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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Stanley (County Durham) in 2025. 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 place all the declared CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s appeared to have monitoring enabled for more than 50% of the year
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumbrian Water | Causey Burn | EAST TANFIELD STW | 129 | 818 | 100 |
| Northumbrian Water | Twizell Burn | KIMBERLEY GARDENS CSO (DER 82) | 60 | 141 | 99.9 |
| Northumbrian Water | Stanley Burn, | NIGHTINGALE PLACE CSO | 58 | 140 | 98.8 |
| Northumbrian Water | Unnamed Houghwell Burn | ST ANDREWS ROAD CSO | 34 | 137 | 99.3 |
| Northumbrian Water | Twizell Burn | HUSTLEDOWN STW | 23 | 130 | 99.9 |
| Northumbrian Water | Stanley Burn | HOLYHILL GARDENS EAST CSO | 44 | 101 | 90.7 |
| Northumbrian Water | Stanley Burn | CSO ADJACENT 40 HOLLYHILL GARDENS | 34 | 39 | 99.7 |
| Northumbrian Water | Stanley Burn | 50 WOODSIDE GARDENS CSO | 13 | 31 | 90.9 |
| Northumbrian Water | Kyo Burn | TANFIELD COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL CSO | 8 | 24 | 99.8 |
| Northumbrian Water | Houghwell Burn | OAKS FIELD CSO | 7 | 24 | 99.7 |
| Northumbrian Water | Stanley Burn | SOUTH MOOR MEMORIAL PARK SSO | 26 | 24 | 99.3 |
| Northumbrian Water | Stanley Burn | DURHAM ROAD CSO | 22 | 17 | 99.7 |
| Northumbrian Water | Stanley Burn | HUSTLEDOWN ROAD CSO | 17 | 12 | 99.2 |
| Northumbrian Water | Kyo Burn | LINTZ TERRACE CSO | 8 | 4 | 97.8 |
| Northumbrian Water | Stanley Burn | THE MIDDLES CSO | 54 | 3 | 98.3 |
| Northumbrian Water | Stanley Burn | FRONT STREET CSO | 9 | 2 | 99.7 |
| Northumbrian Water | Trip Of Stanley Burn | OLIVER STREET CSO | 7 | 1 | 100 |
| Northumbrian Water | Houghwell Burn | SOUTH LEIGH CSO | 3 | 1 | 99.6 |
| Northumbrian Water | Houghwell Burn | ARGYLE COURT CSO | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Northumbrian Water | Stanley Burn | EAST VIEW CSO | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Northumbrian Water | Stanley Burn | SOUTH MOOR ROAD FOOTBALL CLUB CSO | 0 | 0 | 98.3 |
| Northumbrian Water | Houghwell Burn | STATION VILLAS CSO | 0 | 0 | 96.2 |
| Northumbrian Water | Stanley Burn | WILLIAM STREET CSO | 0 | 0 | 99.7 |
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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