United Utilities · overflow UUP01522
Monitor offline
Red Brook
United Utilities's monitor for this overflow has been offline for 11 days. They have no way to detect a spill if one occurs.
📍 53.41373°, -2.44498°
United Utilities · overflow UUP01522
Monitor offline
United Utilities's monitor for this overflow has been offline for 11 days. They have no way to detect a spill if one occurs.
📍 53.41373°, -2.44498°
“Single discharge event ongoing for 10 days — well beyond the duration expected of an emergency storm overflow.”
⏱ Continuous discharge for 11 days — still ongoing
4
spill events
293h
cumulative discharge
11 days
longest single event (all time)
2026-05-03
first event on record
In the last 30 days this overflow recorded 288h of discharge. Across United Utilities's 2,262 monitored overflows the median was 0h. This site is in the top 12% by 30-day spill duration.
NW-88002520 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS
510 m away · last tested 4 weeks ago
NW-88020295 · FRESHWATER - CANALS
542 m away · last tested 3 weeks ago
NW-88002513 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS
634 m away · last tested 3 weeks ago
NW-88002519 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS
840 m away · last tested 4 weeks ago
NW-88022924 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS
1.3 km away
No swimmer-relevant measurements available.
NW-88002605 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS
2.1 km away · last tested 4 weeks ago
The record above is verifiable from public Environment Agency and water-company data. Three official accountability channels — pre-filled with the evidence on this page.
If you can see foam, sewage debris, dead fish, or smell something wrong — submit a citizen report. Confirmed reports are added to the Truth Engine and strengthen the public record on this overflow.
📷 Report what you saw →The official complaints route. Most companies require submission through their web form rather than email — open the form, then paste the pre-filled letter.
Subject: Complaint: storm overflow UUP01522 on the Red Brook Dear United Utilities, I am writing to formally raise a concern about storm overflow UUP01522, which public Environment Agency data shows reporting its monitor offline (11 days) into the Red Brook. Evidence: - Status: monitor offline for 11 days — no spill detection in operation - Last 30 days: 3 spill events totalling 33 h - Cross-referenced flags from independent monitoring: 2 open Truth Engine discrepancies - Location: 53.41373, -2.44498 - Source: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub, OGL v3, cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.co.uk/overflow/11132) [Add your personal context here — e.g. how you use this stretch of water and how this incident affects you.] Please respond with: 1. The cause of this discharge or monitor outage 2. The action being taken to resolve it 3. The expected timeline for resolution 4. What measures are in place to prevent recurrence I have copied the Environment Agency, Ofwat, and my MP into this correspondence where appropriate. Yours faithfully, [Your name] [Your address] [Your customer reference if you are a United Utilities customer]
This overflow sits in the Stretford and Urmston constituency — currently represented by Andrew Western (Labour). Click below to open WriteToThem with the letter copied to your clipboard — paste it into the message box.
Prefer to write to the MP for where you live? Enter your postcode and we'll redirect WriteToThem accordingly.
Subject: Constituent concern: United Utilities sewage discharge — overflow UUP01522 Dear [your MP — WriteToThem will fill this in], I am writing as your constituent to raise concern about ongoing sewage discharges from United Utilities in our area. A specific recent example is storm overflow UUP01522, which public Environment Agency data shows reporting its monitor offline (11 days) into the Red Brook. Evidence on the public record: - Status: monitor offline for 11 days — no spill detection in operation - Last 30 days: 3 spill events totalling 33 h - Cross-referenced flags from independent monitoring: 2 open Truth Engine discrepancies - Location: 53.41373, -2.44498 - Source: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub, OGL v3, cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.co.uk/overflow/11132) [Add your personal context here — e.g. how you use this stretch of water and how this incident affects you and your family.] I would like to ask: 1. Whether you support strengthening the regulatory regime for storm overflows and monitor coverage in particular 2. Whether you would raise this specific incident with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs or with Ofwat 3. What steps Parliament is taking to hold United Utilities accountable for the gap between shareholder distributions and the state of monitoring on the ground Yours sincerely, [Your name] [Your address — WriteToThem requires a postal address to verify constituency] Sources: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub · Environment Agency WIMS Water Quality Archive · cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.co.uk/overflow/11132)
MP details are looked up live from the UK Parliament Members API under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. River Truth makes no claim about this MP's voting or advocacy record on water issues — they are shown solely as the elected representative for this constituency.
For active pollution incidents — dead fish, foam, sewage on the riverbank — the EA hotline operates 24/7 and triggers a recorded investigation.