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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	PARK ROAD CSO WV41	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BINCHESTER PLANTATION CSO	0	0	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	WADDINGTON STREET CSO	0	0	100

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