Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Forest Of Bowland - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 3,260 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 2,045 hours , potential overflows 97 hours so far..

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Totals for Forest Of Bowland in 2026

Sewage3,260 hours
Monitoring offline2,045 hours
Potential pollution97 hours
Storm overflows46

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Daily Data - when it rained, and when they spilled

Square = rainfall none → heavy
Drop = sewage minutes → all day
Potential pollution Monitoring offline
Jan - 504 hours , 0 potential
Feb - 768 hours , 5 potential
Mar - 897 hours , 20 potential
Apr - 110 hours , 30 potential
May - 54 hours , 3 potential
Jun - 0 hours
Jul - 0 hours
Aug - 76 hours , 35 potential
Sept - 214 hours , 590 offline
Oct - 633 hours , 0 potential
Nov - 0 hours , 9 offline

Storm overflows in and around Forest Of Bowland

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
United Utilities WADDINGTON WwTW Bashall Brook 105 1,147h 10m -
United Utilities Austwick SPS Fen Beck Via Drying Beds 51 820h 23m 0 h
United Utilities Wray Wastewater Treatment Works (WRAYZ) (017270020) River Hindburn 92 557h 13m 128 h
United Utilities CATON WwTW River Lune 36 220h 2m 116 h
United Utilities GISBURN WwTW River Ribble 56 149h 32m 56 h
United Utilities LOW BENTHAM WwTW River Wenning 23 70h 2m -
United Utilities Calder Vale PS River Calder 17 55h 56m -
United Utilities SLAIDBURN WwTW River Hodder 6 47h 18m 11 h
United Utilities Chipping WwTW Chipping Brook 8 45h 8m -
United Utilities Hewlett Avenue CSO Tanyard Brook 15 34h 35m 651 h
United Utilities GISBURN WwTW River Ribble 10 29h 5m -
United Utilities Thurtell Cottages CSO River Lune 15 27h 5m 51 h
United Utilities ST MARYS CHURCH CSO Chipping Brook 8 25h 52m -
United Utilities Artle Beck CSO Artle Beck, River Lune 4 10h 52m -
United Utilities Bull Beck Brookhouse Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 251HH) (LAN0089) Bull Beck 3 10h 22m -
United Utilities Bolton by Bowland Skirden Beck 6 6h 52m 0 h
United Utilities REAR OF No4 RIBBLE AVENUE CSO Culverted Grindleton Brook 3 1h 50m -
United Utilities Hindburn Bridge PS River Ehen 3 1h 3m 9 h
United Utilities Artle Beck Road CSO Artle Beck, River Lune 3 0h 20m -
United Utilities Slaidburn PS River Hodder 1 0h 8m 1,043 h
United Utilities HORNBY WwTW River Wenning 2 0h 71 h
United Utilities GISBURN WwTW River Ribble 0 0h -
United Utilities Thurtell Cottages CSO River Lune 0 0h -
United Utilities Holden WwTW Holden Beck 0 0h -
United Utilities GISBURN WwTW River Ribble 0 0h -
United Utilities Clapham WwTW River Wenning 0 0h -
United Utilities CATON WwTW River Lune 0 0h -
United Utilities Wray Wastewater Treatment Works (WRAYZ) (017270020) River Hindburn 0 0h -
United Utilities Austwick SPS Fen Beck Via Drying Beds 0 0h -
United Utilities Clapham WwTW River Wenning 0 0h -
United Utilities HORNBY WwTW River Wenning 0 0h -
United Utilities Calder Vale PS River Calder 0 0h -
United Utilities SLAIDBURN WwTW River Hodder 0 0h -
United Utilities Sabden CSO Sabden Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Bull Beck Brookhouse Combined Sewer Overflow (Site ID 251HH) (LAN0089) Bull Beck 0 0h -
United Utilities LOW BENTHAM WwTW River Wenning 0 0h -
United Utilities Slaidburn PS River Hodder 0 0h -
United Utilities Holden WwTW Holden Beck 0 0h 3 h
United Utilities Hindburn Bridge PS River Ehen 0 0h -
United Utilities Bolton by Bowland Skirden Beck 0 0h -
United Utilities REAR OF No4 RIBBLE AVENUE CSO Culverted Grindleton Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Artle Beck CSO Artle Beck, River Lune 0 0h -
United Utilities Sabden CSO Sabden Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Artle Beck Road CSO Artle Beck, River Lune 0 0h -
United Utilities ST MARYS CHURCH CSO Chipping Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities WADDINGTON WwTW Bashall Brook 0 0h -

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

Annual figures up to and including 2025 come from official water company returns. The 2026 figure is our own estimate, derived continuously from the companies' live data feeds.

Uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.

This website is intended to provide an accurate representation of the Environment Agency data. The data is hard to use, and thus some errors may have been made. If you find something that is incorrect, please raise an issue at the GitHub issues page and we'll endeavour to fix it quickly.

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