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Stretford and Urmston - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 4,874 hours in 2025 , monitoring offline 832 hours , potential overflows 1,020 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Stretford and Urmston 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 - 1,618 hours , 190 potential
Feb - 58 hours , 7 potential
Mar - 31 hours , 0 potential
Apr - 9 hours , 8 offline
May - 55 hours , 2 potential
Jun - 81 hours , 8 potential
Jul - 66 hours , 3 potential
Aug - 28 hours , 1 potential
Sept - 593 hours , 69 potential
Oct - 269 hours , 646 potential
Nov - 888 hours , 37 potential
Dec - 1,172 hours , 52 potential
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
United Utilities Lock Lane CSO Manchester Ship Canal 150 800h 19m 451 h
United Utilities Lock Lane CSO Manchester Ship Canal 44 729h 48m 42 h
United Utilities Urmston Sewerage, Church Road & Carrington Road PS River Mersey 55 319h 27m 1 h
United Utilities STRETFORD WwTW River Mersey 27 308h 48m 0 h
United Utilities SALE WwTW Stromford Brook 65 247h 31m 69 h
United Utilities Carrington Road PS River Mersey 43 174h 28m -
United Utilities SALE WwTW Stromford Brook 19 173h 41m -
United Utilities URMSTON WwTW Manchester Ship Canal 22 156h 3 h
United Utilities Bradley Lane (Stretford) CSO River Mersey 30 153h 23m 0 h
United Utilities Flixton Road/Irlam Road Flixton Combined Sewer Overflow (451UM) (TRA0039) River Mersey 45 129h 34m 11 h
United Utilities Woodhouse Road CSO Longford Brk Bent Lanes Brk 32 123h 44m -
United Utilities Walwyn Close CSO River Mersey 37 122h 15m 25 h
United Utilities Lostock Road CSO Bent Lanes Brook Via Sw Sewer 33 107h 53m -
United Utilities DAVYHULME WwTW Manchester Ship Canal 17 105h 44m -
United Utilities DAVYHULME WwTW Manchester Ship Canal 18 90h 15m 83 h
United Utilities Birch Road CSO Manchester Ship Canal Via Sws 32 89h 24m 493 h
United Utilities PARTINGTON WwTW Red Brook 15 88h 11m -
United Utilities Urmston Sewerage, Church Road & Carrington Road PS River Mersey 16 86h 57m -
United Utilities PARTINGTON WwTW Red Brook 31 82h 56m 335 h
United Utilities STRETFORD WwTW River Mersey 6 74h 34m -
United Utilities Manor Avenue CSO Stromford Brook Via Sws 52 61h 18m 25 h
United Utilities Flixton Road/Irlam Road Flixton Combined Sewer Overflow (451UM) (TRA0039) River Mersey 15 58h 16m -
United Utilities Bradley Lane (Stretford) CSO River Mersey 11 49h 57m 0 h
United Utilities Manor Avenue CSO Stromford Brook Via Sws 17 43h 58m 5 h
United Utilities URMSTON WwTW Manchester Ship Canal 7 41h 11m -
United Utilities Lime Tree Close CSO River Mersey 11 40h 32m -
United Utilities Walwyn Close CSO River Mersey 12 37h 13m 0 h
United Utilities The Avenue Syphon CSO Stromford Brk Rvr Mersey 22 34h 26m 9 h
United Utilities Carrington Road PS River Mersey 8 33h 24m -
United Utilities Manor Avenue/Carrington Lane CSO Stromford Brook 15 30h 46m -
United Utilities South of Peel Terrace CSO Riv. Mersey/Kickety Brook 9 30h 42m 0 h
United Utilities Trafford Park Road CSO Manchester Ship Canal Via Sws 9 22h 30m -
United Utilities LYTHAM ROAD CSO Manchester Ship Canal Via Sws 10 22h 6m 1 h
United Utilities Great Stone Road CSO (459KP) Chorlton Brook 5 19h 42m 0 h
United Utilities Manor Avenue PS Stromford Brook 7 19h 41m 24 h
United Utilities Flixton Road CSO River Mersey 10 17h 56m -
United Utilities TOWNSGATE CSO Manchester Ship Canal Via Sws 10 17h 42m 3 h
United Utilities Woodhouse Road CSO Longford Brk Bent Lanes Brk 5 15h 24m -
United Utilities Barton Road CSO Bent Lanes Brook/Longford Broo 16 14h 48m 16 h
United Utilities SALE WwTW Stromford Brook 28 14h 21m 99 h
United Utilities TOWNSGATE CSO Manchester Ship Canal Via Sws 2 10h 6m -
United Utilities Carrington Road Bridge CSO River Mersey 9 10h 2m 15 h
United Utilities South of Peel Terrace CSO Riv. Mersey/Kickety Brook 1 8h 18m -
United Utilities Manor Avenue/Firs Road CSO Stromford Brook 5 8h 14m 1 h
United Utilities The Avenue Syphon CSO Stromford Brk Rvr Mersey 4 6h 24m -
United Utilities Lime Tree Close CSO River Mersey 1 5h 43m -
United Utilities Northumberland Street/Stretford Road CSO Manchester Ship Canal 3 5h 20m 10 h
United Utilities Manor Avenue/Carrington Lane CSO Stromford Brook 4 5h 8m -
United Utilities SALE WwTW Stromford Brook 7 4h 51m 41 h
United Utilities Bradwell Avenue CSO (451HA) (TRA0068) Longford Brook Ship Canal 5 4h 26m 4 h
United Utilities Lostock Road CSO Bent Lanes Brook Via Sw Sewer 2 3h 5m -
United Utilities Ashburton Road/Central Park CSO Manchester Ship Canal Via Sws 3 2h 58m -
United Utilities Carrington Road Bridge CSO River Mersey 2 2h 28m 8 h
United Utilities Northumberland Street/Stretford Road CSO Manchester Ship Canal 1 2h 24m -
United Utilities WESTERN ROAD CSO Carrs Ditech 2 1h 8 h
United Utilities Manor Avenue/Firs Road CSO Stromford Brook 1 0h 50m -
United Utilities Barton Road CSO Bent Lanes Brook/Longford Broo 2 0h 44m -
United Utilities First Avenue CSO Plumpton Clough 2 0h 22m -
United Utilities Park Road (Stretford) CSO Bent Lane Brook 2 0h 22m 1 h
United Utilities Birch Road CSO Manchester Ship Canal Via Sws 1 0h 22m -
United Utilities Dumplington Circle CSO Manchester Ship Canal 1 0h 17m 43 h
United Utilities LYTHAM ROAD CSO Manchester Ship Canal Via Sws 1 0h 14m -
United Utilities Lostock Grove CSO Longford Brook Via Sws 1 0h 12m 0 h
United Utilities Great Stone Road CSO (459KP) Chorlton Brook 1 0h 2m -
United Utilities Manor Avenue PS Stromford Brook 1 0h -
United Utilities Richmond Road CSO Manchester Ship Canal 0 0h -
United Utilities Cromford Avenue CSO Longford Brook Ship Canal 0 0h -
United Utilities Lostock Grove CSO Longford Brook Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities Dumplington Circle CSO Manchester Ship Canal 0 0h -
United Utilities South of Peel Terrace, Chester Road, MHT (Outlet 2) Riv. Mersey/Kickety Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Flixton Road CSO River Mersey 0 0h -
United Utilities Bradwell Avenue CSO (451HA) (TRA0068) Longford Brook Ship Canal 0 0h -
United Utilities Cromford Avenue CSO Longford Brook Ship Canal 0 0h 2 h
United Utilities First Avenue CSO Plumpton Clough 0 0h -
United Utilities Ashburton Road/Central Park CSO Manchester Ship Canal Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities Park Road (Stretford) CSO Bent Lane Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Trafford Park Road CSO Manchester Ship Canal Via Sws 0 0h -
United Utilities Davyhulme Road East Longford Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Davyhulme Road East Longford Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Castleton Avenue CSO Longford Brook Ship Canal 0 0h -
United Utilities South of Peel Terrace, Chester Road, MHT (Outlet 2) Riv. Mersey/Kickety Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Castleton Avenue CSO Longford Brook Ship Canal 0 0h 7 h
United Utilities WESTERN ROAD CSO Carrs Ditech 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

Annual figures up to and including 2025 come from official water company returns. The 2026 figure is our own estimate, derived continuously from the companies' live data feeds.

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.