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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Birtley 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 all the declared CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s appeared to have monitoring enabled for more than 50% of the year
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumbrian Water | Team | BIRTLEY STW | 44 | 247 | 100 |
| Northumbrian Water | Team | LAMESLEY SSO | 15 | 60 | 99.7 |
| Northumbrian Water | Rowletch Burn 9River Team | OUSTON VILLA FARM CSO | 6 | 39 | 99.7 |
| Northumbrian Water | Of Wear Estuary | ASH MEADOWS CSO CHESTER LE STREET | 5 | 1 | 99.3 |
| Northumbrian Water | River Team | LANSBURY DRIVE CSO | 2 | 1 | 99.7 |
| Northumbrian Water | Rowletch Burn | WESTLINE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CSO | 1 | 0 | 99.6 |
| Northumbrian Water | Rowletch Burn | THE OVAL CSO | 4 | 0 | 93 |
| Northumbrian Water | Rowletch Burn | KINGSMERE PS | 0 | 0 | 99.4 |
| Northumbrian Water | Rowletch Burn | THE BROOMS NORTH CSO | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| Northumbrian Water | Rowletch Burn | DURHAM ROAD CSO | 0 | 0 | 96.2 |
| Northumbrian Water | Rowletch Burn | SWINBURN PLACE CSO | 0 | 0 | 99.8 |
EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales, and Scottish Water
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