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Gaunless polluted by sewage 257 times in 2025 - lasting 1,937 hours

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Totals for Gaunless in 2025
12 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water
257 sewage dumps
1,937 h duration
That's 2.69 months. 4.9 times a week, on average
Constituencies along Gaunless
Places along Gaunless

Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Gaunless in 2025. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Northumbrian Water Gaunless BUTTERKNOWLE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 82 1,066 99.4
Northumbrian Water Gaunless RAMSHAW SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 77 338 99.75
Northumbrian Water Gaunless FIELDON BRIDGE CSO 28 300 87.9
Northumbrian Water Gaunless COCKFIELD STW 22 209 99.9
Northumbrian Water Gaunless VINOVIUM CSO A27 13 9 79.8
Northumbrian Water Gaunless VINOVIUM SSOs A17, A18, A19 & A21 15 3 90.2
Northumbrian Water Gaunless COPELAND ESTATE OFF SITE SEWER 5 3 100
Northumbrian Water Gaunless TOAD POOL CSO TE351 2 2 84.4
Northumbrian Water Gaunless GIB CHARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 6 2 97.4
Northumbrian Water Gaunless VINOVIUM SSO NO A13 3 1 97.4
Northumbrian Water Gaunless VINOVIUM SSO NO A32RIVER WALK WV 12 3 0 100
Northumbrian Water Gaunless COCKFIELD P.S. & LANDS FARM CSO 1 0 99.4
Northumbrian Water Gaunless SOUTH OF COCKFIELD STW CSO TE63 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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