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Ribble Valley - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 4,488 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 1,877 hours , potential overflows 1,163 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Ribble Valley so far for 2026. It is an estimate, based on very poor quality live data from the Water Companies. The water companies report their sewage to the Environment Agency every year in April. You can see the last reported year in the other page

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 - 763 hours , 52 potential
Feb - 1,979 hours , 58 potential
Mar - 1,584 hours , 346 potential
Apr - 53 hours , 705 potential
May - 108 hours , 0 potential
Jun - 0 hours
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
United Utilities WADDINGTON WwTW Bashall Brook 66 811h 1m -
United Utilities BARTON WwTW Barton Brook 50 690h 22m 12 h
United Utilities BILLINGTON WwTW River Calder 43 458h 55m -
United Utilities Stirk House Hotel PS Wheatley Beck, River Ribble 27 270h 30m -
United Utilities WHALLEY WwTW River Calder 30 258h 7m -
United Utilities Hurst Green WwTW Dean Brook 44 254h 39m 1,158 h
United Utilities CLITHEROE WwTW Barrow Clough/Pendleton Brook 25 235h 29m -
United Utilities Field East of River Darwin CSO River Darwin 26 150h 51m 1 h
United Utilities Ridding Lane Combined Sewage Overflow River Calder 30 139h -
United Utilities M/H 63 East End of Copster Green CSO Dinckley Brook 36 129h 46m -
United Utilities GISBURN WwTW River Ribble 33 100h 33m 55 h
United Utilities Sharoe Green Hospital CSO Savick Brook 43 97h 50m 42 h
United Utilities WILPSHIRE WwTW Showley Brook 18 80h 5m 4 h
United Utilities Hennel Lane CSO River Darwen 8 79h 9m -
United Utilities GRINDLETON WwTW River Ribble/West Clough Brook 8 61h 58m -
United Utilities West Bradford WwNPS West Bradford Brook 11 59h 13m -
United Utilities WALTON-LE-DALE WwTW River Ribble Estuary 6 53h 19m 678 h
United Utilities Mellor Brook PS Mellor Brook 16 48h 21m -
United Utilities Whittams Farm CSO Un River Calder 31 47h 56m -
United Utilities Gregson Lane Area CSO Duddon Estuary 26 47h 32m 1 h
United Utilities Lower Brundhurst Farm CSO Mellor Brook 23 46h 53m -
United Utilities Lower Tabley PS Woodplumpton Brook 5 46h 34m -
United Utilities Black Bull Lane M/H C1 Savick Brook 11 45h 48m 5 h
United Utilities Daub Hall Lane, Walton-le-Dale CSO Black Brook 17 43h 44m -
United Utilities South of Old Langho Road CSO Bushburn Brook 3 26h 15m -
United Utilities SLAIDBURN WwTW River Hodder 3 25h 4m 11 h
United Utilities ST MARYS CHURCH CSO Chipping Brook 6 21h 34m -
United Utilities GISBURN WwTW River Ribble 5 19h 59m -
United Utilities Petre Arms Roundabout CSO Stream Bushburn Brook 6 19h 34m -
United Utilities Spring Gardens(Waddington) CSO Waddington Brook 13 16h 58m -
United Utilities Chipping WwTW Chipping Brook 2 15h 47m -
United Utilities Yew Tree Drive CSO Arley Brook 9 15h 31m -
United Utilities Cann Bridge Street CSO River Darwen 11 13h 48m -
United Utilities West of Dewhurst Farm CSO Dinckley Brook 8 12h 38m -
United Utilities Duddle Lane CSO Hennel Brook 3 11h 10m -
United Utilities BLACKBURN WwTW Hole Brook 3 10h 19m 17 h
United Utilities Causey Way CSO Boundary Brook 3 9h 46m -
United Utilities Bolton by Bowland Skirden Beck 3 4h 22m 0 h
United Utilities Sharoe Green Lane combined sewer overflow (33034) (PRE0124) Savick Brook 4 3h 34m -
United Utilities Longridge Combined Sewer Overflow Savick Brook 2 2h 6m -
United Utilities MH Y6 Havelock Road CSO River Lostock 1 1h 18m 2 h
United Utilities Rear of Lunar Caravans CSO River Lostock 2 0h 52m 3 h
United Utilities REAR OF No4 RIBBLE AVENUE CSO Culverted Grindleton Brook 2 0h 26m -
United Utilities Slaidburn PS River Hodder 1 0h 8m 1,043 h
United Utilities Garstang Road Bridge CSO Savick Brook 1 0h 2m -
United Utilities Yew Tree Drive CSO Arley Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Lower Tabley PS Woodplumpton Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Copster Green Sewer Ejector Station Showley Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Cann Bridge Street CSO River Darwen 0 0h -
United Utilities Bolton by Bowland Skirden Beck 0 0h -
United Utilities CUERDALE LANE CSO River Ribble 0 0h -
United Utilities West of Dewhurst Farm CSO Dinckley Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities RIBCHESTER WwTW River Ribble 0 0h -
United Utilities Cow Hill Lane, Preston CSO (33100) Savick Brook Rvr Ribble 0 0h -
United Utilities WHALLEY WwTW River Calder 0 0h -
United Utilities Field East of River Darwin CSO River Darwin 0 0h -
United Utilities Black Bull Lane M/H C1 Savick Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities RIBCHESTER WwTW River Ribble 0 0h -
United Utilities Hennel Lane CSO River Darwen 0 0h -
United Utilities Cow Hill Lane, Preston CSO (33100) Savick Brook Rvr Ribble 0 0h -
United Utilities Holden WwTW Holden Beck 0 0h 3 h
United Utilities WILPSHIRE WwTW Showley Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Petre Arms Roundabout CSO Stream Bushburn Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Duddle Lane CSO Hennel Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities WADDINGTON WwTW Bashall Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities ST MARYS CHURCH CSO Chipping Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Copster Green Sewer Ejector Station Showley Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities REAR OF No4 RIBBLE AVENUE CSO Culverted Grindleton Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Daub Hall Lane, Walton-le-Dale CSO Black Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Slaidburn PS River Hodder 0 0h -
United Utilities Garstang Road Bridge CSO Savick Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Whittams Farm CSO Un River Calder 0 0h -
United Utilities Sharoe Green Lane combined sewer overflow (33034) (PRE0124) Savick Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities MH Y6 Havelock Road CSO River Lostock 0 0h -
United Utilities Sharoe Green Hospital CSO Savick Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities RIBCHESTER WwTW River Ribble 0 0h -
United Utilities SLAIDBURN WwTW River Hodder 0 0h -
United Utilities Holden WwTW Holden Beck 0 0h -
United Utilities RIBCHESTER WwTW River Ribble 0 0h -
United Utilities Mellor Brook PS Mellor Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities BARTON WwTW Barton Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Rear of Lunar Caravans CSO River Lostock 0 0h -
United Utilities GISBURN WwTW River Ribble 0 0h -
United Utilities Brownedge Lane CSO Cockshott Bk Trb R Darwen 0 0h -
United Utilities BLACKBURN WwTW Hole Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Grimsargh CSO Tun Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Osbaldeston PS Bezza Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Osbaldeston PS Bezza Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities WALTON-LE-DALE WwTW River Ribble Estuary 0 0h -
United Utilities Stirk House Hotel PS Wheatley Beck, River Ribble 0 0h -
United Utilities Grimsargh CSO Tun Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Lower Brundhurst Farm CSO Mellor Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Ridding Lane Combined Sewage Overflow River Calder 0 0h -
United Utilities South of Old Langho Road CSO Bushburn Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities GISBURN WwTW River Ribble 0 0h -
United Utilities Brownedge Lane CSO Cockshott Bk Trb R Darwen 0 0h -
United Utilities Longridge Combined Sewer Overflow Savick Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities West Bradford WwNPS West Bradford Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities CLITHEROE WwTW Barrow Clough/Pendleton Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities BILLINGTON WwTW River Calder 0 0h -
United Utilities Gregson Lane Area CSO Duddon Estuary 0 0h -
United Utilities M/H 63 East End of Copster Green CSO Dinckley Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Spring Gardens(Waddington) CSO Waddington Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities Hurst Green WwTW Dean Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities CUERDALE LANE CSO River Ribble 0 0h -
United Utilities Causey Way CSO Boundary Brook 0 0h -
United Utilities GRINDLETON WwTW River Ribble/West Clough 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

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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