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Totals for River Wear in 2025

40 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water

972 sewage dumps
4,026 h duration

That's 5.59 months. On average 2.7 times a day

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Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	LOW WADSWORTH PS	52	644	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BYERS GREEN PUMPING STATION	53	600	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	WOLSINGHAM STW	44	460	99.8
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	DEPTFORD PUMPING STATION	46	200	99.5
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	FRANKLAND LANE CSO	40	184	93.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	SANDS SYPHON SSO	49	145	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	FERRYBOAT LANE PUMPING STATION	12	142	95.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	CASTLETOWN WAY SPS	40	126	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	STATION ROAD CSO	69	114	88.3
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	LINDOM AVENUE CSO	16	104	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	WITTON-LE-WEAR PS	34	104	94.6
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	MILLBURNGATE CSO	22	90	89.3
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	GOLDEN LION SPS	20	87	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	PARK ROAD CSO	21	86	99.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	WESTGATE CSO	21	85	90.3
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	LOW WILLINGTON PARK CSO	37	84	98.3
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	ESCOMB SPS	15	81	83.4
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	LOW SOUTHWICK PUMPING STATION	41	76	99.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BARKERS HAUGH NO 8 CSO	22	76	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	SHIELDS ROAD CSO	25	73	99.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	SUNDERLAND BRIDGE CSO	40	58	94.5
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	RIVERSIDE (BUTTS CRESCENT) CSO	25	54	97
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BONDISLE WAY CSO	24	52	99.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	STANHOPE SWIMMING POOL CSO	29	47	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	ELVET SYPHON CSO	24	47	87.4
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	PALLION PUMPING STATION	31	33	75.3
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	PITHOUSE LANE CSO (WEST RAINTON 5)	5	31	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	HUNTSHIELD FORD CSO	13	25	88.1
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BEVERLEY GARDENS CSO	20	22	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	HOUGHTON LE SPRING CSO	2	20	100
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	SCOTCH ISLE FARM CSO	16	19	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	SHINCLIFFE (A177) CSO	13	13	99.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	PARK ROAD NORTH CSO	13	7	98.6
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BARKERS HAUGH CSO NO. 10	4	7	99.4
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	WALKERGATE DURHAM CSO	8	5	96.1
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	ROSE TERRACE CSO	12	3	91.2
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	WELLINGTON LANE PUMPING STATION	6	3	94.6
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	CATHEDRAL BANKS CSO	6	0	99.9
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	VINOVIUM CSO NO A9	1	0	99.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	CHURCH STREET DU026	1	0	93
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BINCHESTER PLANTATION CSO	0	0	96.2
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	PARK ROAD CSO WV41	0	0	98.1
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	BARKERS HAUGH NO 5 CSO	0	0	98.3
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	WADDINGTON STREET CSO	0	0	99.7
Northumbrian Water	River Wear	COX GREEN PUMPING STATION	0	0	99.9

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.

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