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Totals for Tyne Estuary in 2025

39 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water

708 sewage dumps
1,249 h duration

That's 1.73 months. On average 1.9 times a day

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Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	BROAD CHARE CSO	43	246	39.8
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	MILK MARKET PUMPING STATION	29	145	100
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CSO REDHEUGH BRIDGE	46	101	99.8
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	FOUNDRY LANE NO 3 CSO	43	92	98
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CSO AT REAR OF ORCHID CRESCENT	30	92	100
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	BLAYDON BANK CSO	55	87	96.2
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	HIGH WEST STREET CSO (G066)	43	55	68.4
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CSO WATER STREET	26	54	99.8
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CSO DUNN STREET	26	46	99.8
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	WESTERN ROAD/ROSEHILL ROAD P ST	23	46	61.2
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	FISH QUAY CSO	15	39	100
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	STATION ROAD/SWAN HUNTERS CSO	23	27	55.2
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	NEW QUAY CSO NC058	14	25	99.7
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	THE SWIRLE CSO	19	25	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	BLACKETT STREET	11	18	99.7
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CSO AT CROMWELL ROAD	21	18	100
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	NORTH GROYNE PUMPING STATION	12	15	100
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CSO FORTH BANKS	17	15	96.7
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CSO NEPTUNE YARD NO.1 OUTFALL	12	12	100
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CSO WELBECK ROAD & BATH STREET	23	10	94.8
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	REYROLLE SEWER (NORTH) CSO	17	10	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	ATKINSON ROAD CSO	19	9	100
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	BEDFORD STREET CSO NTY057	12	8	99.6
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	BURDON MAIN ROW CSO	13	5	99.4
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CROFTDALE ROAD CSO	14	5	99.7
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	ESSEX CLOSE CSO	10	4	90.2
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	AMELIA CLOSE CSO - C49/102	11	4	100
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	JANADAB CSO	22	4	100
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CSO AT SW CORNER OF ALLOTMENT GARDE	4	3	99.5
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	TUTHILL STAIRS CSO	15	3	97.3
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	HEWORTH SHORE CSO	2	2	99.5
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CSO AT MANHOLE 49 HOWDEN ROAD	9	2	58.4
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	WEST VIEW CSO	7	1	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	PERCY MAIN CSO	5	1	99.5
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	DEAN STREET CSO	2	1	100
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CSO AT STONEYGATE LANE	8	1	95.1
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	BENTON WAY OUTFALL NO 2 CSO	2	0	98.3
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CALDBECK AVENUE/POTTERY BANK CSO	4	0	99.9
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	NEW YORK CSO	1	0	95.8
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	SALTMEADOWS PUMPING STATION	0	0	100
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	NEST ROAD CSO	0	0	94.3
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	WOODGATE GDNS/MARCONI 2 CSO	0	0	80.9
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	CLUMBER STREET CSO	0	0	97.3
Northumbrian Water	Tyne Estuary	MINDRUM TERRACE CSO	0	0	96.6

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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