River Irwell polluted by sewage 2,385 times in 2022 - lasting 12,939 hours

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Totals for River Irwell in 2022
54 Sites polluted by United Utilities
2,385 sewage dumps
12,939 h duration
That's 1.5 years! On average 6.5 times a day
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Constituencies along River Irwell

Pollution Summary 2022

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Irwell in 2022. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

These numbers are very slightly different from the Rivers page - This is because there is an invalid grid reference on the pollution consent - so we don't know where the CSO is. We're working on it.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
United Utilities River Irwell BOLTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 157 1,845 100
United Utilities River Irwell BURY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 99 1,382 50
United Utilities River Irwell STAND LANE CSO 09058 150 1,345 89.5
United Utilities River Irwell ROSSENDALE WWTW 120 1,317 100
United Utilities River Irwell THE GLEN COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 132 1,061 91.1
United Utilities River Irwell BURY NEW ROAD/WATERLOO ROAD CSO 93 605 100
United Utilities River Irwell PRESTWICH PS 105 516 100
United Utilities River Irwell NEWCHURCH ROAD/BROOKS STREET CSO 105 513 100
United Utilities River Irwell BOLTON RD CANUTE STREET CSO 115 487 92.7
United Utilities River Irwell BACUP ROAD/FALBARN FOLD CSO 77 460 100
United Utilities River Irwell SION STREET CSO 09026 23 336 92.9
United Utilities River Irwell NEWCHURCH ROAD CSO (36013) 33 294 100
United Utilities River Irwell NUTTALL HALL ROAD CSO 71 267 87.7
United Utilities River Irwell CLIFTON PUMPING STATION 55 265 100
United Utilities River Irwell CHURCH STREET EAST 09003 33 256 99.9
United Utilities River Irwell KEARSLEY PS 57 239 100
United Utilities River Irwell 295 BACUP ROAD CSO 48 188 100
United Utilities River Irwell RAINSOUGH BROW CSO 84 186 100
United Utilities River Irwell AGECROFT POWER STATION CSO 98 178 98.2
United Utilities River Irwell LOMAX STREET CSO 47 168 100
United Utilities River Irwell TANPITS ROAD CSO 50 148 98.2
United Utilities River Irwell BUCKLEY WELLS CSO 091DG 57 140 100
United Utilities River Irwell JULIA SREETT CSO 51 100 100
United Utilities River Irwell BRIDGE STREET CSO 77 97 100
United Utilities River Irwell PEEL HALL CSO (BRY0140) 62 83 50
United Utilities River Irwell NEWCHURCH ROAD/WESLEY PLACE CSO 31 65 100
United Utilities River Irwell RADCLIFFE CENTRAL CSO 20 48 94.8
United Utilities River Irwell BEAUMONT BUILDING CSO 28049 37 47 100
United Utilities River Irwell LANGLEY ROAD CSO 46 42 100
United Utilities River Irwell SHERBORNE STREET CSO 31 30 91.8
United Utilities River Irwell HIGHFIELD ROAD CSO 16 27 98.3
United Utilities River Irwell DUMERS LANE PUMPING STATION 5 27 100
United Utilities River Irwell RADCLIFFE CENTRAL CSO 23 23 99.9
United Utilities River Irwell WATER STREET/LIVERPOOL ROAD CSO 15 21 100
United Utilities River Irwell NEW HALL HEY ROAD CSO 11 18 100
United Utilities River Irwell WATERBARN LANE CSO 9 15 100
United Utilities River Irwell BURNLEY ROAD BACUP CSO 6 13 96
United Utilities River Irwell SEEDFIELD SECONDARY MODERN SCHL CSO 33 12 93.7
United Utilities River Irwell BLACKWOOD ROAD CSO 3 10 97.8
United Utilities River Irwell WATERSIDE MILL CSO 6 9 100
United Utilities River Irwell FREDERICK ROAD CSO (371UV) 13 8 94.2
United Utilities River Irwell AGECROFT COMMERCE PARK PUMPING STN 15 7 99.9
United Utilities River Irwell WATER ST/NEW QUAY ST CSO 9 4 91.5
United Utilities River Irwell CLIFTON HOUSE ROAD PUMPING STATION 4 3 97.5
United Utilities River Irwell CARR STREET CSO 099BP 16 3 100
United Utilities River Irwell NEWCHURCH ROAD BACUP CSO 8 3 100
United Utilities River Irwell COTTENHAM LANE CSO 372RZ 3 1 94.2
United Utilities River Irwell 709 BACUP ROAD CSO 2 1 100
United Utilities River Irwell BRIDGE ST WEST CSO (281F9) 6 1 100
United Utilities River Irwell NEW HALL HEY BRIDGE CSO 4 0 100
United Utilities River Irwell SOUTH STREET/PICKUP STREET CSO 4 0 100
United Utilities River Irwell ROCKLIFFE ROAD/RIVER STREET CSO 1 0 100
United Utilities River Irwell CROMWELL ROAD/LICHFIELD STREET CSO 8 0 100
United Utilities River Irwell FAIRY LANE CSO 281T3 1 0 100
United Utilities River Irwell GREAT CLOWES CSO 37048 SAL0080 0 0 0
United Utilities River Irwell LITTLETON ROAD CSO 0 0 0
United Utilities River Irwell RIVERSIDE CSO BOLTO BOL0058 0 0 100
United Utilities River Irwell RAILWAY STREET CSO 0 0 99.8
United Utilities River Irwell MOUNT SION ROAD CSO 0 0 0
United Utilities River Irwell MORRIS STREET CSO (BRY0137) 0 0 0
United Utilities River Irwell VICTORIA BRIDGE STREET CSO (282WL) 0 0 100
United Utilities River Irwell BLACKFRIARS STREET CSO 283J1 0 0 0
United Utilities River Irwell WATER STREET CSO (284TV) 0 0 0
United Utilities River Irwell HAMMERTONSTREET/STANLEY STREET CSO 0 0 0
United Utilities River Irwell LEE ROAD CSO (369BA) 0 0 98.6
United Utilities River Irwell LANGLEY RD NORTH CSO 0 0 0

Data Sources & Accuracy

EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales

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