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Polluted by sewage 466 times in 2025 lasting 1,702 hours
Monitoring fell below 50% in some locations so could be more
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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Ashington (Northumberland) in 2025. 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 place 1 of the total 14 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year.
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumbrian Water | North Sea | NEWBIGGIN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS | 139 | 866 | 99.85 |
| Northumbrian Water | North Sea | CAMBOIS SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS | 72 | 432 | 100 |
| Northumbrian Water | Rowlington Burn | SEATON NORTH HOTEL CSO (WK013) | 43 | 168 | 98.3 |
| Northumbrian Water | Blackclose Burn | ASHINGTON CSO PARK ROAD WK 006 | 24 | 150 | 98.4 |
| Northumbrian Water | Wansbeck Estuary | EAST FORD ROAD PS EMERGENCY OVERFLO | 11 | 22 | 99.9 |
| Northumbrian Water | River Wansbeck | GLAXO WEST CSO | 23 | 21 | 97.8 |
| Northumbrian Water | River Wansbeck | NORTH SEATON LEVEL CROSSING CSO | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| Northumbrian Water | River Wansbeck | LYNDHURST ROAD CSO | 14 | 14 | 97.3 |
| Northumbrian Water | Wansbeck, | GREEN LANE CSO 9(WK 008) | 6 | 6 | 92.9 |
| Northumbrian Water | Wansbeck Estuary | ASHINGTON DRIVE CSO HLF MOON RNDBWT | 6 | 1 | 99.7 |
| Northumbrian Water | Wansbeck, | PARK ROAD & GREEN LANE CSO | 120 | 0 | 99.7 |
| Northumbrian Water | Blackclose Dene | SOUTH GREEN LANE CSO | 4 | 0 | 100 |
| Northumbrian Water | R Wansbeck | BOTHAL COTTAGES | 1 | 0 | 99.5 |
| Northumbrian Water | Wansbeck Estuary | 20 WANSBECK STREET | 0 | 0 | 99.6 |
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.
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