Scarborough and Whitby polluted by sewage 1,365 times in 2022 - lasting 4,992 hours

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Totals for Scarborough and Whitby in 2022

62 Sites polluted by Yorkshire Water

1,365 sewage dumps
4,992 h duration

That's 6.93 months. On average 3.7 times a day

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Waterways in Scarborough and Whitby

Pollution Summary 2022

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Scarborough and Whitby in 2022. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
Yorkshire Water	Hertford	LEBBERSTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	77	984	99.8
Yorkshire Water	Murk Esk	GOATHLAND STW FINAL EFFLUENT	82	433	99.7
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	SCARBOROUGH WASTE WATER TREATMENT	32	352	99.4
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	RUSWARP SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	98	341	100
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	DANBY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	91	297	99.9
Yorkshire Water	River Hertford	LEBBERSTON BALANCING TANK	28	256	100
Yorkshire Water	Culverted Runwick Beck	RUNSWICK BECK CSO	25	215	43.6
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	LEALHOLM SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	24	212	99.6
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	GLAISDALE STW	75	193	100
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	COW WATH BECK CSO	28	175	100
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	WHITBY ROAD BRIDGE CSO	59	155	99.7
Yorkshire Water	North Sea And River Esk	ENDEAVOUR WHARF PUMPING STATION	56	106	100
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	THE WHEATCROFT SHORT SEA OUTFALL	11	97	99.7
Yorkshire Water	Stainsacre Beck	HAWSKER SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	44	90	99.8
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	ROBIN HOODS BAY SEA OUTFALL	13	88	92.9
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	GROSMONT STW	17	86	100
Yorkshire Water	Land	RAVENSCAR SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	35	81	97.7
Yorkshire Water	Eller Beck	GOATHLAND GREENWAY SPS	12	69	97.4
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	SCALBY NESS OUTFALL	47	65	100
Yorkshire Water	River Hertford	CARRHOUSE LANE CAYTON NO 2 CSO	23	62	100
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	EGTON BRIDGE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	31	62	99.8
Yorkshire Water	Mickelby Beck	MICKLEBY WPC WORKS	36	55	97.7
Yorkshire Water	Danby Beck	CASTLETON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	49	52	99.7
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	ESPLANADE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	66	50	99.9
Yorkshire Water	Scalby Beck - North Sea	HILLCREST AVENUE	13	48	99.8
Yorkshire Water	Culverted River Hertford	PLAXTONS FACTORY NO 2 CSO	20	32	100
Yorkshire Water	Seamer Drain	SEAMER SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	6	30	99.8
Yorkshire Water	Scalby Beck - North Sea	NEWBY BRIDGE STORM DETENTION TANK	5	29	99.9
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	BRIDGE INN CSO	14	27	22.6
Yorkshire Water	Iburndale Beck	LOWDALE LANE NO 2 CSO	12	25	100
Yorkshire Water	Upgang Beck	WHITBY GOLF COURSE CSO	12	25	100
Yorkshire Water	Danby Beck	BOTTON WPC WORKS	6	24	74.8
Yorkshire Water	Ditch	CARRS SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	6	19	100
Yorkshire Water	River Derwent	AYTON FOOTBRIDGE SSO	18	19	98
Yorkshire Water	Burniston Beck	BURNISTON GARDENS CSO	10	17	100
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	ROYAL HOTEL CSO	11	14	66.6
Yorkshire Water	Unnamed Drain River Hertford	NESFIELD CLOSE CSO	6	14	100
Yorkshire Water	West Beck	MALLYAN SPOUT CSO	17	12	68.6
Yorkshire Water	Welldale Beck	SNAINTON NO.2 FOULBRIDGE LANE SPS	4	7	100
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	LOWER UNDERHILL CSO	7	7	99.8
Yorkshire Water	Sea Cut	GLYNNDALE DRIVE TANK SEWER	5	7	75.3
Yorkshire Water	Dales Beck	PORRET LANE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	20	6	99.8
Yorkshire Water	River Derwent	CARR LANE EAST AYTON CSO	6	5	100
Yorkshire Water	Spital Beck	STAINSACRE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE	13	4	100
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	LEALHOLM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	9	3	98.9
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	BROOK PARK NO2 CSO	16	3	100
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	IVY HOUSE CSO	8	3	99.4
Yorkshire Water	To Foul Sewer	CLEVELAND AVENUE SSO	7	2	85.9
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	CORNER CAFE CSO	6	2	100
Yorkshire Water	Danby Beck	ASH GROVE CSO	9	2	100
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	TOLL HOUSE STORMWATER OUTFALL	20	1	100
Yorkshire Water	Upgang Beck	UPGANG LANE SPS	3	1	100
Yorkshire Water	Intake Beck	STAINSACRE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	4	1	99.4
Yorkshire Water	River Hertford Via Ditch	DUNSLOW ROAD SPS	2	1	100
Yorkshire Water	River Hertford	GRISTHORPE TANK CSO	1	0	99.4
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	NEW ROAD BRIDGE CSO	2	0	99.8
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	PIER ROAD CSO	1	0	100
Yorkshire Water	Holbeck Ravine	HOLBECK HILL CSO	2	0	100
Yorkshire Water	River Esk	CRESCENT TERRACE CSO	1	0	99.9
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	NORTH TERRACE CSO	1	0	99.8
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	COD & LOBSTER SSO	1	0	100
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	LYTHE BANK SPS	2	0	100
Yorkshire Water	Ditch	AISLABY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	0	0	100
Yorkshire Water	Spital Beck	ST PETERS ROAD CSO	0	0	0
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	AQUARIUM TOP STORMWATER OUTFALL	0	0	100
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	RUNSWICK BAY SPS	0	0	100
Yorkshire Water	Throxenby Bk/Scalby Bk/Sea Cut	LADY EDITH'S DRIVE CSO	0	0	0
Yorkshire Water	Bagdale Beck	MAYFIELD ROAD CSO	0	0	85.3
Yorkshire Water	North Sea	CAYTON BAY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	0	0	99.5
Yorkshire Water	Scalby Beck	SSO AT JUNCTION OF	0	0	0
Yorkshire Water	River Esk Tidal	EAST CRESCENT CSO	0	0	14.2
Yorkshire Water	Commondale Beck	COMMONDALE WPC WORKS	0	0	0
Yorkshire Water	West Beck / Murk Esk	THE ORCHARD NO 2 CSO	0	0	99.7
Yorkshire Water	Iburndale Beck	BIRCH AVENUE CSO	0	0	99.6
Yorkshire Water	River Esk Tidal	BOULBY BANK CSO	0	0	100
Yorkshire Water	Black Dike	CURLEW DRIVE CSO	0	0	88.5
Yorkshire Water	Upgang Beck	SANDSEND SPS	0	0	99.8
Yorkshire Water	Staithes Beck	WESLEY SQUARE STAITHES SPS	0	0	99.6

Data Sources & Accuracy

EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales

Experimental derived data from Thames Water API, Some data may be missing or inaccurate. This uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.

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Scarborough and Whitby polluted by sewage 1,365 times in 2022 - lasting 4,992 hours

62 Sites polluted by Yorkshire Water

Pollution Summary 2022

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