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Whitehaven and Workington - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 23,601 hours in 2025 - That's 2.73 years , monitoring offline 16,856 hours , potential overflows 2,419 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Whitehaven and Workington 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 - 1,120 hours , 2 offline
Feb - 719 hours , 63 potential
Mar - 76 hours , 22 potential
Apr - 30 hours , 325 offline
May - 246 hours , 119 potential
Jun - 1,013 hours , 8 potential
Jul - 699 hours , 156 potential
Aug - 240 hours , 27 potential
Sept - 2,666 hours , 176 potential
Oct - 1,475 hours , 770 potential
Nov - 7,451 hours , 865 potential
Dec - 7,860 hours , 209 potential
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
United Utilities PICA WwTW Dyan Beck 135 2,094 h 48m 459 h
United Utilities Dean Ww PS Near Stock Beck 128 1,431 h 29m 25 h
United Utilities LITTLE CLIFTON WwTW River Marron 91 1,095 h 57m 47 h
United Utilities Rowrah PS Colliergate Beck 47 1,068 h 36m 12 h
United Utilities PICA WwTW Dyan Beck 45 978 h 10m 78 h
United Utilities Keekle PS River Keekle 109 952 h 33m 30 h
United Utilities Dean Ww PS Near Stock Beck 42 844 h 8m -
United Utilities Rowrah PS Colliergate Beck 52 841 h 55m 97 h
United Utilities EAGLESFIELD WwTW Dubbs Gutter 112 839 h 45m 40 h
United Utilities CALDER BRIDGE WwTW River Calder 41 713 h 9m 86 h
United Utilities LITTLE CLIFTON WwTW River Marron 32 672 h 8m 1 h
United Utilities St Bees PS Pow Beck 35 671 h 5m 22 h
United Utilities CLEATOR WwTW River Keekle 44 642 h 43m 44 h
United Utilities CALDER BRIDGE WwTW River Calder 30 615 h 26m -
United Utilities Keekle PS River Keekle 32 583 h 41m 0 h
United Utilities WORKINGTON WwTW Irish Sea 94 561 h 44m 142 h
United Utilities BRAYSTONES WwTW Irish Sea 46 546 h 13m 36 h
United Utilities Pickett How Farm CSO River Ehen 25 521 h 46m -
United Utilities Northside Sewerage System River Derwent 70 520 h 34m -
United Utilities CLEATOR WwTW River Keekle 27 512 h 34m -
United Utilities EAGLESFIELD WwTW Dubbs Gutter 32 453 h 1m 5 h
United Utilities BRAYSTONES WwTW Irish Sea 108 441 h 38m 62 h
United Utilities Deanscales PS and CSO Far Stock Beck 63 386 h 29m 821 h
United Utilities Northside Sewerage System River Derwent 26 330 h 14m 1 h
United Utilities Seascale Wastewater Treatment Works (Site ID SEASC) (017480324) Irish Sea 27 319 h 36m 24 h
United Utilities Lowca Lane(Hazel Grove) CSO Ling Beck 30 310 h 47m 1,653 h
United Utilities Brookside CSO River Ehen 63 271 h 37m -
United Utilities Pickett How Farm CSO River Ehen 19 254 h 40m 0 h
United Utilities Blind Lane CSO River Keekle 28 237 h 30m 0 h
United Utilities Bridge End Ind Estate PS River Ehen 20 221 h 51m -
United Utilities Rear of Hayes Castle Farm CSO Distington Beck 44 218 h 56m -
United Utilities St Bees PS Pow Beck 25 217 h 32m 27 h
United Utilities Moor Row CSO River Yarrow 67 196 h 4m 4 h
United Utilities Blind Lane CSO River Keekle 15 194 h 25m -
United Utilities PARDSHAW WwTW Black Beck 28 190 h 248 h
United Utilities Moor Row CSO River Yarrow 17 179 h 36m -
United Utilities Rear of Hayes Castle Farm CSO Distington Beck 19 173 h 53m -
United Utilities Seascale Wastewater Treatment Works (Site ID SEASC) (017480324) Irish Sea 15 164 h 35m 24 h
United Utilities Great Clifton River Derwent 17 162 h 28m 5,371 h
United Utilities Bridge End Ind Estate PS River Ehen 22 158 h 24m -
United Utilities Brookside CSO River Ehen 20 153 h 46m -
United Utilities Deanscales PS and CSO Far Stock Beck 6 135 h 23m -
United Utilities WHITEHAVEN WwTW Irish Sea 23 125 h 38m -
United Utilities WHITEHAVEN WwTW Irish Sea 13 113 h 41m -
United Utilities ARLECDON WwTW Dub Beck 36 107 h 58m -
United Utilities High Street (Workington) Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 02633) (ALL0006) Stan Beck 14 86 h 40m -
United Utilities ARLECDON WwTW Dub Beck 17 76 h 23m -
United Utilities John Pier Sewage Pumping Station CSO River Derwent Estuary 18 74 h 59m 9 h
United Utilities Lowca Lane(Hazel Grove) CSO Ling Beck 11 71 h 46m 1,326 h
United Utilities John Pier Sewage Pumping Station CSO River Derwent Estuary 13 66 h 50m 38 h
United Utilities High Street (Workington) Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 02633) (ALL0006) Stan Beck 46 66 h 2m 0 h
United Utilities Arlecdon CSO Winder Beck 11 59 h 50m -
United Utilities Arlecdon Parks Road CSO Eller Gill 37 52 h 10m -
United Utilities Meadow Road CSO Pow Beck 10 40 h 38m -
United Utilities Arlecdon Parks Road CSO Eller Gill 12 40 h 26m -
United Utilities WORKINGTON WwTW Irish Sea 6 40 h 12m 12 h
United Utilities Meadow Road CSO Pow Beck 11 34 h 24m 37 h
United Utilities KIRKLAND WwTW Hawes Gill 30 30 h 22m -
United Utilities Moresby Park PS Blackwood Beck 5 28 h 38m 38 h
United Utilities Arlecdon CSO Winder Beck 18 28 h 10m 3 h
United Utilities Winston Drive CSO Snebra Beck 15 26 h 20m 5 h
United Utilities Lowca Brow (Parton) CSO Lowca Beck 5 24 h 11m 50 h
United Utilities West Strand pumping station (WSTST) (COP0094) Irish Sea 30 22 h 23m 264 h
United Utilities Winston Drive CSO Snebra Beck 9 20 h 34m -
United Utilities PARDSHAW WwTW Black Beck 8 20 h 12m -
United Utilities Kiln Brow WwPS River Ehen 2 17 h 13m -
United Utilities Branthwaite PS River Marron 6 16 h 20m 0 h
United Utilities Grisedale Close CSO Pow Beck 3 15 h 22m -
United Utilities Lattrigg Road CSO Clvrt Pow Beck Via Sws 8 13 h 26m -
United Utilities Kiln Brow WwPS River Ehen 4 13 h 4m 0 h
United Utilities Branthwaite PS River Marron 11 12 h 45m -
United Utilities Lattrigg Road CSO Clvrt Pow Beck Via Sws 6 12 h 44m -
United Utilities Grisedale Close CSO Pow Beck 9 12 h 34m 29 h
United Utilities KIRKLAND WwTW Hawes Gill 10 12 h 28m -
United Utilities West Strand pumping station (WSTST) (COP0094) Irish Sea 10 12 h -
United Utilities Norbeck Park A CSO Norbeck 18 11 h 14m 3 h
United Utilities GLEN HOUSE CSO River Marron 11 9 h 40m 5 h
United Utilities Esk Avenue Mirehouse CSO Pow Beck 6 9 h 22m -
United Utilities GOSFORTH WwTW Hare Beck 3 9 h 11m 25 h
United Utilities Moresby Park PS Blackwood Beck 7 8 h 44m -
United Utilities GLEN HOUSE CSO River Marron 5 7 h 58m 3 h
United Utilities Esk Avenue Mirehouse CSO Pow Beck 7 6 h 29m -
United Utilities Melbourne Terrace CSO River Wyre 8 6 h 10m 0 h
United Utilities Camerton Ww PS River Derwent 3 5 h 54m 19 h
United Utilities Meadowfield Gosforth Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 02631) (COP0030) Esk 7 5 h 33m -
United Utilities Dent Road CSO River Ehen 15 5 h 20m 41 h
United Utilities Meadowfield Gosforth Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 02631) (COP0030) Esk 9 5 h 4m -
United Utilities CROASDALE AVENUE CSO Pow Beck 3 5 h 4m -
United Utilities Melbourne Terrace CSO River Wyre 18 4 h 46m 6 h
United Utilities Dent Road CSO River Ehen 7 4 h 8m -
United Utilities Parton PS Irish Sea 19 3 h 28m 1 h
United Utilities Parton PS Irish Sea 4 2 h 40m 2 h
United Utilities CROASDALE AVENUE CSO Pow Beck 3 2 h 34m -
United Utilities CLEATOR WwTW River Keekle 5 2 h 12m 0 h
United Utilities CLEATOR WwTW River Keekle 6 1 h 37m 0 h
United Utilities Wyndham Terrace CSO River Ehen 5 1 h 36m 41 h
United Utilities Ullgill Moresby (MH65) CSO Lowca Beck 3 1 h 30m -
United Utilities Snebra Whitehaven CSO Pow Beck 2 0 h 54m 29 h
United Utilities The CSO at Main Street Townsend Beck 6 0 h 40m 0 h
United Utilities MILL COTTAGES CSO Distington Beck 2 0 h 38m -
United Utilities Linethwaite PS Needless Beck 1 0 h 27m -
United Utilities Wodow Road CSO River Ehen 3 0 h 26m -
United Utilities Wyndham Terrace CSO River Ehen 1 0 h 20m -
United Utilities Wodow Road CSO River Ehen 1 0 h 8m -
United Utilities Arlecdon Parks Road CSO to Winder Beck Winder Beck 1 0 h 4m 0 h
United Utilities Camerton Ww PS River Derwent 0 0 h -
United Utilities POW Bridge/Station Road CSO River Calder 0 0 h -
United Utilities The CSO at Main Street Townsend Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities Ullgill Moresby (MH65) CSO Lowca Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities St Bridgets Lane CSO Culv'T'D Sect Of Skirting Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities Rear Garden of No.16 Crossings Close Nor Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities Common End CSO Distington Beck 0 0 h 10 h
United Utilities Rear Garden of No.16 Crossings Close Nor Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities Arlecdon Parks Road CSO to Winder Beck Winder Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities POW Bridge/Station Road CSO River Calder 0 0 h -
United Utilities Lowca Brow (Parton) CSO Lowca Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities MILL COTTAGES CSO Distington Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities Kiln Brow CSO River Ehen 0 0 h -
United Utilities Great Clifton River Derwent 0 0 h 5,965 h
United Utilities CAMERTON WwTW River Derwent 0 0 h -
United Utilities GOSFORTH WwTW Hare Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities St Bridgets Lane CSO Culv'T'D Sect Of Skirting Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities Common End CSO Distington Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities Snebra Whitehaven CSO Pow Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities Ribton Moorside CSO Culverted Sec Of Snebra Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities Linethwaite PS Needless Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities Kiln Brow CSO River Ehen 0 0 h 1,889 h
United Utilities Ribton Moorside CSO Culverted Sec Of Snebra Beck 0 0 h 38 h
United Utilities Norbeck Park A CSO Norbeck 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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