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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Leigh (Wigan) 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 | Hall Lee Brook | WESTHOUGHTON STW | 173 | 1,410 | 99.75 |
| United Utilities | Moss Brook | TYLDESLEY STW | 79 | 950 | 99.8 |
| United Utilities | Pennington Brook | LEIGH STW | 58 | 695 | 99.3 |
| United Utilities | Bedford Brook Glaze Brook | PARK LANE CSO 50098 | 65 | 541 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Hindsford Brook | TYLDESLEY CSO | 44 | 422 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Westleigh Brook | WESTLEIGH PARK CSO 502ZF | 75 | 276 | 98.4 |
| United Utilities | Hindsford Brook | FULWELL AVENUE CSO | 28 | 216 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Bedford Brook | HIGH BRIDGE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 63 | 177 | 99.8 |
| United Utilities | Unknown | KIRKHALL LANE CSO | 64 | 148 | 99.2 |
| United Utilities | Colling Lane Brook, Pen Leach | STIRLING CLOSE CSO 508NA | 16 | 110 | 98.5 |
| United Utilities | Cop Brook | ROBIN HOOD PS | 71 | 87 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Westleigh Brook | WIGAN ROAD/SIDDELEY STREET CSO | 31 | 66 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Collier Brook | LOVERS LANE/LEIGH ROAD CSO (50080) | 24 | 65 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Westleigh Brook | KIRKHALL LANE/VICTORIA STREET CSO | 45 | 60 | 99.5 |
| United Utilities | Bedford Brook | MANCHESTER RD/PARK LANE CSO | 27 | 59 | 96.1 |
| United Utilities | Westleigh Brook | WESTLEIGH ETHERSTONE MD CSO 508AP | 16 | 51 | 97.1 |
| United Utilities | River Ribble | RIBCHESTER WWTW | 10 | 36 | 98.15 |
| United Utilities | Bedford Brook | MILL LANE LEIGH CSO 50079 | 22 | 32 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Pennington Brook Via Sws | NEWLANDS ROAD CSO | 14 | 18 | 99 |
| United Utilities | Pennington Brook Via Sws | WARRINGTON ROAD CSO | 7 | 15 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Unknown | PENNINGTON MILL BRIDGE CSO | 10 | 15 | 99.3 |
| United Utilities | Pen Leach Brook | QUEENSWAY PS | 9 | 13 | 99.8 |
| United Utilities | Bedford Brook | CENTRAL PUMPING STATION | 16 | 10 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Pen Leach Brook | LEIGH SSO | 7 | 9 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Westleigh Brook | TWIST LANE/WESTLEIGH BRIDGE CSO | 11 | 8 | 98.3 |
| United Utilities | Westleigh Brook | KIRIBATI WAY CSO | 1 | 4 | 99.3 |
| United Utilities | Dog Pool Brook Via Sws | 396 ATHERTON ROAD CSO | 3 | 2 | 99 |
| United Utilities | Westleigh Brook | FIRS LANE/URMSTON STREET CSO | 3 | 0 | 84.6 |
| United Utilities | Pennington Brook | MATHER LANE | 1 | 0 | 86.9 |
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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