River Irwell polluted by sewage 2,523 times in 2024 - lasting 11,946 hours

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Totals for River Irwell in 2024
65 Sites polluted by United Utilities
2,523 sewage dumps
11,946 h duration
That's 1.38 years! On average 6.9 times a day

Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Irwell 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 River Irwell THE GLEN COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 152 1,544 99.9
United Utilities River Irwell ROSSENDALE WWTW 100 1,402 100
United Utilities River Irwell BOLTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 159 1,223 100
United Utilities River Irwell BURY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 126 1,165 83.65
United Utilities River Irwell SION STREET CSO 09026 74 844 94.1
United Utilities River Irwell LOMAX STREET CSO 121 500 99.3
United Utilities River Irwell BACUP ROAD/FALBARN FOLD CSO 85 481 100
United Utilities River Irwell CLIFTON PUMPING STATION 80 410 100
United Utilities River Irwell PEEL HALL CSO (BRY0140) 127 385 98.8
United Utilities River Irwell PRESTWICH PS 78 377 100
United Utilities River Irwell BOLTON RD CANUTE STREET CSO 99 288 99.9
United Utilities River Irwell AGECROFT POWER STATION CSO 113 285 98.4
United Utilities River Irwell STAND LANE CSO 09058 82 258 97.8
United Utilities River Irwell NUTTALL HALL ROAD CSO 83 245 95.9
United Utilities River Irwell 295 BACUP ROAD CSO 48 223 99.1
United Utilities River Irwell KEARSLEY PS 34 219 98
United Utilities River Irwell RAINSOUGH BROW CSO 88 207 100
United Utilities River Irwell NEWCHURCH ROAD CSO (36013) 23 201 100
United Utilities River Irwell BUCKLEY WELLS CSO 091DG 59 191 89.8
United Utilities River Irwell NEWCHURCH ROAD/BROOKS STREET CSO 61 184 99.3
United Utilities River Irwell TANPITS ROAD CSO 51 171 99.3
United Utilities River Irwell CHURCH STREET EAST 09003 14 125 100
United Utilities River Irwell PEEL HALL DRIVE CSO 61 84 94.7
United Utilities River Irwell NEWCHURCH ROAD/WESLEY PLACE CSO 27 77 99.2
United Utilities River Irwell BEAUMONT BUILDING CSO 28049 33 70 98.7
United Utilities River Irwell GREAT CLOWES CSO 37048 SAL0080 69 65 99.4
United Utilities River Irwell HIGHFIELD ROAD CSO 17 64 97.8
United Utilities River Irwell RADCLIFFE CENTRAL CSO 29 62 99
United Utilities River Irwell LANGLEY ROAD CSO 43 51 99
United Utilities River Irwell JULIA SREETT CSO 44 50 99.1
United Utilities River Irwell NEW HALL HEY ROAD CSO 13 50 100
United Utilities River Irwell RAILWAY STREET CSO 26 48 95.8
United Utilities River Irwell SHERBORNE STREET CSO 26 42 99.4
United Utilities River Irwell WATER STREET/LIVERPOOL ROAD CSO 14 37 99.6
United Utilities River Irwell WATERBARN LANE CSO 12 34 99.2
United Utilities River Irwell VICTORIA BRIDGE STREET CSO (282WL) 38 28 98.8
United Utilities River Irwell COTTENHAM LANE CSO 372RZ 16 28 99
United Utilities River Irwell FREDERICK ROAD CSO (371UV) 11 23 92.6
United Utilities River Irwell HAMMERTONSTREET/STANLEY STREET CSO 13 23 89
United Utilities River Irwell LITTLETON ROAD CSO 18 21 55.8
United Utilities River Irwell WATER ST/NEW QUAY ST CSO 8 17 99.5
United Utilities River Irwell RADCLIFFE CENTRAL CSO 16 17 100
United Utilities River Irwell BURNLEY ROAD BACUP CSO 5 16 99.2
United Utilities River Irwell NEWCHURCH ROAD BACUP CSO 9 12 99.4
United Utilities River Irwell SEEDFIELD SECONDARY MODERN SCHL CSO 32 11 95.2
United Utilities River Irwell CLIFTON HOUSE ROAD PUMPING STATION 4 7 98.8
United Utilities River Irwell WATERSIDE MILL CSO 3 7 7.9
United Utilities River Irwell CARR STREET CSO 099BP 13 6 98.9
United Utilities River Irwell DUMERS LANE PUMPING STATION 1 4 100
United Utilities River Irwell BRIDGE STREET CSO 4 4 91
United Utilities River Irwell 709 BACUP ROAD CSO 3 4 97
United Utilities River Irwell AGECROFT COMMERCE PARK PUMPING STN 2 4 95.1
United Utilities River Irwell BLACKWOOD ROAD CSO 3 3 99.6
United Utilities River Irwell SOUTH STREET/PICKUP STREET CSO 6 3 99.3
United Utilities River Irwell BLACKFRIARS STREET CSO 283J1 14 3 92.4
United Utilities River Irwell WATER STREET CSO (284TV) 3 2 99
United Utilities River Irwell LANGLEY RD NORTH CSO 4 2 98.4
United Utilities River Irwell CHURCH STREET WEST CSO 091KB 4 2 98.8
United Utilities River Irwell BRIDGE ST WEST CSO (281F9) 5 2 99.5
United Utilities River Irwell LEE ROAD CSO (369BA) 2 2 99.5
United Utilities River Irwell ROCKLIFFE ROAD/RIVER STREET CSO 6 1 99.2
United Utilities River Irwell CROMWELL ROAD/LICHFIELD STREET CSO 5 0 99.3
United Utilities River Irwell FAIRY LANE CSO 281T3 2 0 99
United Utilities River Irwell BURY NEW ROAD/WATERLOO ROAD CSO 1 0 99.3
United Utilities River Irwell NEW HALL HEY BRIDGE CSO 1 0 99.5
United Utilities River Irwell RIVERSIDE CSO BOLTO BOL0058 0 0 99.2
United Utilities River Irwell MORRIS STREET CSO (BRY0137) 0 0 93.3
United Utilities River Irwell MOUNT SION ROAD CSO 0 0 95.1

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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