Skipton and Ripon was polluted by sewage 5,753 times in 2024
lasting 45,890 hours - that's 5.31 years!
- but monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more

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Live data for Skipton and Ripon in 2025

So far this year (as of Apr 16, 2025, 6:00 PM) there has been 1,896 hours of sewage overflows - that's 0.22 years!

Totals for Skipton and Ripon in 2024

97 Sites polluted by United Utilities, Yorkshire Water

5,753 sewage dumps
45,890 h duration

That's 5.31 years! On average 15.8 times a day

Change Over Time

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Waterways in Skipton and Ripon

Daily Data

We get information about overflowing CSOs since January 2025. Here is a chart of the last three months of data for Skipton and Ripon, here you can see overflows in red, the darker the red, the more the CSO overflowed that day.

Each CSO has a row, the most recent data is on the right hand side.

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Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Skipton and Ripon in 2024. 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 locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year, of which 1 had zero reporting.

Company	Waterway	Site	Sewage Dumps	Duration (Hours)	Reporting %
Yorkshire Water	River Nidd	DARLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	232	3,185	99.95
United Utilities	River Greta	INGLETON STW	174	2,961	100
Yorkshire Water	River Wharfe	WEETON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	164	2,442	100
Yorkshire Water	River Nidd	PATELEY BRIDGE STW	139	2,348	99.95
United Utilities	Fen Beck Via Drying Beds	AUSTWICK PUMPING STATION CRA0010	117	2,155	99.9
Yorkshire Water	River Burn	SWINTON MASHAM STW	229	2,124	99.9
Yorkshire Water	River Wharfe	BURLEY/MENSTON (SHEFFIELD) STW	126	1,950	100
Yorkshire Water	Hetton Beck	HETTON WWTW	110	1,819	92.8
Yorkshire Water	Haw Beck	EMBSAY WWTW	127	1,681	100
United Utilities	River Wenning	HIGH BENTHAM WWTW (HGHBE)	221	1,541	98.9
Yorkshire Water	River Nidd	DACRE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	118	1,469	97.2
Yorkshire Water	River Aire	SKIPTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	201	1,417	99.95
Yorkshire Water	Thornton Beck	SHAW MILLS SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	179	1,401	99.8
Yorkshire Water	Tang Beck	HIRST BRIDGE - KILLINGHALL NO.1	95	1,368	100
United Utilities	Long Preston Beck R Ribbl	LONG PRESTON WWTW LNGPR	119	1,255	100
United Utilities	Hellifield	HELLIFIELD STW	307	1,052	99.9
Yorkshire Water	Malham Beck	MALHAM WWTW	77	940	100
United Utilities	River Ribble	HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE STW	89	915	100
Yorkshire Water	River Ure	MILLGATE MASHAM CSO	139	915	96
Yorkshire Water	River Ure	MASHAM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	67	874	100
Yorkshire Water	River Ure	RIPON WPC WORKS	104	753	100
Yorkshire Water	Stainley Beck	SOUTH STAINLEY SPS	39	696	67.3
Yorkshire Water	Eller Beck	CARLETON ROAD CSO	136	670	95.9
United Utilities	River Ribble	SETTLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	71	537	99
Yorkshire Water	River Ure	MARKINGTON STW FINAL EFFLUENT	56	535	100
Yorkshire Water	River Nidd Via Sws	NIDD WALK CSO	58	516	96.3
Yorkshire Water	River Niidd	SUMMERBRIDGE CSO	55	387	100
Yorkshire Water	River Wharfe	HEBDEN WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	50	367	99.9
Yorkshire Water	Norton Beck	WATH (RIPON) SEWAGE WORKS	58	354	100
Yorkshire Water	Thornton Beck	THORNTON IN CRAVEN SPS	58	353	99.9
Yorkshire Water	Weeton Beck	BRIDGE HOUSE FARM CSO	50	353	100
Yorkshire Water	Ings Beck	DRAUGHTON WPC WORKS	62	349	99.65
Yorkshire Water	River Aire	CONONLEY SPS	72	318	100
Yorkshire Water	River Wharfe	KETTLEWELL STW	97	302	100
Yorkshire Water	River Rother	EAST COWICK SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	64	290	99.7
United Utilities	River Greta	BURTON-IN-LONSDALE STW	95	262	97.4
Yorkshire Water	Embsay Beck	EMBSAY CSO	66	250	99.6
Yorkshire Water	Tranmire Goit	GREWELTHORPE/GALPHAY/LAVERTON SCH	74	247	100
Yorkshire Water	River Aire	KILDWICK SPS	44	241	99.7
Yorkshire Water	Skittergate Gutter	STONEBRIDGEGATE FIRE STATION CSO	54	241	99.8
Yorkshire Water	River Wharfe	BEAMSLEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	104	238	100
Yorkshire Water	River Wharfe	CHURCH LANE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	41	210	99.8
Yorkshire Water	Carleton Beck	CARLETON WEST STREET SPS	74	206	99.8
Yorkshire Water	Waller Hill Beck	ELLERBECK CSO	74	197	99.8
Yorkshire Water	River Wharfe	BURNSALL CAR PARK SPS	35	192	100
Yorkshire Water	West Beck	ASKWITH SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	44	188	100
Yorkshire Water	Culverted Bedlam Dyke	MARTON HALL FARM PUMPING STATION	31	188	100
Yorkshire Water	River Aire	GARGRAVE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	64	178	100
Yorkshire Water	Kex Beck	KIRKBY MALZEARD STW	54	168	100
Yorkshire Water	Darley Beck	DARLEY HEAD SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	35	158	100
Yorkshire Water	Skell	PARK STREET CSO	47	158	99.8
Yorkshire Water	Laver	GALPHAY SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	34	144	100
Yorkshire Water	River Ure	CLOCK TOWER CSO	35	137	41.2
Yorkshire Water	Clvrt River Aire	HARDINGS LANE CSO	38	125	100
Yorkshire Water	Skell	BLOSSOMGATE CSO	34	117	100
Yorkshire Water	Stoney Rock Beck	ACCOMMODATION ROAD CSO	58	109	100
Yorkshire Water	River Nidd	SHOW GROUND CSO	22	97	100
Yorkshire Water	Skittergate Gutter	STONEBRIDGE GATE CSO	24	95	90.5
Yorkshire Water	Holme/Eastburn Beck	SUTTON MAIN STREET CSO	30	86	98.2
Yorkshire Water	River Nidd	BIRSTWITH NO2 SPS	20	84	95.5
United Utilities	River Wenning	CLAPHAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS	3	83	100
Yorkshire Water	River Aire	EASTBURN CSO	21	80	99.9
Yorkshire Water	River Nidd	GLASSHOUSES BRIDGE CSO	28	76	100
United Utilities	River Ribble	PENNY BRIDGE CSO	37	73	100
Yorkshire Water	Ickornshaw Beck	WINKHOLME SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	23	71	100
Yorkshire Water	Skell	CLOTHERHOLME ROAD CSO	30	62	100
Yorkshire Water	River Wharfe	GRASSINGTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	36	54	100
Yorkshire Water	North Stainley Beck	NORTH STAINLEY STW	7	51	99.6
Yorkshire Water	River Swale	JAMESVILLE WAY CSO	20	46	70.3
Yorkshire Water	Lothersdale Beck	LOTHERSDALE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS	18	40	77.3
Yorkshire Water	Ickornshaw Beck	CROFT MILLS CSO	15	39	18.5
Yorkshire Water	River Ure	SHAROW SPS	12	37	100
Yorkshire Water	River Skell Via A Public Sewer	BORRAGE BRIDGE CSO	31	33	100
Yorkshire Water	River Wharfe	BOLTON BRIDGE SPS	10	29	99.9
Yorkshire Water	River Ure	LEYBURN ROAD CSO	19	22	99.9
Yorkshire Water	Laithehouse Beck	BRADLEY OLD WORKS CSO	15	20	92.5
Yorkshire Water	Norton Bk/Nunwick Bk/	FIELD 4751 MELMERBY CSO	18	20	99.9
Yorkshire Water	Skibeden Beck	REGENT DRIVE CSO	9	18	98.2
Yorkshire Water	Embsay Beck	NEWLANDS NO 2 CSO	12	13	100
Yorkshire Water	River Ure	SILVER STREET CSO	16	12	100
Yorkshire Water	Eller Beck	GARGRAVE ROAD NO 2 CSO	10	10	99.9
Yorkshire Water	Ripley Beck	RIPLEY NO2 CSO	11	7	97.8
Yorkshire Water	River Aire	GARGRAVE HIGH STREET CSO	4	7	94.1
United Utilities	R Ribble Via A Surface W Sewer	BRIDGE END CSO 151F5	3	5	99.4
Yorkshire Water	Soakaway	ST. ANDREWS TERRACE SPS	10	5	100
Yorkshire Water	River Skell Via Surface Wtr Sw	MALLORIE PARK CSO	8	4	99.7
Yorkshire Water	Skell	KIRKBY ROAD CSO	4	4	91.7
Yorkshire Water	River Aire	EAST COWICK SEWAGE PUMPING STATION	3	3	99.9
Yorkshire Water	Green Bottom Beck	FELL VIEW CSO	4	3	98.9
Yorkshire Water	River Skell	SKELL BRIDGE SPS	5	2	100
Yorkshire Water	Holme Beck	CROSS HILLS CSO	6	2	100
Yorkshire Water	River Skell	SOUTH CRESCENT CSO	5	1	100
United Utilities	Jenny Beck	LEVER STREET NO 3 CSO	3	1	99.2
Yorkshire Water	River Nidd	PROPOSED SSO NO 14 MANHOLE	2	1	38
Yorkshire Water	Eller Beck	BROOK STREET CSO	2	0	100
Yorkshire Water	River Ure	CSO AT CLOCK TOWER/STONEBRIDGE/	1	0	90.73
Yorkshire Water	Holme Beck	SUTTON FIELDS SPS	1	0	100
Yorkshire Water	Broad Beck	ELLINGSTRING CSO	0	0	100
Yorkshire Water	Ickornshaw Beck	COWLING CSO	0	0	100
Yorkshire Water	River Skell	BONDGATE GREEN CSO	0	0	100
United Utilities	River Ribble	GILDERSLEETS LANE CSO 151VM	0	0	99.1
Yorkshire Water	River Skell	WATER SKELLGATE CSO	0	0	75.6
Yorkshire Water	Middle Beck	SUNNY RORD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	0	0	99.4
Yorkshire Water	Swinney Beck	SWINTON TERRACE CSO	0	0	0
Yorkshire Water	River Skell	HARROGATE ROAD CSO	0	0	94.7

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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