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Skipton and Ripon

Polluted by sewage 5,062 times in 2025 lasting 26,988 hours - That's 3.12 years!

Monitoring fell below 50% in some locations so could be more

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Live data for Skipton and Ripon in 2026

So far this year (as of 18 May 2026, 12:00) there has been 11,408 hours of sewage overflows, from 127 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s - that's 1.32 years!

Totals for Skipton and Ripon in 2025

95 Sites polluted by United Utilities Yorkshire Water
5,062 sewage dumps
26,988 hours duration
That's 3.12 years. On average 13.9 times a day

Change Over Time

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Skipton and Ripon 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 1 of the total 105 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
United Utilities River Greta INGLETON STW 144 2,445 100
United Utilities Fen Beck Via Drying Beds AUSTWICK PUMPING STATION CRA0010 97 1,842 99.5
Yorkshire Water River Nidd DARLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 130 1,641 100
Yorkshire Water Thornton Beck SHAW MILLS SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 126 1,595 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire SKIPTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 173 1,334 100
Yorkshire Water River Nidd PATELEY BRIDGE STW 94 1,325 100
Yorkshire Water River Wharfe BURLEY/MENSTON (SHEFFIELD) STW 80 1,143 100
Yorkshire Water Hetton Beck HETTON WWTW 73 1,131 99.5
United Utilities Hellifield HELLIFIELD STW 223 1,039 99.9
Yorkshire Water Tang Beck HIRST BRIDGE - KILLINGHALL NO.1 65 846 100
Yorkshire Water River Wharfe WEETON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 92 836 100
Yorkshire Water Haw Beck EMBSAY WWTW 74 808 100
United Utilities River Wenning HIGH BENTHAM WWTW (HGHBE) 157 802 99.35
Yorkshire Water Malham Beck MALHAM WWTW 70 718 100
Yorkshire Water Ings Beck DRAUGHTON WPC WORKS 63 657 83.6
Yorkshire Water Stainley Beck SOUTH STAINLEY SPS 29 548 99.1
United Utilities Long Preston Beck R Ribbl LONG PRESTON WWTW LNGPR 54 506 99.7
Yorkshire Water River Burn SWINTON MASHAM STW 62 476 100
Yorkshire Water River Niidd SUMMERBRIDGE CSO 55 473 100
Yorkshire Water River Ure RIPON WPC WORKS 1,162 457 100
United Utilities River Ribble SETTLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 59 446 99
United Utilities River Ribble HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE STW 35 433 100
Yorkshire Water River Ure MARKINGTON STW FINAL EFFLUENT 42 354 97.7
Yorkshire Water Thornton Beck THORNTON IN CRAVEN SPS 52 299 100
Yorkshire Water River Nidd DACRE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 48 281 100
Yorkshire Water River Nidd Via Sws NIDD WALK CSO 38 247 100
Yorkshire Water Weeton Beck BRIDGE HOUSE FARM CSO 36 231 99.9
Yorkshire Water Norton Beck WATH (RIPON) SEWAGE WORKS 47 218 99.7
Yorkshire Water Eller Beck CARLETON ROAD CSO 49 190 89.6
Yorkshire Water River Aire CONONLEY SPS 60 179 100
Yorkshire Water Waller Hill Beck ELLERBECK CSO 65 165 100
United Utilities River Greta BURTON-IN-LONSDALE STW 78 164 99.7
Yorkshire Water River Wharfe KETTLEWELL STW 90 161 100
Yorkshire Water Darley Beck DARLEY HEAD SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 23 138 100
Yorkshire Water River Wharfe BURNSALL CAR PARK SPS 27 135 100
Yorkshire Water Culverted Bedlam Dyke MARTON HALL FARM PUMPING STATION 26 131 100
Yorkshire Water Tranmire Goit GREWELTHORPE/GALPHAY/LAVERTON SCH 58 122 99.2
Yorkshire Water River Wharfe BEAMSLEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 120 118 100
Yorkshire Water Skell PARK STREET CSO 43 115 99.8
Yorkshire Water Embsay Beck EMBSAY CSO 49 109 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Ure MASHAM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 38 107 100
Yorkshire Water River Ure CLOCK TOWER CSO 43 100 74.7
Yorkshire Water West Beck ASKWITH SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 29 98 99.8
Yorkshire Water Laver GALPHAY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 35 97 100
Yorkshire Water Ickornshaw Beck WINKHOLME SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 22 95 99.8
Yorkshire Water Carleton Beck CARLETON WEST STREET SPS 45 87 100
Yorkshire Water Clvrt River Aire HARDINGS LANE CSO 34 83 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Ure SHAROW SPS 22 78 100
Yorkshire Water Stoney Rock Beck ACCOMMODATION ROAD CSO 39 76 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Rother EAST COWICK SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 11 74 96.8
Yorkshire Water Ickornshaw Beck CROFT MILLS CSO 45 73 100
Yorkshire Water River Wharfe CHURCH LANE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 19 71 96.9
Yorkshire Water River Ure MILLGATE MASHAM CSO 30 68 92.7
Yorkshire Water River Swale JAMESVILLE WAY CSO 31 65 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Wharfe GRASSINGTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 29 55 100
Yorkshire Water Laithehouse Beck BRADLEY OLD WORKS CSO 33 52 99.3
Yorkshire Water Skittergate Gutter STONEBRIDGE GATE CSO 11 48 99.5
Yorkshire Water Holme/Eastburn Beck SUTTON MAIN STREET CSO 25 47 100
Yorkshire Water River Nidd GLASSHOUSES BRIDGE CSO 18 47 100
Yorkshire Water Skell CLOTHERHOLME ROAD CSO 29 46 100
Yorkshire Water Lothersdale Beck LOTHERSDALE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 29 45 99.7
Yorkshire Water Kex Beck KIRKBY MALZEARD STW 21 43 100
Yorkshire Water Soakaway ST. ANDREWS TERRACE SPS 43 43 100
United Utilities Jenny Beck LEVER STREET NO 3 CSO 39 40 99.7
Yorkshire Water River Aire GARGRAVE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 11 39 100
Yorkshire Water River Nidd SHOW GROUND CSO 8 39 100
United Utilities River Ribble PENNY BRIDGE CSO 31 36 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire EASTBURN CSO 7 33 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire KILDWICK SPS 8 33 100
Yorkshire Water River Ure CSO AT CLOCK TOWER/STONEBRIDGE/ 30 31 83.93
Yorkshire Water Skell BLOSSOMGATE CSO 11 30 69.4
Yorkshire Water River Ure LEYBURN ROAD CSO 30 29 100
Yorkshire Water River Wharfe BOLTON BRIDGE SPS 5 23 98.4
Yorkshire Water Skibeden Beck REGENT DRIVE CSO 5 20 100
Yorkshire Water Skittergate Gutter STONEBRIDGEGATE FIRE STATION CSO 15 20 99.9
Yorkshire Water Norton Bk/Nunwick Bk/ FIELD 4751 MELMERBY CSO 14 15 100
United Utilities River Wenning CLAPHAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 3 15 100
Yorkshire Water River Nidd BIRSTWITH NO2 SPS 5 14 100
Yorkshire Water River Skell Via A Public Sewer BORRAGE BRIDGE CSO 28 14 100
Yorkshire Water Eller Beck GARGRAVE ROAD NO 2 CSO 8 13 91.6
Yorkshire Water Embsay Beck NEWLANDS NO 2 CSO 5 11 100
Yorkshire Water Skell KIRKBY ROAD CSO 8 9 88.9
Yorkshire Water River Ure SILVER STREET CSO 10 6 100
Yorkshire Water Holme Beck CROSS HILLS CSO 8 6 99.4
Yorkshire Water North Stainley Beck NORTH STAINLEY STW 1 6 100
Yorkshire Water Green Bottom Beck FELL VIEW CSO 2 4 99.8
Yorkshire Water River Skell Via Surface Wtr Sw MALLORIE PARK CSO 5 3 100
Yorkshire Water River Skell SKELL BRIDGE SPS 5 3 100
Yorkshire Water River Wharfe HEBDEN WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 2 2 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire EAST COWICK SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 2 2 100
Yorkshire Water Ripley Beck RIPLEY NO2 CSO 3 2 100
Yorkshire Water River Skell SOUTH CRESCENT CSO 1 0 100
United Utilities River Ribble GILDERSLEETS LANE CSO 151VM 1 0 97.2
Yorkshire Water Ickornshaw Beck COWLING CSO 1 0 99.9
Yorkshire Water Broad Beck ELLINGSTRING CSO 1 0 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Skell BONDGATE GREEN CSO 0 0 99.9
United Utilities R Ribble Via A Surface W Sewer BRIDGE END CSO 151F5 0 0 99.6
Yorkshire Water Eller Beck BROOK STREET CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire GARGRAVE HIGH STREET CSO 0 0 61.7
Yorkshire Water River Skell HARROGATE ROAD CSO 0 0 95.3
Yorkshire Water River Nidd PROPOSED SSO NO 14 MANHOLE 0 0 58.8
Yorkshire Water Middle Beck SUNNY RORD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 0 0 92.9
Yorkshire Water Holme Beck SUTTON FIELDS SPS 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water Swinney Beck SWINTON TERRACE CSO 0 0 77.2
Yorkshire Water River Skell WATER SKELLGATE CSO 0 0 45.8

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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

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