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

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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