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Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for 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	Wear	WESTERN AREA STW	135	2,059	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	LOW WADSWORTH STW	119	2,047	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	NEWFIELD STW	115	1,048	99.8
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WILLINGTON STW	49	704	99.8
Northumbrian Water	Wear	BARKERS HAUGH STW	55	639	97.5
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CHESTER LE STREET STW	49	525	51.6
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CSO WV80 DISUSED STW HUNWICK	94	486	99.6
Northumbrian Water	Wear	STANHOPE STW	58	483	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	VINOVIUM STW	50	468	99.6
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WASHINGTON STW	54	405	99.95
Northumbrian Water	Wear,	HIGH CARR ROAD CSO	80	272	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	FINCHALE VIEW	52	246	92.6
Northumbrian Water	Wear	FROSTERLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	71	243	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	NORTH HYLTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	34	143	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	QUEEN ALEXANDRA PS	45	133	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	GILL CEMETERY CSO (SU061)	68	131	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WEST RAINTON STW	10	123	30
Northumbrian Water	Wear	PELAW WOOD SEWER, NO 1 BATHS BRIDGE	32	77	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	RUSSEL PLACE CSO	18	52	96.5
Northumbrian Water	Wear,	WILLINGTON SYSTEM CSO	24	47	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CANTEBURY ROAD CSO	18	35	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CHAPEL STREET CSO	24	30	98.2
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WEST RAINTON CSO DU085	20	29	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WEAR CHARE CSO	23	22	99.3
Northumbrian Water	Wear	HAY STREET CSO SU056	20	20	99.8
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WEST RAINTON CSO DU085	13	16	95.1
Northumbrian Water	Wear	GOMER TCE SSO	10	13	93.9
Northumbrian Water	Wear	SALISBURY PS	3	7	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	HALL FARM CSO (SE037)	7	6	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	KIER HARDY WAY	10	5	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	HIGH ST CSO	2	5	97
Northumbrian Water	Wear	SHINCLIFFE SSO MANHOLE NO. 2	3	4	99.8
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WESTGATE CARAVAN SITE CSO	1	4	75.8
Northumbrian Water	Wear	LEAMSIDE CSO	1	4	96
Northumbrian Water	Wear	WEST RAINTON CSO DU085	3	3	99.1
Northumbrian Water	Wear	MILL COTTAGES CSO	6	2	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CSO 200M WEST OF WALTON ROAD	2	2	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	VEDRA CLOSE SSO	2	1	86.1
Northumbrian Water	Wear	ST LUKES ROAD	5	1	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CHAPEL STREET CSO	4	0	98.6
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CROSS STREET CSO	2	0	98
Northumbrian Water	Wear	STOCKTON RD & QUARRY HEADS LN CSOs	2	0	94.3
Northumbrian Water	Wear	JUBILEE PLACE CSO	1	0	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	FALLSWAY CSO (DU57)	0	0	98.8
Northumbrian Water	Wear	BARCLAYS A CSO ELVET	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	LUMLEY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	CHERRY BANKS CSO	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	Wear	ROPERY LANE/EARDULPH AVE CSO	0	0	100

Wear polluted by sewage 1,394 times in 2024 - lasting 10,564 hours

43 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water

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