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Black Brook polluted by sewage 432 times in 2025 - lasting 2,413 hours

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Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
United Utilities Black Brook CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH WWTW 107 1,347 100
United Utilities Black Brook BILLINGE SOUTH PS 25 261 100
United Utilities Black Brook FOLDS ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 68 216 99.5
United Utilities Black Brook NEW STREET COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 68 170 98.8
United Utilities Black Brook BOWDEN LANE CSO 211FL 59 167 99.5
United Utilities Black Brook WELLINGTON RD NORTH/ 55 155 66.3
United Utilities Black Brook COWLING BROW CSO CHORL 43 69 100
United Utilities Black Brook GORTON ROAD (LIGHTING TOWER) 7 26 94.2

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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