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Polluted by sewage 474 times in 2025 - lasting 1,935 hours
Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley was the #18 most polluted bathing area in England & Wales, by duration of sewage overflows, as reported by the water companies
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Donate NowHere are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Wharfe at Cromwheel, Ilkley in 2025.
We use data from the water companies, but we are seeing many anomalies that make us believe that bathing location information is quite poor. The situation is likely far worse than reported here.
If the locations of the sewage outlets look a bit unusual, it is likely that the reporting of the data from the water company is in error. We rely on their data in order to draw these maps.
Other CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s may also be located nearby, however the water companies claim that these do not affect the water quality here.
| Company | Waterway | Site | Sewage Dumps | Duration (Hours) | Reporting % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire Water | Ings Beck | DRAUGHTON WPC WORKS | 56 | 629 | 100 |
| Yorkshire Water | River Wharfe | ADDINGHAM NO.1 STORM TANKS | 41 | 370 | 100 |
| Yorkshire Water | River Wharfe | MIDDLETON (ILKLEY) PUMPING STATION | 24 | 214 | 100 |
| Yorkshire Water | River Wharfe | BURNSALL CAR PARK SPS | 27 | 135 | 100 |
| Yorkshire Water | River Wharfe | BEAMSLEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS | 120 | 118 | 100 |
| Yorkshire Water | River Wharfe | KETTLEWELL STW | 70 | 98 | 100 |
| Yorkshire Water | River Wharfe | CHURCH LANE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION | 19 | 71 | 96.9 |
| Yorkshire Water | River Wharfe | KETTLEWELL STW | 20 | 62 | 100 |
| Yorkshire Water | River Wharfe | ADDINGHAM NO.1 STORM TANKS | 28 | 61 | 100 |
| Yorkshire Water | River Wharfe | GRASSINGTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS | 29 | 55 | 100 |
| Yorkshire Water | River Wharfe | RIVADALE VIEW CSO | 20 | 48 | 100 |
| Yorkshire Water | Ings Beck | DRAUGHTON WPC WORKS | 7 | 27 | 67.2 |
| Yorkshire Water | River Wharfe | BOLTON BRIDGE SPS | 5 | 23 | 98.4 |
| Yorkshire Water | Town Beck | LOW MILL LANE 179 CSO | 6 | 17 | 95.8 |
| Yorkshire Water | River Wharfe | HEBDEN WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS | 2 | 2 | 100 |
| Yorkshire Water | Spicey Gill | BRIDGE LANE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION | 0 | 0 | 96.8 |
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.
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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