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Stoke-on-Trent South - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 452 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 2,078 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Stoke-on-Trent South 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 - 116 hours , 1,975 offline
Feb - 289 hours , 0 offline
Mar - 42 hours , 23 offline
Apr - 1 hours , 77 offline
May - 3 hours
Jun - 0 hours
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Severn Trent Water STRONGFORD STW (SSTO) Yockerton Brook 29 252h 72 h
Severn Trent Water TRENT VALE PS (CSO) River Trent 13 85h 21m -
Severn Trent Water BARLASTON - BARLASTON SSO River Trent 17 40h 37m 95 h
Severn Trent Water CHECKLEY - XXXXXXX FARM (CSO) River Tean 8 26h 56m 90 h
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - BLURTON ROAD (CSO) Longton Brook 10 10h 40m -
Severn Trent Water HANFORD - STONE ROAD (CSO) River Trent 5 6h 36m 148 h
Severn Trent Water TITTENSOR - STONE ROAD (CSO) River Trent 9 6h 27m -
Severn Trent Water BLYTHE BRIDGE - POPLAR CLOSE (CSO) River Blithe 4 5h 51m -
Severn Trent Water MEIR - MEIR ROAD (CSO) River Blythe 4 5h 47m 54 h
Severn Trent Water MICHELIN A34-CRITICAL (CSO) River Trent 5 3h 32m -
Severn Trent Water TRENTHAM - GOODWOOD PLACE (CSO) Longton Brook 4 2h 19m -
Severn Trent Water BARLASTON - OLD ROAD (CSO) River Trent 10 2h 15m 72 h
Severn Trent Water DRESDEN - KIMBERLEY ST (GOMS MILL) (CSO) Longton Brook 3 1h 50m 25 h
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - ANCHOR ROAD (CSO) Anchor Brook 1 0h 26m -
Severn Trent Water SIDEWAY - POPLAR LANE (CANAL) (CSO) Chitlings Brook 1 0h 24m -
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - AMISON STREET (CSO) Anchor Brook 2 0h 23m 109 h
Severn Trent Water BARLASTON - FIELD EAST OF RAILWAY (CSO) Trent And Mersey Canal 1 0h 19m 108 h
Severn Trent Water DRESDEN - CARLISLE ST/RUSSELL ST (CSO) Longton Brook Via Sws 3 0h 15m -
Severn Trent Water TRENTHAM - STONE ROAD (CSO) Longton Brook 1 0h 14m -
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - BATHS ROAD (WEST) (CSO) Anchor Brook 1 0h 11m 28 h
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - CAROLINE/LOWER CROSS ST (CSO) Cockster Brook 1 0h 6m -
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - SUTHERLAND RD (CSO) Culverted Watercourse 1 0h 3m -
Severn Trent Water DRESDEN - BELGRAVE RD/CHAPLIN RD (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h 109 h
Severn Trent Water STOKE-ON-TRENT - ASH GREEN CLOSE (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water DRESDEN -CHAPLIN RD/SAINT CLAIR ST (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - ANCHOR ROAD (CSO) Anchor Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BLURTON - BALLINSON ROAD (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water MEIR - MEIR ROAD (CSO) River Blythe 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water OULTON PS (CSO) Scotch Brook 0 0h 97 h
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - KENDRICK STREET (CSO) Anchor Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BLYTHE BRIDGE - POPLAR CLOSE (CSO) River Blithe 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water DRESDEN - CARLISLE ST/RUSSELL ST (CSO) Longton Brook Via Sws 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water TRENTHAM - WERBURGH DRIVE (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h 87 h
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - FOLEY ROAD (CSO) Anchor Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BARLASTON - OLD ROAD (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water TITTENSOR - STONE ROAD (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - FOLEY ROAD (CSO) Anchor Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - CAROLINE/LOWER CROSS ST (CSO) Cockster Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water LIGHTWOOD - LIGHTWOOD ROAD (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water UPPER TEAN - CHEADLE ROAD (CSO) River Tean 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BARLASTON - BARLASTON SSO River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water WESTON COYNEY - PARK AVE/HORTON DRIVE (CSO) Anchor Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water CHECKLEY - XXXXXXX FARM (CSO) River Tean 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water TRENTHAM - STONE RD/BANKHOUSE RD (CSO) River Trent 0 0h 88 h
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - UTTOXETER RD/CHADWICK ST (CSO) Anchor Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water DRESDEN - KIMBERLEY ST (GOMS MILL) (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water MEAFORD - A34 PS (CSO) River Trent 0 0h 150 h
Severn Trent Water STRONGFORD STW (SSTO) Yockerton Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water MEAFORD - A34 PS (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water STOKE-ON-TRENT - ASH GREEN CLOSE (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water TRENT VALE PS (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water TRENTHAM - STONE RD/BANKHOUSE RD (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water MICHELIN A34-CRITICAL (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - SUTHERLAND RD (CSO) Culverted Watercourse 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - BLURTON ROAD (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water TRENTHAM - WERBURGH DRIVE (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - UTTOXETER RD/CHADWICK ST (CSO) Anchor Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water LIGHTWOOD - LIGHTWOOD ROAD (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h 90 h
Severn Trent Water TRENTHAM - STONE ROAD (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water TRENTHAM - GOODWOOD PLACE (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - AMISON STREET (CSO) Anchor Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - KENDRICK STREET (CSO) Anchor Brook 0 0h 90 h
Severn Trent Water SIDEWAY - POPLAR LANE (CANAL) (CSO) Chitlings Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water TRENTHAM - WHITMORE RD/PARK DRIVE (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water UPPER TEAN - CHEADLE ROAD (CSO) River Tean 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water LONGTON - BATHS ROAD (WEST) (CSO) Anchor Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BLURTON - BALLINSON ROAD (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h 112 h
Severn Trent Water HANFORD - STONE ROAD (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water WESTON COYNEY - PARK AVE/HORTON DRIVE (CSO) Anchor Brook 0 0h 137 h
Severn Trent Water BLYTHE BRIDGE - STALLINGTON LANE (CSO) River Blithe 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water OULTON PS (CSO) Scotch Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water DRESDEN - BELGRAVE RD/CHAPLIN RD (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water TRENTHAM - WHITMORE RD/PARK DRIVE (CSO) River Trent 0 0h 108 h
Severn Trent Water BARLASTON - FIELD EAST OF RAILWAY (CSO) Trent And Mersey Canal 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BLYTHE BRIDGE - STALLINGTON ROAD (CSO) River Blithe 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water DRESDEN -CHAPLIN RD/SAINT CLAIR ST (CSO) Longton Brook 0 0h 94 h
Severn Trent Water BLYTHE BRIDGE - STALLINGTON LANE (CSO) River Blithe 0 0h 108 h
Severn Trent Water BLYTHE BRIDGE - STALLINGTON ROAD (CSO) River Blithe 0 0h -

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.