The Pow Burn (River Till) at Powburn Sewage Treatment Works
This station collects multiple metrics
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.
The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "The Pow Burn (River Till)" This station has discharged sewage 163 time(s). The station has discharged for a total of 2283.8 hour(s). This is 13.03% of the time which we have data for. In total: 95 day(s)* of elapsed time.
100 | 0 hours This monitor has been operational for 100% of its total time we have data for. There are 0 hours unaccounted for due to downtime of the monitor.
The worst year in our records for the "Powburn Sewage Treatment Works" is 2021, discharging sewage for 1970.6 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 - 2022
The Pow Burn (River Till) | 37 Spills | 313.1 hours | 3.57 The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "The Pow Burn (River Till)" This station discharged sewage 37 time(s) during 2022. The station discharged for a total of 313.1 hour(s). This is around 13 day(s)* or 3.57% of the year. The following reasons have been given for the high spill frequency in 2022: Not Asset Maintenance - Hydraulic Capacity The following comments have been given on the station operators intended actions: N/A - Hydraulic Capacity
100 | 0 hours This monitor was operational for 100% of the year. Leaving 0 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 #
210/1295
Secondary Permit #
210/1295
2021
The Pow Burn (River Till) | 126 Spills | 1970.6 hours | 22.49 The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "The Pow Burn (River Till)" This station discharged sewage 126 time(s) during 2021. The station discharged for a total of 1970.6 hour(s). This is around 82 day(s)* or 22.49% of the year.
100 | 0 hours This monitor was operational for 100% of the year. Leaving 0 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 #
210/1295
Secondary Permit #
210/1295
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