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Polluted by sewage 429 times in 2024 lasting 2,827 hours
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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Atherton in 2024. 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 locality all the declared CSOs appeared to have monitoring enabled for more than 50% of the year
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Utilities | Hall Lee Brook | WESTHOUGHTON STW | 173 | 1,410 | 99.75 |
| United Utilities | Collier Brook | GLOUCESTER ST CSO | 46 | 433 | 98.9 |
| United Utilities | Hindsford Brook | TYLDESLEY CSO | 44 | 422 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Hindsford Brook | FULWELL AVENUE CSO | 28 | 216 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Shakerley Brook | SHAKERLEY ROAD NO2 CSO | 20 | 125 | 99.1 |
| United Utilities | Collier Brook | LOVERS LANE/LEIGH ROAD CSO (50080) | 24 | 65 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Westleigh Brook | KIRKHALL LANE/VICTORIA STREET CSO | 45 | 60 | 99.5 |
| United Utilities | River Ribble | RIBCHESTER WWTW | 10 | 36 | 98.15 |
| United Utilities | Shakerley Brook | ELLESMERE STREET CSO | 21 | 30 | 93 |
| United Utilities | Hindsford Brook/Shakerley Broo | YORK AVE/CRAWFORD AVENUE CSO | 17 | 25 | 51.25 |
| United Utilities | Hindsford Brook | FACTORY ST/CHARLES ST CSO | 1 | 0 | 99.2 |
| United Utilities | Shakerley Brook | ELLESMERE STREET CSO | 0 | 0 | 92.5 |
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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