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Polluted by sewage 651 times in 2024 lasting 1,762 hours
Monitoring fell below 50% in some locations so could be more
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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Middleton (Rochdale) 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 1 of the total 25 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year.
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Utilities | Wince Brook | OLDHAM WWTW | 41 | 460 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Irk | MIDDLETON MAIN OUTFALL | 71 | 212 | 99.9 |
| United Utilities | Springs Brook | SWAN MILL/DRUMMER MILL CSO | 77 | 168 | 98.3 |
| United Utilities | Wince Brook | S. CHADDERTON/ | 40 | 155 | 13.3 |
| United Utilities | Wince Brook, River Irk | KIRKWAY COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 55 | 130 | 100 |
| United Utilities | River Irk | WOOD STREET CSO | 60 | 119 | 98.3 |
| United Utilities | Boardman Brook | MAINWAY/WORCESTER ROAD CSO | 31 | 94 | 98.8 |
| United Utilities | Trub Brook River Irk | WAVERLEY RD CSO 352W4 | 54 | 79 | 99.2 |
| United Utilities | Wince Brook | WHITLEY DRIVE CSO | 43 | 57 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Wince Brook | THE CAUSEWAY CHADDERTON WWNPS | 17 | 54 | 90.6 |
| United Utilities | Wince Brook | MOSTON RD/ CHADDERTON LOW LEVEL PS | 28 | 49 | 96 |
| United Utilities | Whittle Brook | MIDDLETON RD PS | 11 | 40 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Clv Whit Brook | FIELDING STREET CSO (ROC0193) | 6 | 36 | 87.3 |
| United Utilities | Wince Brook | GREENGATE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 31 | 34 | 100 |
| United Utilities | Whit Brook | BOARSHAW ROAD CSO | 32 | 23 | 99.2 |
| United Utilities | Wince Brook Via Sws | MAINWAYEAST/LINCOLN ROAD CSO | 16 | 14 | 99 |
| United Utilities | River Irk | SPRING VALE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 7 | 10 | 57.3 |
| United Utilities | Spring Brook Via Sws | FERNEYFIELD ROAD CSO OLD0104 | 6 | 6 | 99.4 |
| United Utilities | Boardman Brook | MANCHESTER NEW ROAD CSO | 8 | 5 | 98.8 |
| United Utilities | River Irk | MANCHESTER OLD ROAD CSO | 4 | 2 | 99.4 |
| United Utilities | Trub Brook Via Sws | TINTERN ROAD (OFF THE LAND) CSO | 8 | 1 | 98.9 |
| United Utilities | Whit Brook | JOHN LEE FOLD CSO | 2 | 0 | 94.4 |
| United Utilities | Clvrt'D Section River Irk | LONG STREET COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW | 3 | 0 | 99.4 |
| United Utilities | Boardman Brook | MOSSWAY CSO | 0 | 0 | 75.1 |
| United Utilities | Whit Brook, River Irk | BOARDSHAW ROAD CSO | 0 | 0 | 98.8 |
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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