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Stoke-on-Trent

Polluted by sewage 1,139 times in 2025 lasting 2,691 hours

Monitoring fell below 50% in some locations so could be more

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Totals for Stoke-on-Trent in 2025

83 Sites polluted by Severn Trent Water

1,139 sewage dumps

2,691 hours duration

That's 3.74 months. On average 3.1 times a day

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Stoke-on-Trent 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 1 of the total 93 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year.

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
Severn Trent Water	Yockerton Brook	STRONGFORD SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	57	520	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	BIRCHES HEAD ROAD CSO	39	337	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	TRENT VALE SPS	31	286	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	BARLASTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	43	223	100
Severn Trent Water	Fowlea Brook	ORFORD STREET CSO	40	165	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	DIVIDY ROAD / JOINERS SQUARE CSO	44	156	99.7
Severn Trent Water	Ford Green Brook	CUMBERBATCH AVENUE CSO	22	94	99.9
Severn Trent Water	Unknown	WERRINGTON ROAD CSO	35	84	100
Severn Trent Water	Fowlea Brook	BURSLEM STW CSO	14	58	100
Severn Trent Water	Fowlea Brook	ETRURIA VALE 1 CSO	26	50	99.6
Severn Trent Water	Lyme Brook	ST MICHAELS ROAD CSO	38	42	100
Severn Trent Water	Lyme Brook	HARTSHILL - RISELEY ROAD CSO	31	42	100
Severn Trent Water	Fowlea Brook	BEECHS GARAGE CSO	19	41	100
Severn Trent Water	Fowlea Brook	LOWER OXFORD ROAD CSO	9	38	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	LEEK ROAD CSO	16	37	100
Severn Trent Water	Lyme Brook	CLAYTON ROAD CSO	23	34	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	LITTLE HEAKLEY FARM CSO	13	33	98.5
Severn Trent Water	Ford Green Brook	PECK MILL LANE CSO	24	29	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	GAYTON AVENUE CSO	18	27	99.4
Severn Trent Water	Longton Brook	OFF BLURTON ROAD CSO	31	26	100
Severn Trent Water	Lyme Brook	STAFFORD AVENUE CSO	11	23	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	CHAMBERLAIN AVENUE CSO	36	21	99.9
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	BOOTHEN OLD ROAD 1 CSO	14	19	100
Severn Trent Water	Lyme Brook	HILTON ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	28	19	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	MICHELIN A34 CSO	17	17	100
Severn Trent Water	Caldon Canal	NORTHWOOD PRIME ST-CARDWELL ST CSO	21	17	34.1
Severn Trent Water	Trent And Mersey Canal	BOATHORSE ROAD CSO	8	17	100
Severn Trent Water	River Blithe	POPLAR CLOSE CSO	6	17	99.9
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	CAULDON ROAD CSO	21	16	99.8
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	BEDDELEY GREEN CSO	17	16	96.5
Severn Trent Water	Longton Brook	TRENTHAM - STONE ROAD 1 CSO	5	14	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	JOINERS SQUARE CSO	5	10	100
Severn Trent Water	Sws To River Trent	IVY HOUSE ROAD CSO	22	8	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	GREASLEY ROAD 2 CSO	17	8	100
Severn Trent Water	Sws To River Trent	LEEK ROAD / BOTTESLOW STREET CSO	20	8	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	WILLIAM STREET CSO	11	8	100
Severn Trent Water	Scotia Brook	FURLONG ROAD CSO	28	7	100
Severn Trent Water	Lyme Brook	KING STREET CSO	19	7	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	GREASLEY ROAD 1 CSO	12	7	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	PENKHULL NEW ROAD CSO	10	7	99
Severn Trent Water	Longton Brook	GOODWOOD PLACE CSO	9	7	100
Severn Trent Water	Longton Brook	GOMS MILL CSO	11	6	100
Severn Trent Water	Ford Green Brook	CHELL HEATH ROAD CSO	25	6	100
Severn Trent Water	Anchor Brook	AMISON STREET	18	5	100
Severn Trent Water	Chitlings Brook	POPLAR DRIVE CSO	3	4	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	BOOTHEN OLD ROAD 2 CSO	7	4	100
Severn Trent Water	Culverted Watercourse	SUTHERLAND ROAD CSO	9	4	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	HANFORD A34 PUMPING STATION	4	4	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	SIDEWAY ROAD CSO	7	4	100
Severn Trent Water	Lyme Brook	HARPFIELD ROAD CSO	8	2	100
Severn Trent Water	Fowlea Brook	ASDA - OXFORD STREET CSO	15	2	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	SMITHPOOL ROAD CSO	6	2	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	AUSTIN STREET SPS	4	2	99.9
Severn Trent Water	Anchor Brook	BATH ROAD 2 CSO	6	2	100
Severn Trent Water	Anchor Brook	BATHS ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	6	2	100
Severn Trent Water	River Blithe	STALLINGTON ROAD CSO	5	2	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	LICHFIELD STREET/LEEK ROAD	7	1	100
Severn Trent Water	Lyme Brook	LILLESHALL ROAD PLAYING FIELDS CSO	3	1	100
Severn Trent Water	Longton Brook Via Sws	CARLISLE STREET CSO	8	1	100
Severn Trent Water	Lyme Brook	NEWCASTLE ROAD - A34 CSO	6	1	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	GREASLEY ROAD 3 CSO	8	1	100
Severn Trent Water	Cockster Brook	GRAFTON ROAD CSO	5	1	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	WHITMORE ROAD CSO	5	0	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	BOUGHEY ROAD CSO	4	0	92.3
Severn Trent Water	Fowlea Brook	SHELTON NEW ROAD CSO	4	0	98.8
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	VICTORIA ROAD SEWAGE PUMPING STA	2	0	99.5
Severn Trent Water	Caldon Canal	ROSE STREET CSO	5	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Lyme Brook	HASSELL STREET CSO	5	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Fowlea Brook	LONGPORT STATION ROAD CSO	1	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Anchor Brook	KENDRICK STREET CSO	2	0	99.9
Severn Trent Water	Longton Brook	WERBURGH DRIVE CSO	1	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Longton Brook	CHAPLIN ROAD NO.1 CSO	4	0	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	STONE ROAD/BANKHOUSE ROAD JNCT CSO	5	0	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	WOLSELEY ROAD CSO	5	0	98.3
Severn Trent Water	Anchor Brook	ANCHOR ROAD CSO	2	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Causley Brook	WOOLISCROFT ROAD CSO	2	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Anchor Brook	UTTOXETER ROAD CSO	3	0	99.9
Severn Trent Water	Anchor Brook	FOLEY ROAD CSO	2	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Fowlea Brook	WATLANDS VIEW CSO	2	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Caldon Canal	PRIME STREET (NO.1)/LOCKLEY ST CSO	1	0	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	STUART ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	1	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Longton Brook	CHAPLIN ROAD NO.2 CSO	1	0	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	MELLOR STREET CSO	1	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Fowlea Brook Via Sws	ETRURIA ROAD CSO	0	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Fowlea Brook	GARNER STREET CSO	0	0	94.1
Severn Trent Water	Lyme Brook	NO. 159 THE AVENUE CSO	0	0	100
Severn Trent Water	River Trent	BERRY HILL	0	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Cockster Brook	BROCKSFORD STREET CSO	0	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Lyme Brook	LYME VALLEY (OPPO REMPLOY WKS) CSO	0	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Fowlea Brook	QUEENSWAY/VERNON ROAD SPS	0	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Fowlea Brook	CANAL LANE CSO	0	0	99.1
Severn Trent Water	Longton Brook	BALLINSON ROAD CSO	0	0	100
Severn Trent Water	Longton Brook	LIGHTWOOD ROAD	0	0	99.9

Data Sources & Accuracy

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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