CSO River Tame 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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