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Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Wear in 2024. 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	53	1,074	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	LOW WADSWORTH PS	64	993	73
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	WITTON-LE-WEAR PS	57	761	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BYERS GREEN PUMPING STATION	66	753	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	WOLSINGHAM STW	47	423	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	FERRYBOAT LANE PUMPING STATION	27	299	85.6
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	CASTLETOWN WAY SPS	59	277	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	PITHOUSE LANE CSO (WEST RAINTON 5)	51	238	98.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	SANDS SYPHON SSO	45	238	88.3
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	MILLBURNGATE CSO	29	214	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BARKERS HAUGH NO 8 CSO	42	211	92.6
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	DEPTFORD PUMPING STATION	46	211	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	GOLDEN LION SPS	42	205	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	SHIELDS ROAD CSO	48	203	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	LINDOM AVENUE CSO	31	197	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	WESTGATE CSO	44	195	91
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	STATION ROAD CSO	61	170	88.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	PARK ROAD CSO	31	162	99.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	FRANKLAND LANE CSO	17	152	38
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	LOW SOUTHWICK PUMPING STATION	58	140	99.5
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	SUNDERLAND BRIDGE CSO	39	118	84.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	ELVET SYPHON CSO	31	111	57
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	HUNTSHIELD FORD CSO	39	107	96.3
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	ESCOMB SPS	17	98	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	LOW WILLINGTON PARK CSO	37	94	99.3
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	RIVERSIDE (BUTTS CRESCENT) CSO	45	87	92.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	STANHOPE SWIMMING POOL CSO	46	80	97.4
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	CHURCH STREET DU026	10	78	25.4
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	PALLION PUMPING STATION	50	76	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BONDISLE WAY CSO	30	59	86.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	COX GREEN PUMPING STATION	5	56	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	HOUGHTON LE SPRING CSO	31	54	99.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BARKERS HAUGH CSO NO. 10	28	40	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	SCOTCH ISLE FARM CSO	19	39	95.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BEVERLEY GARDENS CSO	13	17	99.5
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	WELLINGTON LANE PUMPING STATION	14	17	86.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	PARK ROAD NORTH CSO	12	13	99.8
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	SHINCLIFFE (A177) CSO	7	7	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	ROSE TERRACE CSO	14	6	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	WALKERGATE DURHAM CSO	7	4	84.1
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	VINOVIUM CSO NO A9	3	1	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	CATHEDRAL BANKS CSO	3	0	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BARKERS HAUGH NO 5 CSO	3	0	97.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BINCHESTER PLANTATION CSO	0	0	98.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	PARK ROAD CSO WV41	0	0	86.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	WADDINGTON STREET CSO	0	0	85.2

River Wear polluted by sewage 1,421 times in 2024 - lasting 8,298 hours

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