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Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for North Sea in 2023. 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	RAF BOULMER SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	58	948	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	AMBLE WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS	166	872	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MARSKE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	146	813	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SCREMERSTON NO 2 SPS	79	787	99.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SEAHAM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	64	732	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	CAMBOIS SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	102	710	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HENDON PRELIMINARY TREATMENT WORKS	119	633	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BRUS SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	74	627	99.95
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BOULMER SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	61	525	97.7
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SKINNINGROVE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	77	437	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BILLINGHAM STW	162	408	98.42
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SOUTH ACRES COMMINUTER, CRASTER	78	375	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SEATON CAREW SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	91	374	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	LIMEKILN GILL SAMPLING PT. FOR EA18	25	355	99.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NEWBIGGIN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	80	337	35.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SEATON SLUICE PS	30	316	99.5
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	EASINGTON OUTFALL	64	311	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HORDEN STW	73	307	94.05
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	LAKES CSO	51	271	99.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BERWICK P S NO 7 (MAGDALENE FIELDSN	87	242	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BACK LODGE TERRACE CSO	63	236	75.7
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MAGDALENE FIELDS NORTH CSO	69	176	90.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MAGDALEN FIELDS SOUTH COMBINED SEWW	73	168	82.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	AMBLE HARBOUR PUMPING STATION	24	148	88.3
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BRIERDENE PUMPING STATION	48	145	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	CRIMDON PARK PUMPING STATION	18	139	83.5
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	RYHOPE SSO	52	131	95.7
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	WHITBURN STEEL PS	32	126	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	REDWELL SEAGE PUMPING STATION	27	123	95.5
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MITCHELL AVENUE SEWAGE PUMPING STAN	31	107	98.2
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MAINSFORTH TERRACE CSO SU63	50	98	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NEWBIGGIN SSO (WILKIE TERRACE)	14	96	99.7
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	CRESSWELL SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	18	79	99.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HOLY ISLAND STW	21	74	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BRIDGE STREET PUMPING STATION	27	70	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	GRANVILLE TCE SSO	20	69	55.3
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HOWLE BECK OVERFLOWS (MARSKE CEMETE	5	59	99.4
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	THORPE STREET SPS	32	56	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SHARPNESS POINT PS	6	46	70.8
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	GRANGETOWN CSO	42	44	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	THE STRAY STORM RETENTION TANK	7	41	96.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BEADNELL HARBOUR SEWAGE PUMPING STN	21	38	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	DUNSTANBURGH COMMINUTOR STATION	49	33	99.7
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BYDALE SCHOOL CSO	21	32	99.2
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	DERWENT WATER TERRACE CSO BT022	11	28	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NEW COATHAM CSO REF L73	16	27	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NEW MARSKE METHODIST CHURCH	15	20	99.7
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	KING STREET SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	6	20	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	CSO SUNDERLANS GAS WORKS	7	18	41.2
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BEADNELL CAR PARK SEWAGE PUMPING SN	11	16	17.6
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	STATION ROAD CSO	9	5	98.8
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	KING OSWY DRIVE CSO	10	5	99.4
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SEABURN SOUTH CSO	2	4	99.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	WHITBURN STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW	7	3	89.8
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MINI GOLF CSO	4	3	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	DUKES WALK CSO (NTY031) (A63)	5	2	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	SEABURN NORTH CSO	2	2	99.6
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MAINSFORTH TERRACE PS	5	2	93.7
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	LOW HAUXLEY PS	2	2	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	ST AIDANS SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	2	0	81.4
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	KING OSWY DRIVE CSO	2	0	98.8
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BROWNS POINT CSO	1	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	MAIN STREET SPITTAL CSO	3	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	GLENTOWER GROVE SPS	1	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NORTH CAMBOIS PUMPING STATION	3	0	22.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HARTLEY CARAVAN PARK PS	2	0	92.8
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HARBOUR SPS	0	0	14.6
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	HEUGH ROAD PUMPING STATION	0	0	99.8
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	JOLLY FISHERMAN CSO	0	0	29.4
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	BAMBURGH SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	DENE HOLME OUTFALL	0	0	0
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	99.9
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	EAST HENDON ROAD CSO	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	ROKER STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW	0	0	37.4
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	CSO SALTERFEN SU47	0	0	0
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NORTH PARADE HIGH LEVEL CSO (A52)	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	WATTS SLOPE HIGH LEVEL CSO (A56)	0	0	99.3
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	DUKES WALK CSO	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	NORTH POINT CSO	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	North Sea	PERCY ROAD HIGH LEVEL CSO	0	0	92.7

North Sea polluted by sewage 2,583 times in 2023 - lasting 12,902 hours

66 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water

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