River Mersey polluted by sewage 1,368 times in 2024 - lasting 6,994 hours

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Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Mersey 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 Mersey BURTON ROAD WITHINGTON CSO 28056 96 2,089 71.4
United Utilities River Mersey DESOTO ROAD CSO (201RQ) 89 634 98.8
United Utilities River Mersey STOCKPORT WWTW 105 589 98.9
United Utilities River Mersey BARLOW MOOR ROAD 75 539 94.3
United Utilities River Mersey 650YDS DS KINGWAY RVR BRIDGE CSO 23 538 89
United Utilities River Mersey WITHINGTON PUMPING STATION 28009 96 344 100
United Utilities River Mersey PRINCES PRKWAY/M60 CSO 28051 51 340 99.3
United Utilities River Mersey STRETFORD WWTW 45 334 99.9
United Utilities River Mersey HOPE STREET COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 90 244 100
United Utilities River Mersey CARRINGTON RD 52 243 100
United Utilities River Mersey BRADLEY LANE (SRETFORD) CSO 46 230 99.6
United Utilities River Mersey WALWYN CLOSE CSO 45049 53 187 99.6
United Utilities River Mersey TRAVIS BROW/GEORGES ROAD CSO 70 117 99.7
United Utilities River Mersey WELLINGTON ROAD SOUTH CSO 57 105 99.9
United Utilities River Mersey KINGSWAY COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 86 100 99.8
United Utilities River Mersey THE CIRCUIT CSO 432UT 56 86 99.5
United Utilities River Mersey PRINCES STREET CSO 52 41 99
United Utilities River Mersey LIME TREE CLOSE CSO 14 38 99.8
United Utilities River Mersey THEWLIS STREET CSO 39 33 84.3
United Utilities River Mersey DANEFIELD ROAD CSO 45052 13 28 100
United Utilities River Mersey HEATON MOOR CSO 431YX 13 23 78.5
United Utilities River Mersey WHARF STREET CSO 7 18 91.2
United Utilities River Mersey WESTY FLUMES 1 SOUTH CSO 489CB 20 17 91.7
United Utilities River Mersey FLIXTON ROAD CSO 9 16 99.3
United Utilities River Mersey CARRINGTON LANE 4 12 93.5
United Utilities River Mersey CHESTERGATE CSO 431A3 8 9 99.2
United Utilities River Mersey BRIGHTON ROAD CSO 16 7 99.5
United Utilities River Mersey TRENTHAM P.S 46 5 100
United Utilities River Mersey STRAND ROAD STORM SEWER OVERFLOW 3 4 99.1
United Utilities River Mersey 95/97 CRAIG ROAD HEATON MERSEY CSO 8 4 99.2
United Utilities River Mersey CHESTERGATE/KING STREET WEST CSO 4 1 98.6
United Utilities River Mersey BANKHALL CSO 99007 LIV0038 9 1 100
United Utilities River Mersey DARESBURY COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 8 1 80.1
United Utilities River Mersey BRINKSWAY BRIDGE/GVILLE STREET CSO 1 0 99.2
United Utilities River Mersey 103 BRINKSWAY/LARK HILL 4 0 58.7
United Utilities River Mersey MAYFIELDS DRIVE WW NTWK PS 0 0 95.4
United Utilities River Mersey BARLOW MOOR RD/PALATINE RD CSO 0 0 91.3
United Utilities River Mersey PADDINGTON PS 48028 0 0 0
United Utilities River Mersey SLEDMOOR ROAD CSO 0 0 99.8
United Utilities River Mersey KENWORTHY LANE PS 0 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

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