Mersey Estuary polluted by sewage 585 times in 2024 - lasting 2,352 hours

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Totals for Mersey Estuary in 2024
19 Sites polluted by United Utilities
585 sewage dumps
2,352 h duration
That's 3.27 months. On average 1.6 times a day

Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Mersey Estuary in 2024. 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 109 1,131 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary MERSEY VIEW ROAD CSO 69 421 99.9
United Utilities Mersey Estuary THE DELL COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 66 195 94.5
United Utilities Mersey Estuary SOUTHERN RELIEF CSO 58 194 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary WOODSIDE CSO 35 73 99.5
United Utilities Mersey Estuary GARSTON CSO LIVERPOOL 50 68 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary WALLACRE ROAD CSO 34 64 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary WHITTLE BROOK PS 32 57 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary THERMAL ROAD/PORT CAUSEWAY CSO 35 45 98.8
United Utilities Mersey Estuary MERSEY ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 21 36 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary GRASSENDALE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 17 22 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary DINGLE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 11 12 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary BROMBOROUGH POOL VILLAGE PS 51026 5 9 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary SANDHILLS LANE CSO 7 8 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary ST NICHOLAS STORM SEWER OVERFLOW 17 4 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary BATTERY LANE CSO 10 2 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary GOWER ST/KINGS DOCK CSO 5 2 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary JERICHO LANE CSO 2 0 100
United Utilities Mersey Estuary ST PAUL'S ROAD CSO 2 0 98.8

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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