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Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for West Lancashire in 2023. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.
Reporting refers to how much of the time the monitoring was active. In this constituency 1 of the total 14 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year, of which 1 had zero reporting.
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Utilities | River Douglas | WIGAN WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS | 77 | 1,192 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Castle Brook | WESTHEAD WWTW | 126 | 1,173 | 95.3 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas | MILL LANE CSO 49201 | 151 | 1,131 | 91.1 |
| United Utilities | Hey Cop Drain, River Alt | HILLHOUSE WWTW | 79 | 677 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Simonswood Brook | BARROWNOOK WWTW | 104 | 674 | 99.8 |
| United Utilities | River Tawd | NR FIRE STN ORMSKIRK RD | 146 | 353 | 97.4 |
| United Utilities | Boathouse Sluice | BURSCOUGH WWTW | 25 | 329 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Tawd Via Sws | 194 ORMSKIRK ROAD CSO | 73 | 169 | 91.5 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas | SKELMERSDALE WWTW SKELM | 55 | 148 | 99.85 |
| United Utilities | River Tawd Via Sws | NEAR TAWD VALE INN CSO | 49 | 40 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Pond Rivtawd Via Sws | O/S 1 TEVERSHAM CSO | 34 | 31 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Fine Janes Brook | AINSDALE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS | 4 | 15 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Eller Brook Via Sws | DERBY STREET CSO (49200) | 15 | 11 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Bickerstaffe Brook | BICKERSTAFFE W.WATER PUMP STATION | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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. This uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.
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