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River Churnet polluted by sewage 404 times in 2025 - lasting 1,911 hours

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Totals for River Churnet in 2025
15 Sites polluted by Severn Trent Water
404 sewage dumps
1,911 h duration
That's 2.65 months. On average 1.1 times a day

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Severn Trent Water River Churnet FROGHALL SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 140 1,464 100
Severn Trent Water River Churnet MACCLESFIELD RD CSO 61 142 100
Severn Trent Water River Churnet ALTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 16 94 99.7
Severn Trent Water River Churnet DENSTONE HALL CSO 20 42 99.4
Severn Trent Water River Churnet LEEK SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 8 42 100
Severn Trent Water River Churnet NORTH STREET CSO 32 34 99.9
Severn Trent Water River Churnet CHEDDLETON WWTW 11 32 99.5
Severn Trent Water River Churnet LEEK - JUNCTION ROAD CSO 45 24 99
Severn Trent Water River Churnet SPICERS STONE STORM CSO 20 9 98.7
Severn Trent Water River Churnet OAKAMOOR PUMPING STATION 13 8 100
Severn Trent Water River Churnet SALTERFORD LANE CSO 13 3 99.4
Severn Trent Water River Churnet ALTON NEW ROAD CSO 8 3 98.6
Severn Trent Water River Churnet ROCESTER - ASHBOURNE ROAD CSO 7 3 99.9
Severn Trent Water River Churnet VICARAGE ROAD CSO 9 3 100
Severn Trent Water River Churnet STATION ROAD CSO 1 0 97.4

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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