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Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for North Sea in 2024. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

These numbers are very slightly different from the Rivers page. We're working on it.

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SCREMERSTON NO 2 SPS	102	879	98.7
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MARSKE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	117	810	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NORTH CAMBOIS PUMPING STATION	37	722	50.1
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NEWBIGGIN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	96	713	74.8
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	RAF BOULMER SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	45	705	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	CAMBOIS SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	102	672	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	AMBLE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS	124	625	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SEAHAM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	54	611	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SKINNINGROVE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	88	584	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HENDON PRELIMINARY TREATMENT WORKS	103	553	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BERWICK P S NO 7 (MAGDALENE FIELDSN	103	522	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BOULMER SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	54	509	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BRUS SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	59	444	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BILLINGHAM STW	121	366	87.17
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SEATON CAREW SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	85	314	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	LAKES CSO	51	300	99.1
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	EASINGTON OUTFALL	60	266	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SEATON SLUICE PS	30	260	99.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MAGDALENE FIELDS NORTH CSO	136	254	99.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SOUTH ACRES COMMINUTER, CRASTER	73	245	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MITCHELL AVENUE SEWAGE PUMPING STAN	45	232	99.6
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HORDEN STW	52	222	99.75
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	JOLLY FISHERMAN CSO	10	194	40.2
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BACK LODGE TERRACE CSO	49	189	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MAGDALEN FIELDS SOUTH COMBINED SEWW	74	174	58.4
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	AMBLE HARBOUR PUMPING STATION	29	171	90.1
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	GRANVILLE TCE SSO	25	155	75.2
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BRIERDENE PUMPING STATION	39	149	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	CRESSWELL SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	25	141	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	WHITBURN STEEL PS	32	123	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BEADNELL HARBOUR SEWAGE PUMPING STN	31	115	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	RYHOPE SSO	42	114	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HOWLE BECK OVERFLOWS (MARSKE CEMETE	14	113	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	REDWELL SEAGE PUMPING STATION	19	107	79.3
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NEWBIGGIN SSO (WILKIE TERRACE)	13	103	97.6
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	THE STRAY STORM RETENTION TANK	12	98	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	DUNSTANBURGH COMMINUTOR STATION	22	94	99.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MAINSFORTH TERRACE CSO SU63	31	85	99.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HOLY ISLAND STW	18	74	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NEW MARSKE METHODIST CHURCH	28	63	99.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BRIDGE STREET PUMPING STATION	25	56	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	THORPE STREET SPS	18	46	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	CSO SALTERFEN SU47	20	46	31.3
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	GRANGETOWN CSO	34	44	99.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BYDALE SCHOOL CSO	27	41	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	DERWENT WATER TERRACE CSO BT022	15	36	99.8
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	CRIMDON PARK PUMPING STATION	9	33	86
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NEW COATHAM CSO REF L73	15	32	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	LIMEKILN GILL SAMPLING PT. FOR EA18	3	26	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	KING STREET SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	10	20	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	GLENTOWER GROVE SPS	3	19	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BAMBURGH SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	10	16	37.3
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	CSO SUNDERLANS GAS WORKS	13	13	94.6
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HARBOUR SPS	5	11	18.6
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MINI GOLF CSO	4	7	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	DUKES WALK CSO (NTY031) (A63)	3	7	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	LOW HAUXLEY PS	3	5	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SHARPNESS POINT PS	3	5	42.4
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	KING OSWY DRIVE CSO	9	5	96.4
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	STATION ROAD CSO	6	4	95.6
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MAINSFORTH TERRACE PS	4	4	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HEUGH ROAD PUMPING STATION	4	4	98.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BROWNS POINT CSO	5	2	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	ROKER STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW	1	1	21.2
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MAIN STREET SPITTAL CSO	3	1	99.8
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SEABURN SOUTH CSO	1	1	94.1
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HARTLEY CARAVAN PARK PS	6	1	99.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SEABURN NORTH CSO	1	0	96.3
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	WHITBURN STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW	3	0	95.5
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	KING OSWY DRIVE CSO	1	0	98
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	ST AIDANS SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	1	0	89
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	DENE HOLME OUTFALL	0	0	7.2
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	ALBION TERRACE STORM RETENTION	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	WARRENBY SEA OUTFALL	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	OAK ROAD CSO	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	EAST HENDON ROAD CSO	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	WATTS SLOPE HIGH LEVEL CSO (A56)	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	DUKES WALK CSO	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NORTH PARADE HIGH LEVEL CSO (A52)	0	0	4.1
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	PERCY ROAD HIGH LEVEL CSO	0	0	92.2
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NORTH POINT CSO	0	0	100

North Sea polluted by sewage 2,515 times in 2024 - lasting 13,593 hours

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