River Derwent polluted by sewage 570 times in 2023 - lasting 3,787 hours

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Totals for River Derwent in 2023
15 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water
570 sewage dumps
3,787 h duration
That's 5.26 months. On average 1.6 times a day

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Derwent 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 River Derwent CONSETT STW 74 826 97.8
Northumbrian Water River Derwent MARKET LANE CSO 87 776 100
Northumbrian Water River Derwent RIVERSIDEWAY CSO 59 597 100
Northumbrian Water River Derwent LOCKHAUGH STW 56 364 52.35
Northumbrian Water River Derwent ARMONSIDE RD CONNOLLY TERRACE CSO 54 352 100
Northumbrian Water River Derwent EBCHESTER SPS 62 275 100
Northumbrian Water River Derwent PENNINE VIEW CSO 31 150 98.5
Northumbrian Water River Derwent RGIL LOCKHAUGH RD & SHRBURN PRK CSO 29 106 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Derwent BLANCHLAND STW 24 97 100
Northumbrian Water River Derwent WEST LANE SCHOOL CSO 24 96 82.1
Northumbrian Water River Derwent CHARE BANK CSO 37 82 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Derwent CHOPWELL ROAD CSO 18 48 94.8
Northumbrian Water River Derwent TAY STREET CSO 11 9 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Derwent SHOTLEY BRIDGE CSO DER0004 3 3 87.4
Northumbrian Water River Derwent 20 DERWENT DALE CUTLERS RD CSO 1 0 87.6

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. This 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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