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Polluted by sewage 717 times in 2024 lasting 2,257 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 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 1 of the total 29 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year.
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Utilities | Dean Brook Trid Of R Douglas | ORRELL HOUSE FARM CSO 50085 | 76 | 302 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | Close Brook R Douglas | CLOSE BROOK CSO | 31 | 283 | 96.8 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas | CENTRAL PARK CSO 50090 | 72 | 271 | 98.6 |
| United Utilities | Mill Brook | WIGAN ROAD CSO 50087 | 81 | 230 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Ackhurst Brook R Douglas | IRVINES FARM CSO | 81 | 219 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas | CHORLEY RD, M.H. E36 | 67 | 166 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas | GOWER STREET CSO 50126 | 35 | 145 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Ince Brook | INCE CEMETARY CSO | 14 | 102 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Poolstock Brook | REAR OF 125 BAKER STREET CSO | 29 | 95 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas | GATHURST LANE SHEVINGTON CSO | 42 | 85 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Close Brook | GREENWOOD AVENUE CSO | 17 | 76 | 88.9 |
| United Utilities | Yellow Brook | HOLLY STREET/NEW SPRINGS CSO | 23 | 69 | 99.4 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas | GATHURST LANE SHEVINGTON CSO | 46 | 64 | 96.3 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas Via Sws | BRADSHAW STREET CSO | 24 | 35 | 99.4 |
| United Utilities | Smithy Brook | REAR OF KEATS AVENUE CSO | 16 | 32 | 99.2 |
| United Utilities | Culverted River Douglas | LYNTON AVENUE CSO | 16 | 17 | 98.8 |
| United Utilities | Billy Pit Brook Lpool Canal | BEECH HILL LANE CSO 50089 | 5 | 16 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Park Brook | CRANBERRY LODGE PUMPING STATION | 3 | 10 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas Via Sws | CHESTNUT ROAD CSO | 11 | 8 | 92.7 |
| United Utilities | Smithy Brook | POOLSTOCK LANE/HOLT STREET CSO | 3 | 8 | 99.4 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas Via Sws | SPRINGFIELD ROAD CSO | 14 | 7 | 95.1 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas Via Sws | SOUTH OF BALL STREET CSO | 6 | 6 | 46.6 |
| United Utilities | Ince Brook | WIGAN CEMETERY COMBINED SEWER OV | 3 | 1 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Park Brook | LANDGATE SPS | 2 | 1 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas Via Sws | 184 WARRINGTON ROAD CSO | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Smithy Brook Via Sws | STEVENSON CLOSE (WORSLEY) CSO | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas | NW JCT WOODHOUSE LANE | 0 | 0 | 99.5 |
| United Utilities | River Douglas | ORMSKIRK ROAD/FRANCE STREET CSO | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| United Utilities | Clarington Brook | WESTMOORLAND STREET/SCHOLES 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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