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Live data for Manchester Central in 2026

So far this year (as of 16 Aug 2026, 14:16) there has been 112 hours of sewage overflows, from 94 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s

Totals for Manchester Central in 2025

38 Sites polluted by United Utilities

564 sewage dumps

1,069 hours duration

That's 1.48 months. On average 1.5 times a day

Change Over Time

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Pollution Summary 2025

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

Reporting refers to how much of the time the monitoring was active. In this constituency all the declared CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s appeared to have monitoring enabled for more than 50% of the year

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
United Utilities	River Irk	ROCHDALE RD/COLLYHURST	92	415	99.8
United Utilities	River Irwell	BEAUMONT BUILDING CSO 28049	34	71	99.8
United Utilities	River Medlock	CHESTER ROAD/GREAT JACKSON ROAD CSO	13	66	99.7
United Utilities	River Irwell	JULIA SREETT CSO	49	61	98.3
United Utilities	River Medlock	FAILSWORTH WWTW	8	55	99.65
United Utilities	River Medlock	FAIRFIELD STREET CSO	26	39	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	WATER STREET/LIVERPOOL ROAD CSO	11	36	86.4
United Utilities	River Medlock	EGERTON ST WORSLEY ST CSO	45	35	98.9
United Utilities	River Irk	ASPIN LANE CSO 281CJ	50	35	99.8
United Utilities	River Irwell	VICTORIA BRIDGE STREET CSO (282WL)	34	31	99.8
United Utilities	River Irwell	SHERBORNE STREET CSO	18	30	91.8
United Utilities	Black Brook	GORTON ROAD (LIGHTING TOWER)	7	26	94.2
United Utilities	River Medlock	CHARLES ST PRINCESS ST CSO 28116	17	25	98.5
United Utilities	Corn Brook Via Sws	PARROTT STREET/BROMLOW STREET CSO	19	22	99.9
United Utilities	River Irwell	WATER ST/NEW QUAY ST CSO	10	18	100
United Utilities	River Irwell Via Sws	BURY NEW ROAD SALFORD CSO	24	17	100
United Utilities	River Medlock Via Sws	PRINCESS ST/WHITWORTH ST CSO 282MN	12	13	100
United Utilities	River Medlock	CHESTER STREET CSO	1	10	100
United Utilities	River Irwell	WATER STREET CSO (284TV)	5	10	96.1
United Utilities	River Irwell	BRIDGE STREET CSO	10	6	100
United Utilities	River Irwell Via Srf Wtr Sewer	BURY NEW RD LOCKETT ST CSO	5	5	100
United Utilities	Clvrt River Mersey	ASSHETON ROAD CSO 281CA	11	5	100
United Utilities	River Irk	MILLER STREET/CORPORATION ST CSO	14	5	57.6
United Utilities	River Medlock	ROLLESTON AVENUE/BUTLER STREET CSO	5	3	99.9
United Utilities	River Irwell	BLACKFRIARS STREET CSO 283J1	20	3	99.8
United Utilities	Corn Brook Via Sws	JUNCTION OF ASHTON NEW ROAD CSO	1	2	99.9
United Utilities	River Irwell	BRIDGE ST WEST CSO (281F9)	4	2	100
United Utilities	Moss Brook	ASHTON OLD RD MANSHAW ST CSO 281CD	5	2	99.5
United Utilities	River Medlock	PALMERSTON STREET CSO	1	2	100
United Utilities	Culverted Section Moss Brook	HARTSHEAD CLOSE/MANSHAW ROAD CSO	1	1	98.8
United Utilities	Shooters Brook	LORD NORTH STREET/CLIFTON ST CSO	4	1	89.3
United Utilities	River Irk	DANTZIC STREET CSO	1	0	97
United Utilities	River Medlock	MOUNT STREET/GREEK STREET CSO	2	0	96.1
United Utilities	Berry Brow Culvert	JUNCTION OF GRAVER LN ELSMA RD CSO	1	0	100
United Utilities	River Medlock	CHARLES STREET CSO	1	0	98.1
United Utilities	River Medlock Via Sws	MILL STREET BRADFORD MANCHESTER CSO	1	0	100
United Utilities	Shooters Brook Rvr Medloc	CHORLTON STREET CSO 281J2	1	0	99.7
United Utilities	River Irk	VERDON STREET/SCOTLAND CSO	1	0	90.6
United Utilities	River Medlock	BANK STREET CSO	0	0	100
United Utilities	River Medlock	BESWICK ST ASHTON NEW RD CSO 281D0	0	0	99.8
United Utilities	River Medlock	BRISCOE LANE CSO	0	0	100
United Utilities	River Irk	BROMLEY STREET CSO 281MT	0	0	92.8
United Utilities	River Irwell	BURY NEW ROAD/WATERLOO ROAD CSO	0	0	99.9
United Utilities	River Medlock	BUTLER STREET/WOODWARD STREET CSO	0	0	100
United Utilities	River Medlock	CAMBRIDGE STREET CSO 282D9	0	0	100
United Utilities	River Medlock	CULCETH LANE CSO	0	0	100
United Utilities	River Irk	DANTZIC ST WARFORD ST CSO 288A7	0	0	99.8
United Utilities	River Medlock	GREAT BRIDGEWATER ST CSO (281WI)	0	0	86.5
United Utilities	River Medlock	HILLKIRK STREET CSO (282I9)	0	0	92.2
United Utilities	Lords Brook	HOLT LANE FAILSWORTH SSO	0	0	100
United Utilities	River Irk	HUNTS BANK COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	0	0	99.4
United Utilities	River Irk	LONG MILLGATE CSO	0	0	100
United Utilities	River Medlock	MALLARD STREET/CHARLES STREET CSO	0	0	99.3
United Utilities	River Medlock	PALMERSTON STREET 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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