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Team polluted by sewage 323 times in 2025 - lasting 765 hours

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Totals for Team in 2025
11 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water
323 sewage dumps
765 h duration
That's 4.55 weeks. 6.2 times a week, on average

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Northumbrian Water Team BIRTLEY STW 44 247 100
Northumbrian Water Team CSO ON WHICKHAM AND GATESHEAD SEWER 42 157 100
Northumbrian Water Team BENSHAM SIDINGS CSO 32 81 92.8
Northumbrian Water Team, LOW FELL CSO 40 78 92.1
Northumbrian Water Team LAMESLEY SSO 15 60 99.7
Northumbrian Water Team SEVENTH AVENUE CSO 36 49 99.7
Northumbrian Water Team VICTORIA RD AT SANDOWN GARDENS CSO 22 34 99.4
Northumbrian Water Team NO2 ESKDALE GARDENS CSO 35 33 66.9
Northumbrian Water Team, CHOWDENE CSO 20 15 99.6
Northumbrian Water Team EASTERN AVENUE CSO 11 4 90.3
Northumbrian Water Team WOODFORD NO 22 STORM OVERFLOW 26 3 91.2

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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