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Hockley Brook polluted by sewage 225 times in 2025 - lasting 219 hours

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Totals for Hockley Brook in 2025
20 Sites polluted by Severn Trent Water
225 sewage dumps
219 h duration
That's 1.3 weeks. 4.3 times a week, on average
Constituencies along Hockley Brook

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook HUNTERS VALE CSO 46 58 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook LODGE ROAD NO.1 (MUSGRAVE) CSO 48 38 99.8
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook RABONE LANE (NO.1) CSO 17 23 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook BALDWIN STREET CSO 11 19 92.8
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook HANDSWORTH - 102 BACCHUS ROAD CSO 24 16 99.6
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook HANDSWORTH - NINEVEH ROAD 2 CSO 13 16 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook HANDSWORTH - PIERS ROAD CSO 10 12 98.8
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook CAPE HILL COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 10 12 98
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook HANDSWORTH - NINEVEH ROAD 1 CSO 7 5 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook BOOTH STREET CSO 9 5 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook WINSON GREEN ROAD JUNCTION CSO 3 4 99.7
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook GROVE STREET CSO 3 3 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook DOWNING STREET CSO 1 1 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook SMITH STREET/HOCKLEY STREET JCT CSO 11 0 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook WELLINGTON ROAD/VILLIERS STREET CSO 4 0 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL 2 CSO 1 0 98.5
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook LIONEL STREET CSO 2 0 75.2
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook FRANCIS ROAD CSO 3 0 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook ELKINGTON STREET / ASTON BROOK CSO 1 0 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL 1 CSO 1 0 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook CORPORATION STREET CSO 0 0 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook GERRARD CLOSE CSO 0 0 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook GOODMAN STREET CSO 0 0 98.7
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook MILTON STREET CSO 0 0 92.5
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook NEWTOWN ROW NO.1 CSO 0 0 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook PLUME STREET 0 0 99.9
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook SHEEPCOTE ST/NILE STREET JCT SSO 0 0 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook STEELHOUSE LANE CSO 0 0 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook VENTNOR AVENUE CSO 0 0 95.8
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook VESEY STREET CSO 0 0 99.5
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook WATER STREET CSO 0 0 88.2
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook WELLINGTON ST/FRANKLIN ST JCT CS0 0 0 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook CORNWALL ROAD CSO 0 0 99.9
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook OFF PERROTT STREET CSO 0 0 100
Severn Trent Water Hockley Brook RABONE LANE (NO.2) 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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