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Bannister Brook polluted by sewage 185 times in 2025 - lasting 308 hours

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Totals for Bannister Brook in 2025
5 Sites polluted by United Utilities
185 sewage dumps
308 h duration
That's 1.83 weeks. 3.6 times a week, on average
Constituencies along Bannister Brook
Places along Bannister Brook

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
United Utilities Bannister Brook SCHOOL LANE CSO 91 186 98.4
United Utilities Bannister Brook INGLEBROUGH WAY BOW LANE CSO 40040 51 85 99.8
United Utilities Bannister Brook LEYLAND LANE (SEVEN STARS) CSO 21 18 99.2
United Utilities Bannister Brook TURPIN GREEN LANE CSO 15 10 99.9
United Utilities Bannister Brook LEADALE ROAD CSO 402CQ 7 7 95

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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