River Wear polluted by sewage 1,855 times in 2023 - lasting 12,279 hours

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Totals for River Wear in 2023
43 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water
1,855 sewage dumps
12,279 h duration
That's 1.42 years! On average 5.1 times a day

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Wear 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 Wear SUNDERLAND BRIDGE STW 137 2,090 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear LOW WADSWORTH PS 85 1,318 99.5
Northumbrian Water River Wear WOLSINGHAM STW 84 1,064 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear WITTON-LE-WEAR PS 68 991 90
Northumbrian Water River Wear BYERS GREEN PUMPING STATION 60 752 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear FRANKLAND LANE CSO 70 533 69.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear ESCOMB SPS 37 492 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Wear FERRYBOAT LANE PUMPING STATION 40 491 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Wear PARK ROAD CSO 54 320 97.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear LINDOM AVENUE CSO 33 286 99.6
Northumbrian Water River Wear STANHOPE SWIMMING POOL CSO 55 262 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Wear CASTLETOWN WAY SPS 59 258 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear MILLBURNGATE CSO 31 257 75.3
Northumbrian Water River Wear SANDS SYPHON SSO 48 250 87.2
Northumbrian Water River Wear SUNDERLAND BRIDGE CSO 59 239 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Wear DEPTFORD PUMPING STATION 59 217 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear GOLDEN LION SPS 37 216 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear SHIELDS ROAD CSO 53 214 98.3
Northumbrian Water River Wear BARKERS HAUGH NO 8 CSO 47 212 94.8
Northumbrian Water River Wear LOW SOUTHWICK PUMPING STATION 74 200 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Wear HUNTSHIELD FORD CSO 41 187 88.8
Northumbrian Water River Wear PITHOUSE LANE CSO (WEST RAINTON 5) 51 181 90.5
Northumbrian Water River Wear STATION ROAD CSO 70 176 89
Northumbrian Water River Wear LOW WILLINGTON PARK CSO 45 162 98.8
Northumbrian Water River Wear RIVERSIDE (BUTTS CRESCENT) CSO 49 131 99.5
Northumbrian Water River Wear WALKERGATE DURHAM CSO 33 113 92.3
Northumbrian Water River Wear BARKERS HAUGH CSO NO. 10 35 108 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear PALLION PUMPING STATION 58 79 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear SCOTCH ISLE FARM CSO 27 78 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Wear WESTGATE CSO 30 74 93.2
Northumbrian Water River Wear COX GREEN PUMPING STATION 5 69 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear HOUGHTON LE SPRING CSO 36 42 99
Northumbrian Water River Wear SHINCLIFFE (A177) CSO 25 38 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear PARK ROAD NORTH CSO 26 36 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear BEVERLEY GARDENS CSO 28 32 99.2
Northumbrian Water River Wear WELLINGTON LANE PUMPING STATION 24 28 98.3
Northumbrian Water River Wear BONDISLE WAY CSO 23 25 80.8
Northumbrian Water River Wear ROSE TERRACE CSO 18 14 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear CHURCH STREET DU026 15 13 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear CATHEDRAL BANKS CSO 16 10 98.3
Northumbrian Water River Wear ELVET SYPHON CSO 3 2 26.2
Northumbrian Water River Wear BARKERS HAUGH NO 5 CSO 6 1 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear VINOVIUM CSO NO A9 1 0 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear BINCHESTER PLANTATION CSO 0 0 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Wear PARK ROAD CSO WV41 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water River Wear WADDINGTON STREET CSO 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. 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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