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Polluted by sewage 364 times in 2024 lasting 1,548 hours
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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Shiney Row and Penshaw 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 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumbrian Water | Herrington Burn/Moors Burn | SEDGELETCH STW | 66 | 739 | 96.6 |
| Northumbrian Water | Herrington Burn | SHINEY ROW FOOTBRIDGE CSO | 48 | 177 | 99.6 |
| Northumbrian Water | River Wear | STATION ROAD CSO | 61 | 170 | 88.7 |
| Northumbrian Water | Lumley Park Burn | FLOATERS MILL PS CSO | 32 | 139 | 100 |
| Northumbrian Water | Moors Burn | AVENUE VIVIAN CSO SU013 | 31 | 88 | 94.4 |
| Northumbrian Water | Herrington Burn | 66 ROSS LEA CSO | 32 | 72 | 100 |
| Northumbrian Water | River Wear | HOUGHTON LE SPRING CSO | 31 | 54 | 99.7 |
| Northumbrian Water | Herrington Burn | WESTBOURNE DRIVE CSO | 25 | 37 | 100 |
| Northumbrian Water | Moors Burn | SEDGELETCH BRIDGE CSO | 19 | 34 | 96 |
| Northumbrian Water | Moors Burn | OSMAN TERRACE CSO | 5 | 16 | 100 |
| Northumbrian Water | Herrington Burn | BOURN LEA CSO CH087 | 8 | 16 | 92.2 |
| Northumbrian Water | Herrington Burn Via A Culvert | WEST PARK ESTATE CSO | 6 | 3 | 100 |
| Northumbrian Water | Herrington Burn | GOLF COURSE ROAD CSO | 0 | 0 | 99.9 |
| Northumbrian Water | Lumley Park Burn | ROSE CRESCENT CSO | 0 | 0 | 100 |
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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