River Blyth polluted by sewage 326 times in 2025 - lasting 2,214 hours

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Totals for River Blyth in 2025
9 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water
326 sewage dumps
2,214 h duration
That's 3.08 months. 6.3 times a week, on average

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Northumbrian Water River Blyth BLYTH NO5 SPS 81 917 100
Northumbrian Water River Blyth BLYTH (NEW) SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 31 380 97.6
Northumbrian Water River Blyth BATES COLLIERY SPS 39 341 100
Northumbrian Water River Blyth CRAMLINGTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 53 312 96.9
Northumbrian Water River Blyth SOUTH BLYTH HARBOUR CSO 34 152 89.2
Northumbrian Water River Blyth FRONT STREET CSO CH68 32 57 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Blyth BANK TOP CSO 26 36 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Blyth BLYTH NO6 SPS 29 15 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Blyth RIDLEY STREET SPS 1 0 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Blyth COWPEN ROAD CSO 0 0 99.4
Northumbrian Water River Blyth SOLINGEN ESTATE CSO 0 0 95.9
Northumbrian Water River Blyth HARTFORD BRIDGE SEWAGE PUMPING STAN 0 0 100

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

Annual figures up to and including 2025 come from official water company returns. The 2026 figure is our own estimate, derived continuously from the companies' live data feeds.

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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