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Newark - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 9,740 hours in 2026 - That's 1.13 years , monitoring offline 1,525 hours , potential overflows 133 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Newark so far for 2026. It is an estimate, based on very poor quality live data from the Water Companies. The water companies report their sewage to the Environment Agency every year in April. You can see the last reported year in the other page

What's a potential overflow? If the CSO goes 'Offline' while its Overflowing, we don't know if it stopped overflowing until we get a 'Stop' event.

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Daily Data

Jan - 2,639 hours , 131 potential
Feb - 4,372 hours , 2 potential
Mar - 1,864 hours , 298 offline
Apr - 137 hours , 89 offline
May - 58 hours , 12 offline
Jun - 15 hours , 93 offline
Jul - 68 hours , 149 offline
Aug - 410 hours , 114 offline
Sept - 80 hours , 212 offline
Oct - 91 hours , 118 offline
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Severn Trent Water SUTTON ON TRENT - CROMWELL STW (SSTO) River Trent 121 1,988h 12m -
Severn Trent Water LAXTON STW (CSO&EO) Moorhouse Beck 77 1,342h 42m 27 h
Severn Trent Water NORMANTON ON TRENT (SSO) River Trent 48 979h 47m 78 h
Severn Trent Water FARNDON STW (SSTO) River Devon 69 904h 34m -
Severn Trent Water BURTON JOYCE - TRENT LANE PS (CSO) River Trent 65 826h 25m 149 h
Severn Trent Water ASLOCKTON - SSTO OVERFLOW-3PG Car Dyke 63 780h 46m -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL STW (SSTO) River Trent 35 428h 54m -
Severn Trent Water FLINTHAM STW IPS (CSO&EO) Car Dyke 37 374h 8m 0 h
Severn Trent Water ELSTON STW (CSO&EO) Car Dyke 31 295h 33m 89 h
Severn Trent Water COLLINGHAM STW (SSTO) Fleet 25 247h 43m 0 h
Severn Trent Water COLLINGHAM MAIN STREET (SSO) Fleet 14 231h 50m 26 h
Severn Trent Water LANEHAM - MAIN STREET (SSO) Laneham Beck 22 161h 48m 17 h
Severn Trent Water EAST BRIDGFORD STW (SSTO) River Trent 47 154h 28m -
Severn Trent Water EAST MARKHAM STW (SSTO) Laneham Beck 25 150h 7m -
Severn Trent Water EDINGLEY - STATION ROAD (SSO) Aisby Beck 18 141h 59m -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - HALLOUGHTON ROAD (CSO) Potwell Dyke 33 107h 52m -
Severn Trent Water CRANKLEY POINT STW (SSTO) River Trent 13 94h 23m 135 h
Severn Trent Water FARNSFIELD STW (SSTO) Cotton Mill Dyke, R Greet 18 80h 44m -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - NEWARK ROAD (CSO) River Greet 21 71h 48m 268 h
Severn Trent Water SCREVETON - KNIGHTS CLOSE (SPS) Car Dyke 13 70h 39m -
Severn Trent Water ALVERTON STW IPS (CSO&EO) River Devon 4 64h 10m 25 h
Severn Trent Water GROVE STW (CSO) North Beck 34 55h 32m 36 h
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - RIVERSIDE (CSO) River Greet 17 43h 54m -
Severn Trent Water FARNSFIELD STW (CSO) Cotton Mill Dyke, R Greet 12 34h 52m -
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - BRUNEL DRIVE (CSO) Slough Dyke 17 19h 20m 18 h
Severn Trent Water NEW BALDERTON - LONDON ROAD (CSO) Local Ditch 10 14h 41m 108 h
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - BEACON HILL ROAD (CSO) River Trent 19 12h 56m 143 h
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - CHURCH STREET (CSO) Potwell Dyke 15 12h 50m -
Severn Trent Water EAST BRIDGFORD - SPRINGDALE LANE (SSO) Car Dyke 7 10h 52m -
Severn Trent Water BALDERTON STW (SSTO) River Trent 1 10h 12m -
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - BOUNDARY ROAD (CSO) River Devon 14 7h 34m -
Severn Trent Water SIBTHORPE (CSO) Car Dyke 2 5h 9m 24 h
Severn Trent Water NORTH ASKHAM - TOWN STREET (SSO) Of Laneham Beck 5 3h 31m 29 h
Severn Trent Water HAWKSWORTH STW IPS (CSO&EO) Gutter 2 3h 28m 267 h
Severn Trent Water EAST MARKHAM - QUAKEFIELD RD (CSO) Tuxford Beck 3 1h 55m -
Severn Trent Water COTHAM (CSO) Middle Beck 3 1h 10m -
Severn Trent Water SUTTON VILLAGE STW IPS (CSO&EO) River Whipling 4 1h 8m 1 h
Severn Trent Water KNEESALL - A616 (CSO) Beck 4 1h 3m -
Severn Trent Water CRANKLEY POINT - CIRCULAR (CSO) River Trent 3 0h 46m 0 h
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - NOTTINGHAM ROAD (CSO) Potwell Dyke 1 0h 18m -
Severn Trent Water ELTON STW IPS (CSO&EO) Winter Beck 2 0h 6m -
Severn Trent Water KNEETON (CSO) Beck Dyke 0 0h 36 h
Severn Trent Water EAST MARKHAM STW (SSTO) Laneham Beck 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL STW (SSTO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water ALVERTON STW IPS (CSO&EO) River Devon 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water SCREVETON - KNIGHTS CLOSE (CSO) Car Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water LANEHAM - MAIN STREET (SSO) Laneham Beck 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water ASLOCKTON - SSTO OVERFLOW-3PG Car Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water NEW BALDERTON - LONDON ROAD (CSO) Local Ditch 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - RIVERSIDE (CSO) River Greet 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water ELSTON STW (CSO&EO) Car Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water FARNDON - CHAPEL LANE (SSO) Edingley Beck 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water GROVE STW (CSO) North Beck 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - BEACON HILL ROAD (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BURTON JOYCE - TRENT LANE PS (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water SIBTHORPE (CSO) Car Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - HALLOUGHTON ROAD (CSO) Potwell Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water NORMANTON ON TRENT (SSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water FLINTHAM STW IPS (CSO&EO) Car Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water EAST MARKHAM - QUAKEFIELD RD (CSO) Tuxford Beck 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water FARNSFIELD STW (CSO) Cotton Mill Dyke, R Greet 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water EAST BRIDGFORD - SPRINGDALE LANE (SSO) Car Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water COLLINGHAM MAIN STREET (SSO) Fleet 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water KNEETON (CSO) Beck Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - NEWARK ROAD (CSO) River Greet 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water EAST BRIDGFORD STW (SSTO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water COTHAM (CSO) Middle Beck 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water ELTON STW IPS (CSO&EO) Winter Beck 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water NORTH ASKHAM - TOWN STREET (SSO) Of Laneham Beck 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water HAWKSWORTH STW IPS (CSO&EO) Gutter 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water FARNDON STW (SSTO) River Devon 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water HALAM - MANSFIELD ROAD (CSO) Halam Beck 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - NOTTINGHAM ROAD (CSO) Potwell Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - BOUNDARY ROAD (CSO) River Devon 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water SUTTON VILLAGE STW IPS (CSO&EO) River Whipling 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water FLINTHAM - MAIN STREET (SSO) Beck Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water SOUTHWELL - CHURCH STREET (CSO) Potwell Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water BALDERTON STW (SSTO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water CRANKLEY POINT STW (SSTO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water AVERHAM - CHURCH LANE (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water CRANKLEY POINT - CIRCULAR (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water KNEESALL - A616 (CSO) Beck 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water FARNSFIELD STW (SSTO) Cotton Mill Dyke, R Greet 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water SOUTH ASKHAM - ASKHAM ROAD (SSO) Of Laneham Beck 0 0h 7 h
Severn Trent Water EDINGLEY - STATION ROAD (SSO) Aisby Beck 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water SCREVETON - KNIGHTS CLOSE (SPS) Car Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - BRUNEL DRIVE (CSO) Slough Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - MASSEY ST (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water FLINTHAM - MAIN STREET (SSO) Beck Dyke 0 0h 110 h
Severn Trent Water SCREVETON - KNIGHTS CLOSE (CSO) Car Dyke 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water FARNDON - CHAPEL LANE (SSO) Edingley Beck 0 0h 59 h
Severn Trent Water NEWARK - MASSEY ST (CSO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water COLLINGHAM STW (SSTO) Fleet 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water SUTTON ON TRENT - CROMWELL STW (SSTO) River Trent 0 0h -
Severn Trent Water LAXTON STW (CSO&EO) Moorhouse Beck 0 0h -

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

Annual figures up to and including 2025 come from official water company returns. The 2026 figure is our own estimate, derived continuously from the companies' live data feeds.

Uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.

This website is intended to provide an accurate representation of the Environment Agency data. The data is hard to use, and thus some errors may have been made. If you find something that is incorrect, please raise an issue at the GitHub issues page and we'll endeavour to fix it quickly.

This project is not associated, approved or endorsed by any of the companies whose logos you see here.