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Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Irwell 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	River Irwell	SION STREET CSO 09026	125	2,188	82.6
United Utilities	River Irwell	BOLTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	233	2,145	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	ROSSENDALE WWTW	118	1,900	61.7
United Utilities	River Irwell	THE GLEN COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	179	1,842	95.3
United Utilities	River Irwell	BURY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	116	1,678	99.1
United Utilities	River Irwell	BOLTON RD CANUTE STREET CSO	158	1,331	99.9
United Utilities	River Irwell	BACUP ROAD/FALBARN FOLD CSO	118	964	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	STAND LANE CSO 09058	145	904	97.6
United Utilities	River Irwell	JULIA SREETT CSO	104	696	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	PRESTWICH PS	131	691	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	PEEL HALL CSO (BRY0140)	154	667	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	NEWCHURCH ROAD/BROOKS STREET CSO	108	556	98.4
United Utilities	River Irwell	NUTTALL HALL ROAD CSO	101	481	96.1
United Utilities	River Irwell	CLIFTON PUMPING STATION	88	459	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	NEWCHURCH ROAD CSO (36013)	51	457	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	295 BACUP ROAD CSO	68	407	96.8
United Utilities	River Irwell	KEARSLEY PS	88	396	90.3
United Utilities	River Irwell	CHURCH STREET EAST 09003	43	369	99.9
United Utilities	River Irwell	BURY NEW ROAD/WATERLOO ROAD CSO	17	328	72.6
United Utilities	River Irwell	AGECROFT POWER STATION CSO	116	277	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	RAINSOUGH BROW CSO	116	268	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	LOMAX STREET CSO	46	256	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	TANPITS ROAD CSO	72	243	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	BUCKLEY WELLS CSO 091DG	68	229	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	PEEL HALL DRIVE CSO	72	143	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	LANGLEY ROAD CSO	60	136	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	RADCLIFFE CENTRAL CSO	65	115	76.5
United Utilities	River Irwell	NEWCHURCH ROAD/WESLEY PLACE CSO	59	113	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	HIGHFIELD ROAD CSO	24	82	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	GREAT CLOWES CSO 37048 SAL0080	95	80	98.7
United Utilities	River Irwell	BEAUMONT BUILDING CSO 28049	45	73	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	FREDERICK ROAD CSO (371UV)	29	42	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	SHERBORNE STREET CSO	36	40	93.5
United Utilities	River Irwell	WATERBARN LANE CSO	15	37	99.7
United Utilities	River Irwell	LITTLETON ROAD CSO	29	37	95.3
United Utilities	River Irwell	NEW HALL HEY ROAD CSO	19	34	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	HAMMERTONSTREET/STANLEY STREET CSO	71	34	95.7
United Utilities	River Irwell	WATER STREET/LIVERPOOL ROAD CSO	16	28	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	VICTORIA BRIDGE STREET CSO (282WL)	43	26	98.2
United Utilities	River Irwell	COTTENHAM LANE CSO 372RZ	16	26	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	RADCLIFFE CENTRAL CSO	19	18	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	WATER ST/NEW QUAY ST CSO	22	17	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	NEW HALL HEY BRIDGE CSO	14	16	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	SEEDFIELD SECONDARY MODERN SCHL CSO	38	13	97.5
United Utilities	River Irwell	709 BACUP ROAD CSO	7	10	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	WATERSIDE MILL CSO	5	7	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	CARR STREET CSO 099BP	14	3	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	BRIDGE ST WEST CSO (281F9)	11	3	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	NEWCHURCH ROAD BACUP CSO	10	2	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	BURNLEY ROAD BACUP CSO	2	2	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	CROMWELL ROAD/LICHFIELD STREET CSO	14	2	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	CHURCH STREET WEST CSO 091KB	4	1	97.5
United Utilities	River Irwell	WATER STREET CSO (284TV)	9	1	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	DUMERS LANE PUMPING STATION	2	1	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	AGECROFT COMMERCE PARK PUMPING STN	3	0	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	CLIFTON HOUSE ROAD PUMPING STATION	2	0	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	BRIDGE STREET CSO	4	0	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	SOUTH STREET/PICKUP STREET CSO	6	0	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	BLACKFRIARS STREET CSO 283J1	5	0	90.3
United Utilities	River Irwell	FAIRY LANE CSO 281T3	2	0	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	ROCKLIFFE ROAD/RIVER STREET CSO	2	0	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	LEE ROAD CSO (369BA)	2	0	99.5
United Utilities	River Irwell	BLACKWOOD ROAD CSO	2	0	99.3
United Utilities	River Irwell	MORRIS STREET CSO (BRY0137)	1	0	97.2
United Utilities	River Irwell	RIVERSIDE CSO BOLTO BOL0058	0	0	99.9
United Utilities	River Irwell	RAILWAY STREET CSO	0	0	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	MOUNT SION ROAD CSO	0	0	0
United Utilities	River Irwell	LANGLEY RD NORTH CSO	0	0	0

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River Irwell polluted by sewage 3,457 times in 2023 - lasting 20,904 hours

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