Scarborough and Whitby was polluted by sewage 2,341 times in 2023
lasting 15,052 hours - that's 1.74 years!

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Totals for Scarborough and Whitby in 2023
67 Sites polluted by Yorkshire Water
2,341 sewage dumps
15,052 h duration
That's 1.74 years! On average 6.4 times a day
Change Over Time
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Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Scarborough and Whitby in 2023. 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 0 of the total 76 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year, of which 0 had zero reporting.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Yorkshire Water Hertford LEBBERSTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 113 1,750 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea SCARBOROUGH WASTE WATER TREATMENT 75 1,125 99.9
Yorkshire Water Murk Esk GOATHLAND STW FINAL EFFLUENT 122 1,092 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Hertford LEBBERSTON BALANCING TANK 73 936 92.6
Yorkshire Water Culverted Runwick Beck RUNSWICK BECK CSO 76 832 99.2
Yorkshire Water River Esk GLAISDALE STW 110 701 100
Yorkshire Water Seamer Drain SEAMER SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 46 610 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea THE WHEATCROFT SHORT SEA OUTFALL 43 598 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk RUSWARP SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 126 503 99.7
Yorkshire Water North Sea RUNSWICK BAY SPS 32 459 99.8
Yorkshire Water Land RAVENSCAR SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 62 420 99.9
Yorkshire Water North Sea WHITBY ROAD BRIDGE CSO 79 406 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea COW WATH BECK CSO 38 390 99.7
Yorkshire Water River Esk DANBY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 86 358 99.9
Yorkshire Water North Sea And River Esk ENDEAVOUR WHARF PUMPING STATION 106 339 100
Yorkshire Water Scalby Beck - North Sea NEWBY BRIDGE STORM DETENTION TANK 33 320 100
Yorkshire Water Eller Beck GOATHLAND GREENWAY SPS 35 302 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk GROSMONT STW 41 290 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea ROBIN HOODS BAY SEA OUTFALL 35 274 100
Yorkshire Water Danby Beck BOTTON WPC WORKS 41 269 92.4
Yorkshire Water Ditch CARRS SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 31 268 100
Yorkshire Water Welldale Beck SNAINTON NO.2 FOULBRIDGE LANE SPS 27 248 100
Yorkshire Water Stainsacre Beck HAWSKER SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 58 242 100
Yorkshire Water Scalby Beck - North Sea HILLCREST AVENUE 31 215 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk EGTON BRIDGE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 45 193 100
Yorkshire Water River Hertford CARRHOUSE LANE CAYTON NO 2 CSO 43 186 99.8
Yorkshire Water Danby Beck CASTLETON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 75 157 99.9
Yorkshire Water Culverted River Hertford PLAXTONS FACTORY NO 2 CSO 39 143 100
Yorkshire Water River Hertford GRISTHORPE TANK CSO 23 125 95.1
Yorkshire Water North Sea SCALBY NESS OUTFALL 59 122 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Esk LEALHOLM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 42 120 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk LEALHOLM SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 15 111 95.8
Yorkshire Water Unnamed Drain River Hertford NESFIELD CLOSE CSO 16 89 100
Yorkshire Water Iburndale Beck LOWDALE LANE NO 2 CSO 21 88 100
Yorkshire Water Burniston Beck BURNISTON GARDENS CSO 27 85 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk BRIDGE INN CSO 19 76 23
Yorkshire Water Mickelby Beck MICKLEBY WPC WORKS 33 75 99.5
Yorkshire Water Dales Beck PORRET LANE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 40 74 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk ESPLANADE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 43 59 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea LYTHE BANK SPS 14 52 100
Yorkshire Water River Derwent AYTON FOOTBRIDGE SSO 33 52 89.2
Yorkshire Water Land BURNT HOWE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 20 51 100
Yorkshire Water Upgang Beck WHITBY GOLF COURSE CSO 17 25 100
Yorkshire Water Sea Cut GLYNNDALE DRIVE TANK SEWER 7 25 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea CAYTON BAY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 7 21 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea CORNER CAFE CSO 12 19 98.8
Yorkshire Water River Derwent CARR LANE EAST AYTON CSO 12 17 100
Yorkshire Water To Foul Sewer CLEVELAND AVENUE SSO 9 16 95.9
Yorkshire Water North Sea TOLL HOUSE STORMWATER OUTFALL 32 15 100
Yorkshire Water Spital Beck STAINSACRE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE 15 12 100
Yorkshire Water River Hertford Via Ditch DUNSLOW ROAD SPS 5 11 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk LOWER UNDERHILL CSO 11 11 100
Yorkshire Water Upgang Beck UPGANG LANE SPS 4 8 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea NEW ROAD BRIDGE CSO 10 7 97.7
Yorkshire Water Intake Beck STAINSACRE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 6 7 100
Yorkshire Water Bagdale Beck MAYFIELD ROAD CSO 7 5 88.1
Yorkshire Water West Beck MALLYAN SPOUT CSO 6 5 95
Yorkshire Water Danby Beck ASH GROVE CSO 13 4 92.4
Yorkshire Water River Esk BROOK PARK NO2 CSO 6 4 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea COD & LOBSTER SSO 10 3 100
Yorkshire Water Holbeck Ravine HOLBECK HILL CSO 9 3 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk PIER ROAD CSO 3 2 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Esk IVY HOUSE CSO 7 2 94.9
Yorkshire Water Upgang Beck SANDSEND SPS 4 0 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea AQUARIUM TOP STORMWATER OUTFALL 1 0 97
Yorkshire Water Iburndale Beck BIRCH AVENUE CSO 1 0 74.5
Yorkshire Water River Esk CRESCENT TERRACE CSO 1 0 100
Yorkshire Water Ditch AISLABY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 0 0 99.6
Yorkshire Water Black Dike CURLEW DRIVE CSO 0 0 94.2
Yorkshire Water Commondale Beck COMMONDALE WPC WORKS 0 0 17.8
Yorkshire Water West Beck / Murk Esk THE ORCHARD NO 2 CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water North Sea NORTH TERRACE CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk Tidal EAST CRESCENT CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water Staithes Beck WESLEY SQUARE STAITHES SPS 0 0 91.1
Yorkshire Water River Esk Tidal BOULBY BANK CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk ROYAL HOTEL CSO 0 0 91.9

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. 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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