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Scunthorpe - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 9,715 hours in 2025 - That's 1.12 years , monitoring offline 1,948 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Scunthorpe for 2025. It is an estimate, based on very poor quality live data from the Water Companies. This may not align with the 'official' reported sewage values from the water companies, which is reported in April following then end of the year - so 2025 numbers are reported in April 2026.

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 - 2,343 hours , 135 offline
Feb - 59 hours , 220 offline
Mar - 0 hours , 55 offline
Apr - 2 hours , 340 offline
May - 13 hours , 145 offline
Jun - 26 hours , 186 offline
Jul - 413 hours , 222 offline
Aug - 332 hours , 117 offline
Sept - 408 hours , 74 offline
Oct - 30 hours , 213 offline
Nov - 3,165 hours , 172 offline
Dec - 2,905 hours , 59 offline
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Anglian Water THEALBY STW Unknown 49 942 h 18m -
Anglian Water THEALBY STW Unknown 83 856 h 50m -
Anglian Water WINTERINGHAM-STATION FARM SSO Haven Drain 46 635 h 14m -
Anglian Water Winteringham WRC River Humber T 51 608 h 9m 183 h
Severn Trent Water ALKBOROUGH STW (SSTO) River Humber 39 593 h 3m 25 h
Anglian Water CSO and EO at Howsham-Cadney Road TPS Froghall Drain - Kettleby Beck 27 542 h 47m -
Anglian Water NORMANBY-PARK SP Unnamed Drain 47 542 h 37m -
Anglian Water WINTERTON-EARLSGATE SP Winterton Homes Dr 24 524 h 35m -
Anglian Water HIBALDSTOW STW New R Ancholme 29 399 h 51m -
Anglian Water HIBALDSTOW STW Hibaldstow Catchwater River An 19 388 h 41m -
Anglian Water HIBALDSTOW STW Hibaldstow Catchwater River An 18 371 h 21m -
Severn Trent Water ALKBOROUGH STW (SSTO) River Humber 19 357 h 38m -
Anglian Water Winteringham WRC River Humber T 35 215 h 12m 11 h
Severn Trent Water ALKBOROUGH STW 6DWF (CSO) River Humber 24 189 h 16m -
Anglian Water WEST HALTON-WATER LANE SP Halton Drain 18 179 h 26m -
Anglian Water WEST HALTON-WATER LANE SP Halton Drain 18 172 h 43m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - SOUTH GRANGE (CSO) Bottesford Beck 15 147 h 49m 214 h
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - EAST COMMON LN (CSO) Bottesford Beck 42 140 h 27m 24 h
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - YADDLETHORP STW (SSTO) Bottesford Beck 18 114 h 50m -
Anglian Water NORMANBY-PARK SP Unnamed Drain 18 109 h 26m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - EAST COMMON LANE 122 (CSO) Bottesford Beck 37 102 h 55m 59 h
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - YADDLETHORP STW (SSTO) Bottesford Beck 15 98 h -
Severn Trent Water MESSINGHAM - BUTTERWICK RD (CSO) Messingham Catchwater Drain 22 95 h 35m 50 h
Severn Trent Water MESSINGHAM - BUTTERWICK RD (CSO) Messingham Catchwater Drain 15 94 h 41m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - EAST COMMON LN (CSO) Bottesford Beck 18 89 h 45m -
Severn Trent Water ALKBOROUGH STW 6DWF (CSO) River Humber 27 89 h 42m -
Anglian Water CSO and EO at Howsham-Cadney Road TPS Froghall Drain - Kettleby Beck 12 80 h 43m -
Severn Trent Water BURTON STATHER (STW) Burton And Flixborough Drain 15 80 h 36m 56 h
Anglian Water HIBALDSTOW STW New R Ancholme 16 80 h 3m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE-GUNNESS-71A STATION RD (CSO) Soak Mere Drain 18 74 h 15m 118 h
Severn Trent Water GUNNESS - DONCASTER ROAD (SSO) Gunness South Drain 12 71 h 59m -
Severn Trent Water KIRTON-IN-LINDSEY STW (SSTO) River Eau 10 67 h 9m 139 h
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - SCOTTER/MOORWELL RD (CSO) Bottesford Beck 20 65 h 32m 206 h
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - SOUTH GRANGE (CSO) Bottesford Beck 4 55 h 1m 65 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON STATHER STW (CSO) Burton And Flixborough Drain 23 52 h 34m 50 h
Severn Trent Water BURTON STATHER (STW) Burton And Flixborough Drain 11 52 h 9m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - EAST COMMON LANE 122 (CSO) Bottesford Beck 15 47 h 22m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - SCOTTER/MOORWELL RD (CSO) Bottesford Beck 14 47 h 4m -
Anglian Water WINTERTON-NORTH STREET SSO West Drain 12 34 h 58m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - BRIGG RD/STATION ROAD (CSO) Bottesford Beck 9 28 h 11m 58 h
Anglian Water Winterton - Park Street 1 Combined Sewer Overflow Winterton Holmes Dr 9 27 h 28m -
Severn Trent Water KIRTON-IN-LINDSEY STW (SSTO) River Eau 5 27 h 21m 42 h
Anglian Water Winterton - Park Street 1 Combined Sewer Overflow Winterton Holmes Dr 6 24 h 57m -
Anglian Water WHITTON STW Unnamed Drain To River Humber 11 23 h 25m -
Anglian Water SCAWBY SEWER SSO Unknown 27 23 h 14m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - ROCHDALE RD (CSO) Bottesford Beck 22 20 h 39m -
Severn Trent Water GUNNESS - DONCASTER ROAD (SSO) Gunness South Drain 3 19 h 49m -
Anglian Water WINTERTON-EARLSGATE SP Winterton Homes Dr 5 16 h 11m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE-GRANGE LANE NORTH SKO1 (CSO) Bottesford Beck 13 15 h 31m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE-GRANGE LANE NORTH SKO2 (CSO) Bottesford Beck 12 13 h 20m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - BRIGG RD/HIGH STREET (CSO) Bottesford Beck 10 11 h 16m -
Anglian Water WINTERTON-NORTH STREET SSO West Drain 2 10 h 59m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - CLIFF CLOSES ROAD (CSO) Neap House Drain 28 8 h 51m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE-GRANGE LANE NORTH SKO2 (CSO) Bottesford Beck 2 5 h 6m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - DONCASTER RD (CSO) Crosby Catchwater Drain 6 4 h 43m 100 h
Anglian Water SCAWBY SEWER SSO Unknown 3 3 h 57m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - BRIGG ROAD (CSO) Bottesford Beck Culvert 7 2 h 46m -
Severn Trent Water BURTON STATHER STW (CSO) Burton And Flixborough Drain 3 2 h 31m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE-GRANGE LANE NORTH SKO1 (CSO) Bottesford Beck 3 2 h 14m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - ROCHDALE RD (CSO) Bottesford Beck 4 1 h 53m 39 h
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - QUEENSWAY (CSO) Bottesford Beck 3 1 h 48m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - CLIFF CLOSES ROAD (CSO) Neap House Drain 6 1 h 43m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - BERKELEY STREET (CSO) Bottesford Beck Culvert 2 1 h 6m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - BURRINGHAM/DRYDEN RD (CSO) Earl Beauchamps Warping Drain 3 0 h 57m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - BRIAR WAY (SSO) Bottesford Beck Culvert 1 0 h 55m 396 h
Anglian Water WINTERINGHAM-STATION FARM SSO Haven Drain 1 0 h 47m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - BRIGG RD/STATION ROAD (CSO) Bottesford Beck 1 0 h 45m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - BRIGG RD/HIGH STREET (CSO) Bottesford Beck 1 0 h 8m -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - HIGH ST/FRANCES ST (CSO) Bottesford Beck Culvert 2 0 h 5m -
Anglian Water CSO and EO at Hibaldstow-Ings Lane TPS Of New River Ancholme 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - HIGH ST/FRANCES ST (CSO) Bottesford Beck Culvert 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - BURRINGHAM/DRYDEN RD (CSO) Earl Beauchamps Warping Drain 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - BERKELEY STREET (CSO) Bottesford Beck Culvert 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - BRIGG ROAD (CSO) Bottesford Beck Culvert 0 0 h -
Anglian Water HOWSHAM-BRIGG RD SP Un Kettleby Bec 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - SPENCER AV (CSO) Bottesford Beck Culvert 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - DONCASTER RD (CSO) Crosby Catchwater Drain 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - BRIAR WAY (SSO) Bottesford Beck Culvert 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water GUNNESS STW (CSO) River Trent 0 0 h -
Anglian Water CSO and EO at Hibaldstow - Station Road SP River Ancholme 0 0 h -
Anglian Water CSO and EO at Hibaldstow-Ings Lane TPS Of New River Ancholme 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - QUEENSWAY (CSO) Bottesford Beck 0 0 h -
Anglian Water CSO and EO at Hibaldstow - Station Road SP River Ancholme 0 0 h -
Severn Trent Water SCUNTHORPE - SPENCER AV (CSO) Bottesford Beck Culvert 0 0 h 106 h
Anglian Water WHITTON STW Unnamed Drain To River Humber 0 0 h -
Anglian Water HOWSHAM-BRIGG RD SP Un Kettleby Bec 0 0 h -

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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