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Whitehaven and Workington was polluted by sewage 2,394 times in 2023
lasting 14,600 hours - that's 1.69 years!
- but monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more

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Totals for Whitehaven and Workington in 2023
55 Sites polluted by United Utilities, Wessex Water
2,394 sewage dumps
14,600 h duration
That's 1.69 years! On average 6.6 times a day
Change Over Time
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Constituencies near Whitehaven and Workington

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Whitehaven and Workington 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 63 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 Dubbs Gutter EAGLESFIELD WWTW EAGLE 151 1,812 99.8
United Utilities River Keekle KEEKLE PUMPING STATION 157 1,290 100
United Utilities Near Stock Beck DEAN VILLAGE WW PUMPING STATION 123 1,256 99.9
United Utilities Irish Sea WORKINGTON WWTW 157 991 100
United Utilities Irish Sea WHITEHAVEN WWTW 91 926 99
United Utilities River Marron LITTLE CLIFTON STW 77 888 100
United Utilities River Keekle CLEATOR WWTW 67 829 100
United Utilities Irish Sea SEASCALE WWTW 64 812 99.7
United Utilities Far Stock Beck DEANSCALES PS & CSO 102 775 100
United Utilities River Calder CALDER BRIDGE WWTW 49 618 70.2
United Utilities River Ehen KILN BROW PUMPING STATION 24 451 84.7
United Utilities Ling Beck LOWCA LANE HAZEL GROVE CSO 89 443 94.8
United Utilities Pow Beck ST BEES PUMPING STATION 39 435 100
United Utilities Irish Sea BRAYSTONES WWTW 117 415 99.5
United Utilities Colliergate Beck ROWRAH PUMPING STATION 30 406 100
United Utilities River Ehen BROOKSIDE CSO 90 345 100
United Utilities Distington Beck HAYES CASTLE FARM CSO (02628) 86 330 76.9
United Utilities River Keekle BLIND LANE CSO 02627 41 286 100
United Utilities River Keekle MOOR ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 89 220 100
United Utilities River Derwent NORTHSIDE CSO 021QB 61 133 96.3
United Utilities Dub Beck ARLECDON STW 32 122 100
United Utilities Dyan Beck PICA STW 40 114 100
United Utilities Lowca Beck LOWCA BROW (PARTON) CSO 64 109 99.3
United Utilities Stan Beck HIGH STREET WORKINGTON CSO 83 87 99.8
United Utilities River Derwent CAMERTON WW PUMPING STATION 15 67 100
United Utilities Black Beck PARDSHAW STW 47 58 100
United Utilities Pow Beck MEADOW RD CSO 023A8 22 46 100
United Utilities Eller Gill ARLECDON PARKS ROAD CSO 38 37 100
United Utilities River Ehen PICKET HOW FARM SSO 6 36 100
United Utilities Norbeck NORBECK PARK A CSO (SITE 023A9) 60 31 97.1
United Utilities River Derwent Estuary JOHN PIER SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 29 31 99.7
United Utilities River Marron GLEN HOUSE CSO 34 25 100
Wessex Water River Stour HAYES LANE PUMPING STATION 5 24 98.1
United Utilities Hawes Gill KIRKLAND STW 40 24 100
United Utilities Irish Sea WEST STRAND PUMPING STATION 17 17 100
United Utilities Esk MEADOWFIELD GOSFORTH CSO 8 12 99.8
United Utilities Pow Beck GRISEDALE CLOSE CSO 18 10 100
United Utilities Snebra Beck WINSTON DRIVE HENSINGHAM CSO 02632 11 9 100
United Utilities Clvrt Pow Beck Via Sws LATTRIGG RD CSO 022CJ 9 9 100
United Utilities Pow Beck ESK AVENUE MIREHOUSE CSO 9 8 100
United Utilities River Ehen DENT ROAD COMIBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 23 7 100
United Utilities Blackwood Beck MORESBY PARKS PS 8 6 100
United Utilities Winder Beck ARLECDON COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 10 6 100
United Utilities River Marron BRANTHWAITE PUMPING STATION 4 4 100
United Utilities River Wyre MELBOURNE TERRACE CSO 15 2 100
United Utilities Hare Beck GOSFORTH WWTW 4 2 100
United Utilities Pow Beck CROASDALE AVENUE CSO 2 2 100
United Utilities Irish Sea PARTON N.F. SHORE PUMPING STATION 17 1 100
United Utilities Distington Beck MILL COTTAGES CSO 2 1 98.5
United Utilities Needless Beck LINETHWAITE PUMPING STATION 3 1 100
United Utilities Townsend Beck THE CSO AT MAIN STREET 3 1 100
United Utilities River Ehen WODOW ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 5 0 100
United Utilities River Ehen WYNDHAM TERRACE CSO 4 0 100
United Utilities River Ehen KILN BROW COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 2 0 100
United Utilities Lowca Beck ULLGILL MORESBY (MH65) CSO 1 0 100
United Utilities Pow Beck POW BRIDGE/STATION ROAD CSO 0 0 100
United Utilities Nor Beck REAR GARDEN OF 16 CROSSINGS CLOSE 0 0 0
United Utilities Pow Beck SNEBRA WHITEHAVEN CSO 023B2 0 0 100
United Utilities River Derwent CAMERTON WWTW CAMER 0 0 100
United Utilities Culverted Sec Of Snebra Beck RIBTON MOORSIDE CSO 0 0 100
United Utilities Distington Beck COMMON END COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 0 0 100
United Utilities Winder Beck 28/29 ARLECDON PARKS ROAD CSO 0 0 100
United Utilities Culv'T'D Sect Of Skirting Beck ST BRIDGETS LANE CSO 0 0 96.5

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. 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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