Wear polluted by sewage 1,804 times in 2023 - lasting 12,928 hours

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Totals for Wear in 2023
46 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water
1,804 sewage dumps
12,928 h duration
That's 1.5 years! On average 4.9 times a day

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for 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 Wear LOW WADSWORTH STW 147 2,562 100
Northumbrian Water Wear WESTERN AREA STW 109 1,209 100
Northumbrian Water Wear WILLINGTON STW 68 1,105 93.7
Northumbrian Water Wear CHESTER LE STREET STW 67 887 66.2
Northumbrian Water Wear STANHOPE STW 69 810 100
Northumbrian Water Wear BARKERS HAUGH STW 61 739 97.7
Northumbrian Water Wear CSO WV80 DISUSED STW HUNWICK 115 692 99.9
Northumbrian Water Wear WEST RAINTON STW 46 647 85
Northumbrian Water Wear WASHINGTON STW 65 630 66.95
Northumbrian Water Wear BURNISTON DRIVE PS 63 611 98.7
Northumbrian Water Wear FROSTERLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 95 528 99.9
Northumbrian Water Wear VINOVIUM STW 44 335 99.2
Northumbrian Water Wear, HIGH CARR ROAD CSO 96 314 100
Northumbrian Water Wear FINCHALE VIEW 70 293 92.7
Northumbrian Water Wear PELAW WOOD SEWER, NO 1 BATHS BRIDGE 40 144 99.9
Northumbrian Water Wear GILL CEMETERY CSO (SU061) 91 142 99.9
Northumbrian Water Wear NORTH HYLTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 33 140 100
Northumbrian Water Wear RUSSEL PLACE CSO 36 133 99.9
Northumbrian Water Wear QUEEN ALEXANDRA PS 54 128 100
Northumbrian Water Wear NEWFIELD STW 63 125 100
Northumbrian Water Wear LEAMSIDE CSO 10 96 100
Northumbrian Water Wear LUMLEY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 11 84 100
Northumbrian Water Wear, WILLINGTON SYSTEM CSO 33 70 79.5
Northumbrian Water Wear SHINCLIFFE SSO MANHOLE NO. 2 19 68 99.8
Northumbrian Water Wear WEST RAINTON CSO DU085 35 67 100
Northumbrian Water Wear CANTEBURY ROAD CSO 28 67 100
Northumbrian Water Wear CHAPEL STREET CSO 39 66 97.2
Northumbrian Water Wear WEST RAINTON CSO DU085 26 41 99.3
Northumbrian Water Wear GOMER TCE SSO 18 34 86.6
Northumbrian Water Wear WEAR CHARE CSO 27 30 97.9
Northumbrian Water Wear HAY STREET CSO SU056 27 24 100
Northumbrian Water Wear SALISBURY PS 7 23 100
Northumbrian Water Wear WEST RAINTON CSO DU085 11 12 77.2
Northumbrian Water Wear HIGH ST CSO 9 12 100
Northumbrian Water Wear HALL FARM CSO (SE037) 14 11 100
Northumbrian Water Wear JUBILEE PLACE CSO 7 10 96.7
Northumbrian Water Wear KIER HARDY WAY 16 9 99.7
Northumbrian Water Wear MILL COTTAGES CSO 7 4 100
Northumbrian Water Wear ST LUKES ROAD 4 3 100
Northumbrian Water Wear CSO 200M WEST OF WALTON ROAD 6 3 100
Northumbrian Water Wear VEDRA CLOSE SSO 3 2 100
Northumbrian Water Wear ROPERY LANE/EARDULPH AVE CSO 4 1 100
Northumbrian Water Wear FALLSWAY CSO (DU57) 3 1 100
Northumbrian Water Wear CHERRY BANKS CSO 2 1 100
Northumbrian Water Wear CHAPEL STREET CSO 3 0 99.4
Northumbrian Water Wear CROSS STREET CSO 3 0 97.9
Northumbrian Water Wear BARCLAYS A CSO ELVET 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water Wear STOCKTON RD & QUARRY HEADS LN CSOs 0 0 88
Northumbrian Water Wear WESTGATE CARAVAN SITE CSO 0 0 0

Data Sources & Accuracy

EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales

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.

This website is intended to provide an accurate representation of the Environment Agency data. The data is hard to use, and thus some errors may have been made. If you find something that is incorrect, please raise an issue at the GitHub issues page and we'll endeavour to fix it quickly.

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