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River Blakewater polluted by sewage 302 times in 2025 - lasting 608 hours

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Totals for River Blakewater in 2025
19 Sites polluted by United Utilities
302 sewage dumps
608 h duration
That's 3.62 weeks. 5.8 times a week, on average
Constituencies along River Blakewater
Places along River Blakewater

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
United Utilities River Blakewater PHILIPS ROAD CSO 32 186 99.8
United Utilities River Blakewater APPLEBY SREETT CSO 52 102 99.9
United Utilities River Blakewater LOWER AUDLEY CSO 40 98 99.9
United Utilities River Blakewater WITTON TANKS CSO 41 80 99.9
United Utilities River Blakewater ADDISON CLOSE CSO 49 71 99.9
United Utilities River Blakewater ROLLESTON ROAD CSO 12 18 99.9
United Utilities River Blakewater DUKES BROW CSO 24 17 99.9
United Utilities River Blakewater NEW MILL STREET CSO 4 15 99.9
United Utilities River Blakewater GATE STREET CSO 12 8 99.9
United Utilities River Blakewater FIELDEN STREET CSO 3 3 99.1
United Utilities River Blakewater VICTORIA STREET CSO 11 2 99.8
United Utilities River Blakewater APPLE STREET CSO 5 1 99.9
United Utilities River Blakewater BEECHWOOD ROAD CSO 3 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater NOTRE DAME GARDENS CSO 1 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater MANOR ROAD CSO (052ER) 3 0 97.3
United Utilities River Blakewater WHALLEY RANGE/GRACE STREET CSO 3 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater LARK HILL/BROOKHOUSE LANE CSO 3 0 89.5
United Utilities River Blakewater BROWNHILL DRIVE CSO 2 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater WHALLEY NEW ROAD CSO 2 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater DAISY LANE CSO 0 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater GREAT BOLTON STREET CSO 0 0 97.2
United Utilities River Blakewater GRIMSHAW PARK CSO 0 0 99.9
United Utilities River Blakewater PRINGLE STREET CSO 0 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater RAMSGREAVE DRIVE CSO 0 0 100
United Utilities River Blakewater WHALLEY RANGE / WESLEY STREET CSO 0 0 96.3

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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