Mersey Estuary polluted by sewage 805 times in 2023 - lasting 2,954 hours

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Totals for Mersey Estuary in 2023
19 Sites polluted by United Utilities
805 sewage dumps
2,954 h duration
That's 4.1 months. On average 2.2 times a day

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Mersey Estuary in 2023. 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 %
United Utilities Mersey Estuary WARRINGTON NORTH WWTW 148 1,570 98.55
United Utilities Mersey Estuary MERSEY VIEW ROAD CSO 87 346 95.3
United Utilities Mersey Estuary THE DELL COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 95 234 99.5
United Utilities Mersey Estuary ST ANDREWS ROAD/ST MICHAEL CSO 78 211 99.7
United Utilities Mersey Estuary SOUTHERN RELIEF CSO 66 206 99.7
United Utilities Mersey Estuary DINGLE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 62 82 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary WHITTLE BROOK PS 39 49 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary WALLACRE ROAD CSO 40 48 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary EASTHAM VILLAGE CSO 50 47 99.8
United Utilities Mersey Estuary MERSEY ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 40 46 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary JERICHO LANE CSO 3 44 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary THERMAL ROAD/PORT CAUSEWAY CSO 49 40 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary GRASSENDALE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 11 13 99.7
United Utilities Mersey Estuary BROMBOROUGH POOL VILLAGE PS 51026 2 3 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary GOWER ST/KINGS DOCK CSO 4 2 99.7
United Utilities Mersey Estuary SANDHILLS LANE CSO 6 2 99.7
United Utilities Mersey Estuary ST PAUL'S ROAD CSO 6 2 99.1
United Utilities Mersey Estuary ST NICHOLAS STORM SEWER OVERFLOW 13 1 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary BATTERY LANE CSO 6 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. This 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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