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Melton and Syston - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 6,043 hours in 2025 , monitoring offline 8,487 hours , potential overflows 377 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Melton and Syston for 2025. It is an estimate, based on very poor quality live data from the Water Companies. This may not align with the 'official' reported sewage values from the water companies, which is reported in April following then end of the year - so 2025 numbers are reported in April 2026.

What's a potential overflow? If the CSO goes 'Offline' while its Overflowing, we don't know if it stopped overflowing until we get a 'Stop' event.

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Daily Data

Jan - 1,901 hours , 259 potential
Feb - 110 hours , 96 potential
Mar - 15 hours , 228 offline
Apr - 1 hours , 452 offline
May - 144 hours , 235 offline
Jun - 10 hours , 314 offline
Jul - 96 hours , 321 offline
Aug - 32 hours , 368 offline
Sept - 107 hours , 278 offline
Oct - 80 hours , 405 offline
Nov - 1,621 hours , 21 potential
Dec - 1,919 hours , 216 offline
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Anglian Water KNOSSINGTON STW Unnamed Stream River Gwash 80 713 h 23m -
Anglian Water KNOSSINGTON STW Unnamed Stream River Gwash 31 570 h 7m -
Severn Trent Water WYMONDHAM (STW) River Wreake 26 391 h 58m 12 h
Severn Trent Water HARBY STW (SSTO) Stroom Dyke 30 286 h 42m -
Severn Trent Water GADDESBY - NETHER END (CSO) Gaddesby Brook 37 285 h 6m 36 h
Severn Trent Water NETHER BROUGHTON STW (SSTO) Dalby Brook 29 281 h 53m -
Severn Trent Water HARBY STW (SSTO) Stroom Dyke 18 281 h 28m -
Severn Trent Water WYMONDHAM (STW) River Wreake 15 275 h 21m -
Severn Trent Water EATON - DISTRICT (SSO) River Devon 8 163 h 17m 48 h
Severn Trent Water BOTTESFORD STW (SSTO) River Devon 30 136 h 11m -
Severn Trent Water BURTON LAZARS STW (CSO) Burton Brook 9 111 h 14m -
Severn Trent Water WYCOMB - MAIN ROAD (CSO) River Eye + Various Brooks 6 98 h 35m -
Severn Trent Water SSTO OVERFLOW-3PG River Devon 8 79 h 42m -
Severn Trent Water FRISBY ON THE WREAKE (CSO) River Wreake 11 79 h 40m 114 h
Severn Trent Water COLD OVERTON STW (SSTO) Whissendine Brook 17 76 h 44m 123 h
Severn Trent Water SSTO OVERFLOW-3PG River Devon 38 74 h 7m 106 h
Severn Trent Water MELTON - LEICESTER BRIDGE O/L F (CSO) River Wreake 6 69 h 46m 292 h
Severn Trent Water NETHER BROUGHTON STW (SSTO) Dalby Brook 10 68 h 1m -
Severn Trent Water MELTON - ASFORDBY ROAD XXX (CSO) River Wreake 26 62 h 33m 1,034 h
Severn Trent Water WALTHAM (STW) Thorpe Brook 7 60 h 25m 24 h
Severn Trent Water FREEBY STW (CSO) Freeby Brook 23 57 h 10m 91 h
Severn Trent Water ASFORDBY PS (CSO) River Wreake 4 56 h 12m 167 h
Severn Trent Water SOMERBY STW (CSO) Somerby Brook 18 54 h 8m -
Severn Trent Water SYSTON - TURN STREET (SSO) Barkby Brook 6 53 h 41m 70 h
Severn Trent Water BARSBY - MAIN STREET (CSO) Barsby Brook 14 52 h 51m -
Severn Trent Water LONG CLAWSON - HOSE LANE (CSO) River And Canal 12 51 h 28m -
Severn Trent Water ROTHERBY - MAIN STREET (SSO) River Wreake 15 50 h 59m 58 h
Severn Trent Water MELTON - LEICESTER BRIDGE O/L G (CSO) River Wreake 5 49 h 16m -
Severn Trent Water FREEBY STW (CSO) Freeby Brook 8 48 h 43m -
Severn Trent Water TWYFORD - MAIN ROAD (CSO) Gaddesby Brook 10 48 h 37m -
Severn Trent Water SAXELBY - SAXELBYE LANE (SSO) River Wreake 8 45 h 47m 169 h
Severn Trent Water REDMILE (STW) Grimmer 14 44 h 57m 24 h
Severn Trent Water ASFORDBY - RIVERSIDE WALK (CSO) River Wreake 7 44 h 604 h
Severn Trent Water MELTON STW (SSTO) River Wreake 17 41 h 58m -
Severn Trent Water LONG CLAWSON - HOSE LANE (CSO) River And Canal 7 41 h 3m -
Severn Trent Water WOODHOUSE - RUSHEY FIELDS LANE (SSO) Various Sites River Soar 3 40 h 33m 108 h
Severn Trent Water ASFORDBY - PUMP LANE CSO River Wreake 12 38 h 43m 494 h
Severn Trent Water MELTON MOWBRAY - DALBY ROAD (CSO) River Wreake 4 38 h 17m -
Severn Trent Water ASFORDBY - RIVERSIDE WALK (CSO) River Wreake 6 36 h 12m -
Severn Trent Water GREAT DALBY - MAIN STREET (SSO) River Wreake 7 35 h 8m 131 h
Severn Trent Water SEAGRAVE - BUTCHERS LANE (CSO) River Soar 6 33 h 59m 213 h
Severn Trent Water HARBY - WATSONS LANE (CSO) Stroom Dyke 6 33 h 5m 229 h
Severn Trent Water MELTON MOWBRAY - DALBY ROAD (CSO) River Wreake 4 32 h 46m -
Severn Trent Water TWYFORD - MAIN ROAD (CSO) Gaddesby Brook 4 32 h 34m -
Severn Trent Water MELTON - LEICESTER BRIDGE O/L D (CSO) River Wreake 4 32 h 33m -
Severn Trent Water PLUNGAR - GRANBY LANE - PELLS FARM (SSO) Grantham Canal 20 32 h 14m 102 h
Severn Trent Water WALTHAM (STW) Thorpe Brook 9 29 h 54m -
Severn Trent Water FRISBY ON THE WREAKE (CSO) River Wreake 4 29 h 11m -
Severn Trent Water GADDESBY - NETHER END (CSO) Gaddesby Brook 9 29 h 8m -
Severn Trent Water QUENIBOROUGH EAST (CSO) Queniborough Brook 4 29 h 7m 13 h
Severn Trent Water CHADWELL - XXXXX FARM (CSO) Thorpe Brook 2 28 h 47m -
Severn Trent Water QUENIBOROUGH EAST (CSO) Queniborough Brook 4 25 h 24m -
Severn Trent Water EATON - DISTRICT (SSO) River Devon 3 25 h 23m 207 h
Severn Trent Water CHADWELL - XXXXX FARM (CSO) Thorpe Brook 3 25 h 7m 196 h
Severn Trent Water THRUSSINGTON - REARSBY ROAD (SSO) River Wreake 3 24 h 57m -
Severn Trent Water REARSBY - MILL ROAD PS (CSO) Rearsby Brook 5 23 h 26m 191 h
Severn Trent Water THRUSSINGTON - REARSBY ROAD (SSO) River Wreake 7 23 h 11m -
Severn Trent Water SOMERBY STW (CSO) Somerby Brook 6 23 h 10m -
Severn Trent Water MELTON - NOTTINGHAM RD/WELBY LN (CSO) River Wreake 9 22 h 52m -
Severn Trent Water THORPE SATCHVILLE (STW) Gaddesby Brook 5 22 h 48m 74 h
Severn Trent Water BOTTESFORD STW (SSTO) River Devon 7 22 h 25m -
Severn Trent Water ASHBY FOLVILLE - FOLVILLE STREET (CSO) Barsby Brook 3 22 h 9m 6 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON LAZARS STW (CSO) Burton Brook 8 19 h 8m 389 h
Severn Trent Water MELTON - ASFORDBY ROAD XXX (CSO) River Wreake 7 19 h 1m -
Severn Trent Water SEAGRAVE - BUTCHERS LANE (CSO) River Soar 3 17 h 4m -
Severn Trent Water STONESBY - KING STREET LANE (SSO) River Eye + Various Brooks 1 16 h 55m 112 h
Severn Trent Water BARSBY - MAIN STREET (CSO) Barsby Brook 4 16 h 32m -
Severn Trent Water ASHBY FOLVILLE - FOLVILLE STREET (CSO) Barsby Brook 3 16 h 31m -
Severn Trent Water WOODHOUSE - RUSHEY FIELDS LANE (SSO) Various Sites River Soar 2 16 h 2m -
Severn Trent Water COLD OVERTON STW (SSTO) Whissendine Brook 5 15 h 12m -
Severn Trent Water MELTON - BURTON ROAD/ANKLE HILL (CSO) River Wreake 3 14 h 26m -
Severn Trent Water BARKBY - FIELD 3234 (CSO) Barkby Brook 1 14 h 24m 239 h
Severn Trent Water MELTON - WILLOUGHBY CLOSE XX (CSO) River Wreake 1 13 h 59m -
Severn Trent Water REARSBY - MILL ROAD PS (CSO) Rearsby Brook 4 13 h 44m 38 h
Severn Trent Water STATHERN - HARBY LANE (CSO) Stroom Dyke 8 12 h 54m 486 h
Severn Trent Water GREAT DALBY - MAIN STREET (SSO) River Wreake 2 12 h 30m -
Severn Trent Water PLUNGAR - GRANBY LANE - PELLS FARM (SSO) Grantham Canal 4 12 h 22m -
Severn Trent Water SAXELBY - SAXELBYE LANE (SSO) River Wreake 3 12 h 16m -
Severn Trent Water MELTON MOWBRAY - SCALFORD ROAD (CSO) River Wreake 5 11 h 54m 812 h
Severn Trent Water SOUTH CROXTON - SCHOOL LANE PS (CSO) Queniborough Brook 3 10 h 52m 371 h
Severn Trent Water MELTON - LEICESTER BRIDGE O/L F (CSO) River Wreake 2 10 h 5m -
Severn Trent Water WARTNABY - SPRING LANE (SSO) River Wreake 3 7 h 57m -
Severn Trent Water HOBY - BROOKSBY ROAD (SSO) River Wreake 1 7 h 56m 134 h
Severn Trent Water STONESBY - KING STREET LANE (SSO) River Eye + Various Brooks 2 6 h 45m 89 h
Severn Trent Water STATHERN - HARBY LANE (CSO) Stroom Dyke 3 6 h 28m 38 h
Severn Trent Water REDMILE - CHURCH CORNER (CSO) Grimmer 1 6 h 7m 160 h
Severn Trent Water HARBY - WATSONS LANE (CSO) Stroom Dyke 2 5 h 45m -
Severn Trent Water RAGDALE STW (CSO&EO) River Trent 2 5 h 33m -
Severn Trent Water SOUTH CROXTON - SCHOOL LANE PS (CSO) Queniborough Brook 1 4 h 40m -
Severn Trent Water MELTON - LEICESTER BRIDGE O/L D (CSO) River Wreake 1 3 h 3m -
Severn Trent Water HOLWELL - MAIN STREET (SSO) River Wreake 2 2 h 38m -
Severn Trent Water REDMILE (STW) Grimmer 1 2 h 36m -
Severn Trent Water SCALFORD - THORPE SIDE (CSO) River Eye + Various Brooks 7 2 h 22m -
Severn Trent Water ASFORDBY - PUMP LANE CSO River Wreake 3 1 h 27m -
Severn Trent Water SYSTON - TURN STREET (SSO) Barkby Brook 1 1 h 18m -
Severn Trent Water MELTON - NOTTINGHAM RD/WELBY LN (CSO) River Wreake 2 0 h 52m -
Severn Trent Water SPROXTON - COSTON ROAD (SSO) River Eye + Various Brooks 2 0 h 39m -
Severn Trent Water GOADBY MARWOOD - KEMPS LANE (CSO) River Eye + Various Brooks 2 0 h 11m -
Severn Trent Water SCALFORD - THORPE SIDE (CSO) River Eye + Various Brooks 1 0 h 6m -
Severn Trent Water MELTON STW (SSTO) River Wreake 1 0 h -
Severn Trent Water RAGDALE STW (CSO&EO) River Trent 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water MELTON - LEICESTER BRIDGE O/L G (CSO) River Wreake 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water MELTON MOWBRAY - SCALFORD ROAD (CSO) River Wreake 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water HOLWELL - MAIN STREET (SSO) River Wreake 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SALTBY - STONESBY LANE (SSO) River Eye + Various Brooks 0 0 h 243 h
Severn Trent Water ASFORDBY PS (CSO) River Wreake 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water ROTHERBY - MAIN STREET (SSO) River Wreake 0 0 h 13 h
Severn Trent Water REDMILE - CHURCH CORNER (CSO) Grimmer 0 0 h 82 h
Severn Trent Water SPROXTON - COSTON ROAD (SSO) River Eye + Various Brooks 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water BARKBY - FIELD 3234 (CSO) Barkby Brook 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SALTBY - STONESBY LANE (SSO) River Eye + Various Brooks 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water MELTON - BURTON ROAD/ANKLE HILL (CSO) River Wreake 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water WYCOMB - MAIN ROAD (CSO) River Eye + Various Brooks 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water WARTNABY - SPRING LANE (SSO) River Wreake 0 0 h 48 h
Severn Trent Water HARBY - LANGER LANE (SSO) River And Canal 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water HARBY - LANGER LANE (SSO) River And Canal 0 0 h 133 h
Severn Trent Water GOADBY MARWOOD - KEMPS LANE (CSO) River Eye + Various Brooks 0 0 h 99 h
Severn Trent Water KIRBY BELLARS - WASHDYKE LANE (CSO) River Wreake 0 0 h 35 h
Severn Trent Water MELTON - LEICESTER ROAD PS (CSO) River Eye 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water HOBY - BROOKSBY ROAD (SSO) River Wreake 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water MELTON - LEICESTER ROAD PS (CSO) River Eye 0 0 h 12 h
Severn Trent Water ASHBY FOLVILLE STW (SSTO) Gaddesby Brook 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SYSTON - CLUMBER CLOSE (CSO) River Wreake 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water THORPE SATCHVILLE (STW) Gaddesby Brook 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SYSTON - CLUMBER CLOSE (CSO) River Wreake 0 0 h 378 h
Severn Trent Water KIRBY BELLARS - WASHDYKE LANE (CSO) River Wreake 0 0 h -

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

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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