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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Chorley 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 all the declared CSOs appeared to have monitoring enabled for more than 50% of the year
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Utilities | River Yarrow | CHORLEY LOWER WORKS PS | 58 | 349 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Yarrow | COPPULL NEW RD/BUTTERWORTH RD CSO | 106 | 341 | 99.3 |
| United Utilities | River Yarrow | ADJ DUXBURY MILL P.S. CSO ID 12006 | 72 | 236 | 99.4 |
| United Utilities | River Chor | O/S 8 HARDY DRIVE CSO | 127 | 201 | 95.8 |
| United Utilities | Black Brook River Yarrow | BAGANLEY FROOM CSO 121CW | 40 | 193 | 98.2 |
| United Utilities | Sws To River Yarrow | CLOVER ROAD BUTTERWORTH BROW CSO | 71 | 177 | 99.6 |
| United Utilities | River Yarrow | CHORLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS | 20 | 134 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Chapel Brook | EARLS WAY CSO 12066 | 41 | 125 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | Black Brook | COWLING BROW CSO CHORL | 62 | 120 | 99 |
| United Utilities | Plock Wood Stream | EAVES GREEN RD CSO | 29 | 28 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | River Yarrow | MOOR ROAD EAVES GREEN RD CSO 122GB | 52 | 27 | 98.5 |
| United Utilities | River Chor River Yarrow | PARKLANDS CSO 123JR CHR0015 | 48 | 24 | 90.3 |
| United Utilities | River Yarrow | EAVES GREEN RD CSO | 18 | 22 | 99.2 |
| United Utilities | River Chor | LYDD GROVE PS | 14 | 19 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Clvrted River Chor | 96 COLLINGWOOD ROAD CSO 121PB | 18 | 9 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | River Yarrow | CLOVER ROAD PUMPING STATION | 7 | 7 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Chor Diversion Channel | COMMON BANK LANE CSO CHORL | 3 | 3 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Black Brook, R Yarrow | HEAPEY ROAD CSO 121YP | 2 | 1 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | River Yarrow | LIMBRICK PUMPING STATION | 5 | 0 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | River Chor | FRIDAY STREET CSO 121UY | 0 | 0 | 98.4 |
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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