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River Derwent polluted by sewage 352 times in 2025 - lasting 1,464 hours

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Totals for River Derwent in 2025
14 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water
352 sewage dumps
1,464 h duration
That's 2.03 months. 6.8 times a week, on average

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Northumbrian Water River Derwent MARKET LANE CSO 76 368 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Derwent CONSETT STW 46 304 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Derwent LOCKHAUGH STW 67 238 99.75
Northumbrian Water River Derwent RIVERSIDEWAY CSO 29 195 74.2
Northumbrian Water River Derwent EBCHESTER SPS 32 119 100
Northumbrian Water River Derwent ARMONSIDE RD CONNOLLY TERRACE CSO 22 99 94.2
Northumbrian Water River Derwent RGIL LOCKHAUGH RD & SHRBURN PRK CSO 25 46 99.5
Northumbrian Water River Derwent PENNINE VIEW CSO 11 42 99.6
Northumbrian Water River Derwent BLANCHLAND STW 5 20 100
Northumbrian Water River Derwent CHARE BANK CSO 19 18 100
Northumbrian Water River Derwent SHOTLEY BRIDGE CSO DER0004 12 9 99.5
Northumbrian Water River Derwent CHOPWELL ROAD CSO 5 1 93.4
Northumbrian Water River Derwent TAY STREET CSO 2 0 99.4
Northumbrian Water River Derwent WEST LANE SCHOOL CSO 1 0 77.1

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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