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Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Manchester Ship Canal in 2025. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | LOCK LANE PARTINGTON CSO | 217 | 1,573 | 94.9 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | SALFORD WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS | 84 | 278 | 96.2 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | DAVYHULME WWTW | 34 | 227 | 97.8 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | URMSTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS | 25 | 193 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | TOWN PUMPING STATION | 28 | 189 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | POWERHOUSE ROAD PUMPING STATION | 30 | 140 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | EXPRESSWAY 8 RUNCORN | 50 | 127 | 99.8 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | HARDWICK ROADCSO | 34 | 99 | 99.8 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | PENN LANE WESTON POINT PR CSO 202LE | 48 | 67 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | HALTON BROW CSO 203EF | 61 | 66 | 96.5 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | BUFFALO COURT DETENTION TANK | 9 | 48 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | CLOWES ST/DANIEL ADAMSON ROAD CSO | 37 | 44 | 99.3 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | PARKGATE FARM (WARBURTON) CSO | 22 | 23 | 99.6 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | FAIRHILLS ROAD CSO (37002) | 14 | 21 | 99.3 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | KNUTSFORD RD/GRAMMAR SCHOOL RD CSO | 24 | 18 | 94.2 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | LORDS STREET/LIVERPOOL ROAD CSO | 10 | 16 | 96.7 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | ELLESMERE ROAD CSO 481TI | 9 | 9 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | WALTON PS | 25 | 9 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | RUNCORN ROAD CSO | 8 | 9 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | NORTHUMBERLAND RD/STRETFORD RD CSO | 4 | 7 | 84.2 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | WARRINGTON/GRAPPENHALL | 1 | 3 | 61.9 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | THE BROW CSO 202UP | 3 | 3 | 99.4 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | WHITBY ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 4 | 1 | 97 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | WATERLOO ROAD CSO (202ZW) | 5 | 0 | 99.6 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | DUMPLINGTON CIRCLE | 2 | 0 | 91.2 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | 3 PARK ROAD CSO | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | FIRST AVENUE CSO | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Manchester Ship Canal | URMSTON SSO | 0 | 0 | 98.5 |
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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