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Polluted by sewage 588 times in 2024 lasting 3,211 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 Rawtenstall 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 23 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year.
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Utilities | River Irwell | THE GLEN COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 152 | 1,544 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | River Irwell | BACUP ROAD/FALBARN FOLD CSO | 85 | 481 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Irwell | 295 BACUP ROAD CSO | 48 | 223 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | River Irwell | NEWCHURCH ROAD CSO (36013) | 23 | 201 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Rvr Irwell Via Langwood Brook | MANCHESTER RD DALESFORD RD 362EJ | 96 | 171 | 94.3 |
| United Utilities | Limy Water R Irwell | BANK ST COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 36 | 155 | 99.8 |
| United Utilities | Whitewell Brook | 143 BURNLEY ROAD EAST CSO | 26 | 114 | 88.1 |
| United Utilities | Limy Water | RUSHBED SSO | 24 | 104 | 84.6 |
| United Utilities | River Irwell | HIGHFIELD ROAD CSO | 17 | 64 | 97.8 |
| United Utilities | River Irwell | NEW HALL HEY ROAD CSO | 13 | 50 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Irwell | WATERBARN LANE CSO | 12 | 34 | 99.2 |
| United Utilities | Whitewell Brook | BURNLEY RD E/BOOTH ST CSO | 22 | 13 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | Clvrt'D Section Langwood Brook | LANGWOOD BROOK CSO | 10 | 12 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Unknown | COWDE RD BR. | 8 | 12 | 94.9 |
| United Utilities | Whitewell Brook | BURNLEY RD E /WHITEWELL BOTTOM CSO | 3 | 9 | 96 |
| United Utilities | Whitewll Brook | BURNLEY ROAD EAST/SHAWCLOUGH CSO | 2 | 7 | 46.6 |
| United Utilities | River Irwell | 709 BACUP ROAD CSO | 3 | 4 | 97 |
| United Utilities | River Irwell | BLACKWOOD ROAD CSO | 3 | 3 | 99.6 |
| United Utilities | Whitewell Brook | BURNLEY ROAD EAST/TOWNLEY ARMS CSO | 2 | 2 | 99 |
| United Utilities | Culverted Langwood Brook | MANCHESTER RD CSO (363F2) | 2 | 0 | 99.4 |
| United Utilities | River Irwell | NEW HALL HEY BRIDGE CSO | 1 | 0 | 99.5 |
| United Utilities | Whitewell Brook | 876 BURNLEY RD EAST CSO | 0 | 0 | 99.3 |
| United Utilities | Limy Water Irwell | BURNLEY RD/MIDDLEGATE CSO | 0 | 0 | 81.1 |
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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