Unnamed Tributary Of The River Wear at Chapel Street CSO Barrington Street
This is a sewage discharge monitoring station, which is usually a type of Event Duration Monitor (EDM). These stations themselves are designed to mitigate the impact of heavy rainfall by discharging, under permitted conditions, any overflow into a water body. They are often actively discharging during flood events. This page presents the data acquired by the monitoring system for this discharge station.
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Operational Summary - 2021-2024
This dataset is partial, and some year(s) are missing
Wear Trib | 77 Spills | 131 hours | 0.49
The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "Wear Trib" This station has discharged sewage 77 time(s). The station has discharged for a total of 131 hour(s). This is 0.49% of the time which we have data for. In total: 5 day(s)* of elapsed time.
81 | 4997.7 hours This monitor has been operational for 81% of its total time we have data for. There are 4997.76 hours unaccounted for due to downtime of the monitor.
The worst year in our records for the "Chapel Street CSO Barrington Street" is 2021, discharging sewage for 65.7 hours of the year.
Uptimes below 90% (red line) should be accompanied by a reason
*This is total time in days, not individual days.
Yearly Summary
Most Recent Year - 2024
Wear Trib | 24 Spills | 30 hours | 0.34 The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "Wear Trib" This station discharged sewage 24 time(s) during 2024. The station discharged for a total of 30 hour(s). This is around 1 day(s)* or 0.34% of the year. The following reasons have been given for the high spill frequency in 2024: High Spill Threshold Not Met The following comments have been given on the station operators intended actions: No Improvement Action In Reporting Period
98.1 | 158.9 hours This monitor was operational for 98.1% of the year. Leaving 158.9 hours unaccounted for in the data.
*This is total time in days, not individual days of the year.
Permit & Governance
Attribute
Value
Governing Body
The Environment Agency
Operator
Northumbrian Water
Primary Permit #
243/0930
Secondary Permit #
243/0930
2023
We have no data for the 2023 year This could be because:
It was not processed correctly by us
It was not present in the data
We link records using permit reference, it was missing for 2023
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2022
Unnamed Tributary Of The River Wear | 29 Spills | 35.2 hours | 0.4 The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "Unnamed Tributary Of The River Wear" This station discharged sewage 29 time(s) during 2022. The station discharged for a total of 35.2 hour(s). This is around 1 day(s)* or 0.4% of the year.
84.1 | 1392.8 hours This monitor was operational for 84.1% of the year. Leaving 1392.8 hours unaccounted for in the data. This falls below the 90% threshold where a reason should be given
The following reasons have been given for the downtime in 2022: Comms Failure / Issue
The following description has been given for downtime related actions intended, or taken, by the operator in 2022: Resolved - Jun
*This is total time in days, not individual days of the year.
Permit & Governance
Attribute
Value
Governing Body
The Environment Agency
Operator
Northumbrian Water
Primary Permit #
243/0930
Secondary Permit #
243/0930
2021
Note: Data is potentially unreliable in 2021 Due to high unavailability of the monitor
Unnamed Tributary Of The River Wear | 24 Spills | 65.7 hours | 0.75 The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "Unnamed Tributary Of The River Wear" This station discharged sewage 24 time(s) during 2021. The station discharged for a total of 65.7 hour(s). This is around 2 day(s)* or 0.75% of the year.
61.9 | 3334.9 hours This monitor was operational for 61.9% of the year. Leaving 3334.9 hours unaccounted for in the data. This falls below the 90% threshold where a reason should be given
The following reasons have been given for the downtime in 2021: Comms Failure / Issue
The following description has been given for downtime related actions intended, or taken, by the operator in 2021: Scheduled
*This is total time in days, not individual days of the year.
Permit & Governance
Attribute
Value
Governing Body
The Environment Agency
Operator
Northumbrian Water
Primary Permit #
243/0930
Secondary Permit #
243/0930
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Local Information
Nearby Flood Warnings
None
Nearby Alert Areas
River Wear at Croxdale riverside
River Wear at Page Bank riverside
River Wear at Bishop Auckland, Willington and Page Bank
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