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Whitehaven and Workington

Polluted by sewage 2,731 times in 2025 lasting 20,635 hours - That's 2.39 years!

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Live data for Whitehaven and Workington in 2026

So far this year (as of 18 May 2026, 12:00) there has been 3,453 hours of sewage overflows, from 129 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s

Totals for Whitehaven and Workington in 2025

55 Sites polluted by United Utilities Wessex Water
2,731 sewage dumps
20,635 hours duration
That's 2.39 years. On average 7.5 times a day

Change Over Time

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Whitehaven and Workington 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 Dyan Beck PICA STW 152 2,589 95.8
United Utilities River Marron LITTLE CLIFTON STW 128 1,756 95.5
United Utilities Near Stock Beck DEAN VILLAGE WW PUMPING STATION 145 1,610 99.9
United Utilities River Keekle KEEKLE PUMPING STATION 147 1,533 100
United Utilities Colliergate Beck ROWRAH PUMPING STATION 73 1,274 99.8
United Utilities Dubbs Gutter EAGLESFIELD WWTW EAGLE 134 1,213 97.3
United Utilities River Keekle CLEATOR WWTW 91 1,206 99.5
United Utilities Irish Sea BRAYSTONES WWTW 168 1,082 99.7
United Utilities Pow Beck ST BEES PUMPING STATION 64 907 100
United Utilities River Derwent NORTHSIDE CSO 021QB 100 849 99.8
United Utilities River Calder CALDER BRIDGE WWTW 52 835 99.7
United Utilities River Ehen PICKET HOW FARM SSO 46 776 100
United Utilities Irish Sea WORKINGTON WWTW 122 643 100
United Utilities Far Stock Beck DEANSCALES PS & CSO 77 516 99.6
United Utilities Irish Sea SEASCALE WWTW 41 483 99.6
United Utilities Distington Beck HAYES CASTLE FARM CSO (02628) 92 442 99.8
United Utilities River Keekle BLIND LANE CSO 02627 44 426 99.9
United Utilities River Ehen BROOKSIDE CSO 92 419 100
United Utilities River Keekle MOOR ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 100 356 99.9
United Utilities Irish Sea WHITEHAVEN WWTW 34 230 100
United Utilities Ling Beck LOWCA LANE HAZEL GROVE CSO 65 204 99.9
United Utilities Dub Beck ARLECDON STW 68 187 100
United Utilities Stan Beck HIGH STREET WORKINGTON CSO 74 153 99.5
United Utilities River Derwent Estuary JOHN PIER SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 39 133 98.9
Wessex Water River Stour HAYES LANE PUMPING STATION 26 90 100
United Utilities Eller Gill ARLECDON PARKS ROAD CSO 58 88 99.7
United Utilities Winder Beck ARLECDON COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 33 84 99.9
United Utilities Pow Beck MEADOW RD CSO 023A8 19 74 99.8
United Utilities Black Beck PARDSHAW STW 31 54 99.7
United Utilities Snebra Beck WINSTON DRIVE HENSINGHAM CSO 02632 30 44 99.5
United Utilities Hawes Gill KIRKLAND STW 51 42 99.6
United Utilities Pow Beck GRISEDALE CLOSE CSO 18 40 85.7
United Utilities Blackwood Beck MORESBY PARKS PS 13 37 100
United Utilities River Ehen KILN BROW PUMPING STATION 7 31 93.3
United Utilities River Marron BRANTHWAITE PUMPING STATION 15 29 99.9
United Utilities Irish Sea WEST STRAND PUMPING STATION 59 28 100
United Utilities Clvrt Pow Beck Via Sws LATTRIGG RD CSO 022CJ 18 28 100
United Utilities Lowca Beck LOWCA BROW (PARTON) CSO 7 17 99.4
United Utilities Pow Beck ESK AVENUE MIREHOUSE CSO 16 16 99.5
United Utilities Norbeck NORBECK PARK A CSO (SITE 023A9) 29 14 86.8
United Utilities River Marron GLEN HOUSE CSO 20 13 98.3
United Utilities River Ehen DENT ROAD COMIBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 34 13 99.3
United Utilities River Wyre MELBOURNE TERRACE CSO 25 12 99.8
United Utilities Pow Beck CROASDALE AVENUE CSO 9 11 96.6
United Utilities Hare Beck GOSFORTH WWTW 2 8 100
United Utilities River Derwent CAMERTON WW PUMPING STATION 3 5 99.5
United Utilities Irish Sea PARTON N.F. SHORE PUMPING STATION 34 5 99.5
United Utilities River Ehen WYNDHAM TERRACE CSO 10 2 99.4
United Utilities Lowca Beck ULLGILL MORESBY (MH65) CSO 2 1 100
United Utilities Pow Beck SNEBRA WHITEHAVEN CSO 023B2 2 1 99.9
United Utilities River Ehen WODOW ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 5 0 100
United Utilities Distington Beck MILL COTTAGES CSO 1 0 100
United Utilities Needless Beck LINETHWAITE PUMPING STATION 1 0 100
United Utilities Townsend Beck THE CSO AT MAIN STREET 4 0 97.1
United Utilities Winder Beck 28/29 ARLECDON PARKS ROAD CSO 1 0 99.9
United Utilities River Derwent CAMERTON WWTW CAMER 0 0 99.4
United Utilities Distington Beck COMMON END COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 0 0 100
United Utilities River Ehen KILN BROW COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 0 0 78
United Utilities Pow Beck POW BRIDGE/STATION ROAD CSO 0 0 86.8
United Utilities Nor Beck REAR GARDEN OF 16 CROSSINGS CLOSE 0 0 76.3
United Utilities Culverted Sec Of Snebra Beck RIBTON MOORSIDE CSO 0 0 99.4
United Utilities Culv'T'D Sect Of Skirting Beck ST BRIDGETS LANE 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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