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River Roch polluted by sewage 651 times in 2025 - lasting 3,271 hours

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Totals for River Roch in 2025
17 Sites polluted by United Utilities
651 sewage dumps
3,271 h duration
That's 4.54 months. On average 1.8 times a day

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
United Utilities River Roch ROCHDALE WWTW 104 1,503 100
United Utilities River Roch OAKENROD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 87 508 100
United Utilities River Roch HEYWOOD (BOTANY STW) CSO 35 240 99.9
United Utilities River Roch SUDDEN VALLEY SEWER 83 235 100
United Utilities River Roch SMITH BRIDGE ROAD CSO 35051 20 158 100
United Utilities River Roch HOOLEY BRIDGE CSO 39 140 99.6
United Utilities River Roch ALBERT ROYDS STREET CSO 73 138 99.9
United Utilities River Roch PEEL LANE CSO NO. 1 43 92 99.9
United Utilities River Roch PEEL LANE NO 2 CSO 35 69 99.7
United Utilities River Roch MILLGATE CSO 35025 26 52 97.6
United Utilities River Roch SMITH ST AND JOHN ST CSO 35021 34 47 98.9
United Utilities River Roch ROCHDALE ROAD/WASH LANE SSO 25 26 100
United Utilities River Roch WATERFOLD LANE CSO 30 14 96.3
United Utilities River Roch ALBERT ROYDS STREET CSO 2 14 90.8
United Utilities River Roch YORKSHIRE STREET CSO 35022 5 11 93.4
United Utilities River Roch WATER STREET CSO 1 11 99.6
United Utilities River Roch TOAD LANE - HIGH STREET CSO 9 5 99.8
United Utilities River Roch BRIDGE HALL LANE CSO 0 0 100
United Utilities River Roch MANCHESTER ROAD CSO 0 0 100

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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