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Polluted by sewage 240 times in 2024 lasting 1,037 hours
Monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more
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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Blackpool in 2024. 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 locality 1 of the total 11 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year. Of these 1 had zero reporting.
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Utilities | Irish Sea | ANCHORSHOLME PS | 62 | 613 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Squires Gate Lane Dyke | SQUIRES GATE LANE | 94 | 234 | 60.2 |
| United Utilities | Irish Sea | MANCHESTER SQUARE PS | 44 | 159 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Horsebridge Dyke, Main | BLACKPOOL OLD ROAD CSO | 15 | 13 | 99.3 |
| United Utilities | Horsebridge Dyke | RAVENSWOOD CSO 52568 | 18 | 12 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Irish Sea | LENNOX GATE PUMPING STATION | 5 | 3 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Horse Bridge Dyke | CHILTERN AVENUE CSO | 2 | 0 | 99 |
| United Utilities | Irish Sea | GYNN SQUARE | 0 | 0 | 75.9 |
| United Utilities | Irish Sea | HARROWSIDE PUMPING STATION | 0 | 0 | 96.5 |
| United Utilities | Marton Mere Via Main Dyke | MANHOLE N20 E PARK DR CSO/SP DR PS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United Utilities | Main Dyke Wyre Estuary | HIGHCROSS ROAD CSO | 0 | 0 | 99.1 |
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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