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Totals for Wear in 2025

44 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water

1,694 sewage dumps
6,598 h duration

That's 9.16 months. On average 4.6 times a day

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Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WESTERN AREA STW	107	1,822	99.5
Northumbrian Water	Wear	NEWFIELD STW	96	697	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	LOW WADSWORTH STW	62	679	98
Northumbrian Water	Wear	FROSTERLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	52	513	98.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WEST RAINTON STW	37	416	60.8
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CHESTER LE STREET STW	776	398	99.25
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WILLINGTON STW	37	376	99.7
Northumbrian Water	Wear	BARKERS HAUGH STW	41	344	99.6
Northumbrian Water	Wear	FINCHALE VIEW	39	220	99.6
Northumbrian Water	Wear	STANHOPE STW	29	170	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WASHINGTON STW	16	117	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	VINOVIUM STW	13	117	99.6
Northumbrian Water	Wear,	HIGH CARR ROAD CSO	50	114	97.1
Northumbrian Water	Wear	NORTH HYLTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	16	108	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	QUEEN ALEXANDRA PS	32	79	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	GILL CEMETERY CSO (SU061)	46	71	92
Northumbrian Water	Wear	PELAW WOOD SEWER, NO 1 BATHS BRIDGE	29	65	96.3
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CSO WV80 DISUSED STW HUNWICK	35	56	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	RUSSEL PLACE CSO	21	48	96.3
Northumbrian Water	Wear,	WILLINGTON SYSTEM CSO	32	32	99.4
Northumbrian Water	Wear	LEAMSIDE CSO	2	27	99
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CHAPEL STREET CSO	22	20	66.7
Northumbrian Water	Wear	SHINCLIFFE SSO MANHOLE NO. 2	7	17	99.4
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WEAR CHARE CSO	19	17	98.4
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WESTGATE CARAVAN SITE CSO	2	16	99.3
Northumbrian Water	Wear	HAY STREET CSO SU056	10	16	99.7
Northumbrian Water	Wear	LUMLEY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	2	11	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CANTEBURY ROAD CSO	7	5	99.8
Northumbrian Water	Wear	HALL FARM CSO (SE037)	9	3	88.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	KIER HARDY WAY	10	3	99.7
Northumbrian Water	Wear	VEDRA CLOSE SSO	2	2	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	FALLSWAY CSO (DU57)	3	1	99
Northumbrian Water	Wear	BARCLAYS A CSO ELVET	6	1	99.8
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WEST RAINTON CSO DU085	5	0	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	GOMER TCE SSO	1	0	97.1
Northumbrian Water	Wear	JUBILEE PLACE CSO	2	0	87.2
Northumbrian Water	Wear	SALISBURY PS	2	0	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	MILL COTTAGES CSO	3	0	99.8
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WEST RAINTON CSO DU085	3	0	98.5
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WEST RAINTON CSO DU085	3	0	96.6
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CROSS STREET CSO	3	0	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	ST LUKES ROAD	1	0	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	HIGH ST CSO	2	0	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	STOCKTON RD & QUARRY HEADS LN CSOs	2	0	95.5
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CHAPEL STREET CSO	0	0	95.1
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CHERRY BANKS CSO	0	0	97.4
Northumbrian Water	Wear	ROPERY LANE/EARDULPH AVE CSO	0	0	80.1
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CSO 200M WEST OF WALTON ROAD	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. 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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