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River Trent polluted by sewage 1,952 times in 2025 - lasting 9,628 hours

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Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Severn Trent Water River Trent SUTTON ON TRENT (CROMWELL) WWTW 125 1,600 99
Severn Trent Water River Trent MILTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS 76 805 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent SOUTHWELL SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 58 639 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent NEWTON SOLNEY (EAST) SPS 69 636 95.6
Severn Trent Water River Trent BARTON UNDER NEEDWOOD STW 33 449 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent NORTH WARREN ROAD PUMPING STATION 67 378 99.9
Severn Trent Water River Trent NEWTON SOLNEY (WEST) SPS 27 366 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent BINGHAM ROAD CSO 95 337 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent BIRCHES HEAD ROAD CSO 39 337 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent TRENT VALE SPS 31 286 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent GRINDLEFORD SEWAGE P S 35 251 77.9
Severn Trent Water River Trent SNEINTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 19 230 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent BARLASTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 43 223 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent CLAYMILLS SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 24 205 98.5
Severn Trent Water River Trent RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENT STW 19 177 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent WALKERINGHAM STW 18 162 99.3
Severn Trent Water River Trent EAST BRIDGFORD STW 39 162 88
Severn Trent Water River Trent DIVIDY ROAD / JOINERS SQUARE CSO 44 156 99.7
Severn Trent Water River Trent CASTLE DONINGTON STW 29 149 99.5
Severn Trent Water River Trent STANTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 35 144 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent SNEINTON MEADOW LN/DALESIDE RD JNC 23 125 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent NEWARK (CRANKLEY POINT) STW 8 118 99.7
Severn Trent Water River Trent TOLLERTON - LOTHIAN ROAD SPS 25 114 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent PIREHILL SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 23 108 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent NOTTINGHAM (STOKE BARDOLPH) STW 14 107 99.7
Severn Trent Water River Trent BURTON JOYCE PS EMERGENCY OVERFLOW 29 99 98.2
Severn Trent Water River Trent BARKERS LANE/ MEADOW LANE SPS 22 98 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent BALDERTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 6 86 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent NEWCASTLE ROAD CSO 49 86 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent MEADOWS-TURNEY ST& ARKWRIGHT ST CSO 15 85 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent BROADGATE STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW 52 81 99.9
Severn Trent Water River Trent 331 SNEINTON DALE CSO 46 44 96.4
Severn Trent Water River Trent BRIDGE STREET PUMPING STATION SSO 62 40 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent HORNINGLOW ROAD 49 CSO 26 39 99.9
Severn Trent Water River Trent WERRINGTON - CLOUGH LANE CSO 20 38 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent LEEK ROAD CSO 16 37 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent TITTENSOR COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 27 34 99.2
Severn Trent Water River Trent LITTLE HEAKLEY FARM CSO 13 33 98.5
Severn Trent Water River Trent CURZON GARDENS COMBINED SEWER OVERF 37 31 98.6
Severn Trent Water River Trent RUGELEY - WOLSELEY ROAD SPS 21 29 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent STATION ST/HIGH ST JUNCTION SSO 6 29 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent GREAT HAYWOOD - MANHOLE NO.1 CSO 17 29 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent GAYTON AVENUE CSO 18 27 99.4
Severn Trent Water River Trent MAYFIELD ROAD CSO 27 23 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent GAINSBOROUGH STW 3 23 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent CHAMBERLAIN AVENUE CSO 36 21 99.9
Severn Trent Water River Trent NEW STREET CSO 6 20 99
Severn Trent Water River Trent ROLLESTON ROAD CSO 12 20 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent RUGELEY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 8 19 99.3
Severn Trent Water River Trent BOOTHEN OLD ROAD 1 CSO 14 19 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent SCALPCLIFFE ROAD STORM OVERFLOW 7 19 97.3
Severn Trent Water River Trent WOLLATON ROAD/HIGH ROAD JCN CSO 34 18 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent MICHELIN A34 CSO 17 17 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent CAULDON ROAD CSO 21 16 99.8
Severn Trent Water River Trent BEDDELEY GREEN CSO 17 16 96.5
Severn Trent Water River Trent TUNSTALL ROAD CSO 10 13 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent SHOBNALL STREET 212 CSO 7 11 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent JOINERS SQUARE CSO 5 10 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent WALTON PUMPING STATION 5 9 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent WOLLATON ROAD CSO 23 9 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent STATION ROAD CSO 3 9 96.4
Severn Trent Water River Trent BEACON HILL ROAD CSO 8 9 98.4
Severn Trent Water River Trent GREASLEY ROAD 2 CSO 17 8 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent WILLIAM STREET CSO 11 8 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent GREASLEY ROAD 1 CSO 12 7 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent BARLASTON OLD ROAD CSO 27 7 99.2
Severn Trent Water River Trent PENKHULL NEW ROAD CSO 10 7 99
Severn Trent Water River Trent OLD ROAD CSO AT ARMITAGE SPS 7 5 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent RAGDALE STW 2 5 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent BOOTHEN OLD ROAD 2 CSO 7 4 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent HANFORD A34 PUMPING STATION 4 4 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent ST ANNS WELL ROAD STORM OVERFLOW 11 4 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent SIDEWAY ROAD CSO 7 4 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent SMITHPOOL ROAD CSO 6 2 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent ELMBANK ROAD CSO 5 2 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent AUSTIN STREET SPS 4 2 99.9
Severn Trent Water River Trent LICHFIELD STREET/LEEK ROAD 7 1 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent HIGH ROAD/HEATHFIELD GROVE CSO 7 1 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent GREASLEY ROAD 3 CSO 8 1 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent WHITMORE ROAD CSO 5 0 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent THRUMPTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 2 0 97.8
Severn Trent Water River Trent BOUGHEY ROAD CSO 4 0 92.3
Severn Trent Water River Trent VICTORIA ROAD SEWAGE PUMPING STA 2 0 99.5
Severn Trent Water River Trent CRANKLEY POINT TPS 3 0 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent STONE ROAD/BANKHOUSE ROAD JNCT CSO 5 0 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent WOLSELEY ROAD CSO 5 0 98.3
Severn Trent Water River Trent THE DINGLE CSO 3 0 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent FERRY ST/FREDERICK ST JUNCTION CSO 2 0 66.7
Severn Trent Water River Trent ARMITAGE ROAD PUMPING STATION 1 0 99.95
Severn Trent Water River Trent BROWN LEES ROAD CSO 1 0 99.6
Severn Trent Water River Trent STUART ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 1 0 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent RUGELEY - LOVE LANE SEWAGE PS 2 0 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent MELLOR STREET CSO 1 0 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent ANGLESEY ROAD CSO 0 0 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent ASHBY RD/STAPENHILL RD JCN SSO 0 0 0
Severn Trent Water River Trent SCALPCLIFFE RD/ROSEMOUNT RD JCN CSO 0 0 0
Severn Trent Water River Trent AVERHAM S DIS SCHEME - EMERGEN OF 0 0 65.8
Severn Trent Water River Trent NEWARK - MASSEY STREET CSO 0 0 99
Severn Trent Water River Trent SNEINTON DALE/ENA AVENUE CSO 0 0 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent GUNNESS STW 0 0 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent WILLINGTON SEWAGE PUMPING STN 0 0 99.7
Severn Trent Water River Trent BERRY HILL 0 0 100
Severn Trent Water River Trent MEAFORD SPS 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.

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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