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Richmond and Northallerton

Polluted by sewage 2,642 times in 2025 lasting 17,422 hours - That's 2.02 years!

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Live data for Richmond and Northallerton in 2026

So far this year (as of 18 May 2026, 12:00) there has been 12,323 hours of sewage overflows, from 135 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s - that's 1.43 years!

Totals for Richmond and Northallerton in 2025

80 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water Yorkshire Water
2,642 sewage dumps
17,422 hours duration
That's 2.02 years. On average 7.2 times a day

Change Over Time

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Richmond and Northallerton in 2025. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Reporting refers to how much of the time the monitoring was active. In this constituency all the declared CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s appeared to have monitoring enabled for more than 50% of the year

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Yorkshire Water Marske Beck MARSKE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 170 2,045 99.6
Yorkshire Water River Ure LEYBURN WPC WORKS 118 1,770 99.8
Yorkshire Water River Swale COLBURN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 85 1,384 99.95
Northumbrian Water Potto Beck SWAINBY STW 72 1,236 100
Northumbrian Water River Leven GREAT BROUGHTON STW 56 845 99.8
Northumbrian Water Aldbrough Beck ALDBROUGH ST JOHN SEWAGE PUMPING 47 649 99.9
Yorkshire Water Stell NORTH COWTON STW 63 613 100
Yorkshire Water Burton Beck CONSTABLE BURTON STW 57 543 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Leven GREAT AYTON STW 50 532 99.5
Yorkshire Water Hunton Beck HUNTON STW FINAL EFFLUENT 63 500 99.9
Yorkshire Water Carr Beck INGLEBY CROSS SPS 49 411 100
Yorkshire Water River Swale THE BATTS CSO 87 376 100
Yorkshire Water River Ure HAWES SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 78 371 100
Yorkshire Water River Swale RICHMOND SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 52 364 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Wiske NORTHALLERTON & ROMANBY STW 51 363 100
Yorkshire Water Sour Beck ARC FACTORY CSO 40 349 100
Northumbrian Water Barton Beck BARTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 43 295 94.25
Northumbrian Water Ingleby Beck INGLEBY GREENHOW STW 33 274 99.8
Yorkshire Water Holme Beck RAVENSWORTH SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 45 234 99.5
Yorkshire Water River Ure EAST WITTON CSO 33 229 98.6
Yorkshire Water River Swale RICHMOND SSO 77 211 100
Yorkshire Water Bedale Beck LEEMING BAR SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 29 189 99.4
Northumbrian Water Forcett Beck EPPLEBY SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS 26 182 99.9
Yorkshire Water Wiske/Swale EAST COWICK SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 74 170 100
Northumbrian Water River Leven HUTTON RUDBY SPS 41 169 99.9
Northumbrian Water Alum Beck Leven Catchment CARLTON IN CLEVELAND STW 89 166 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Ure PARK VIEW CSO 42 158 100
Northumbrian Water River Leven STOKESLEY SPS NO 2 CSO 35 145 99.9
Yorkshire Water Willow Beck SPRINGWELL LANE NORTH CSO 57 139 98.5
Yorkshire Water River Bain BAINBRIDGE STW 64 138 100
Northumbrian Water River Leven CSO AT CRATHORNE PUMPING STATION 35 133 100
Northumbrian Water River Leven WEST END SPS 14 127 83.8
Yorkshire Water Cottages Beck SHUTE ROAD NO2 SPS 18 126 100
Yorkshire Water River Swale RIVERSIDE ROAD NO.2 CSO 48 126 100
Northumbrian Water Leven STOKESLEY PUMPING STATION NO 1 SSO 29 105 98.2
Northumbrian Water Spa Beck CROFT PS 17 105 69.6
Northumbrian Water River Leven LEVENSIDE/MANOR CLOSE CSO 24 100 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Leven STOKESLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 15 99 99.9
Northumbrian Water Seamer Stell SEAMER PS 24 90 92.7
Yorkshire Water River Swale RUGBY FIELD RICHMOND CSO 47 83 100
Yorkshire Water River Swale REETH ROAD NO 2 CSO 48 80 100
Yorkshire Water Bellerby Beck BELLERBY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 32 77 100
Yorkshire Water Harmby Beck HARMBY COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 29 77 97.3
Yorkshire Water Arkle Beck REETH/FREMINGTON/GRINTON STW 43 76 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Esk SLEIGHTS SPS 46 73 100
Northumbrian Water Waterfall Beck MELSONBY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 15 72 99.9
Yorkshire Water Sun Beck APPLEGARTH BRIDGE CSO 39 71 100
Northumbrian Water River Leven HUTTON RUDBY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 10 68 99.8
Northumbrian Water Tees, To MANFIELD SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS SSO 45 67 99.4
Yorkshire Water Unnamed Cow Lane Beck MIDDLETON TYAS STW 20 67 99.8
Yorkshire Water Skeeby Beck SKEEBY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 16 66 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Wiske APPLETON WISKE STW 13 66 100
Yorkshire Water River Swale CATTERICK BRIDGE SPS 23 61 100
Northumbrian Water River Tame TAME BRIDGE PS 6 59 86.6
Yorkshire Water Hunton Beck SEWAGE PUMPING STATION LOW HALL 9 59 100
Yorkshire Water River Ure MIDDLEHAM SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 24 43 99.8
Yorkshire Water Paddock Beck ASKRIGG SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 16 19 100
Northumbrian Water Forcett Beck EPPLEBY COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 10 19 100
Yorkshire Water Gilling Beck GILLING WEST SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 7 15 99.6
Northumbrian Water River Leven SOWERBY CRESCENT/NORTH RD JUNCT CSO 6 14 71
Northumbrian Water River Leven GRIBDALE TERRACE STW 14 13 98.4
Northumbrian Water Tees STRAIT LANE CSO 10 11 94.3
Northumbrian Water Meadowfield Stell TANTON ROAD CSO 2 11 99.7
Northumbrian Water Barton Beck LONG BRIDGE CSO 5 11 99.8
Yorkshire Water River Swale MORTON ON SWALE SPS 4 10 100
Northumbrian Water Broughton Beck GREAT BROUGHTON & KIRBY CSO MH6 5 7 94
Northumbrian Water West Beck - Leven KIRKBY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION CSO 2 5 99.5
Yorkshire Water Common Stell SCRUTON WPC WORKS 2 5 99.5
Yorkshire Water Tunstall Beck TUNSTALL SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 5 5 97.6
Yorkshire Water River Wiske YAFFORTH SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 6 4 100
Yorkshire Water Scorton Beck BOLTON ON SWALE SPS 1 4 100
Yorkshire Water River Ure AYSGARTH FALLS STW 4 3 100
Yorkshire Water Carr Beck INGLEBY ARNCLIFFE WPC WORKS STORM T 3 2 100
Yorkshire Water River Swale RICHMOND BRIDGE NO2 CSO 6 2 100
Northumbrian Water Broughton Beck HIGH STREET CSO 4 1 91
Yorkshire Water River Swale RICHMOND BATHS CSO 6 1 100
Yorkshire Water River Swale GUNNERSIDE STW 4 1 88.1
Yorkshire Water River Swale CATTERICK SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 1 1 100
Yorkshire Water Newton Beck NEWTON LE WILLOWS STW 3 1 57.45
Yorkshire Water River Wiske MILL HILL LANE SSO 1 0 100
Northumbrian Water Aldbrough Beck ALDBROUGH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 0 0 92.3
Yorkshire Water River Wiske CHANTRY ROAD SSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water Hunton Beck CHURCH BANK CSO 0 0 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Wiske DANBY WISKE SPS 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Swale GREAT LANGTON SPS 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Wiske HALFWAY HOUSE SSO 0 0 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Ure HETTON GARTH CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water Culverted River Swale MOWBRAY ROAD SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 0 0 99.9
Yorkshire Water Howe Beck OTTERINGTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
Northumbrian Water River Tees STAPLETON SPS 0 0 99.8
Yorkshire Water Gayle Beck THE HOLME BRIDGE CSO 0 0 100

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