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Skipton and Ripon - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 23,287 hours in 2025 - That's 2.7 years , monitoring offline 49,353 hours , potential overflows 1,763 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Skipton and Ripon 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 - 4,158 hours , 23 potential
Feb - 494 hours , 260 potential
Mar - 18 hours , 52 potential
Apr - 0 hours , 10 potential
May - 300 hours , 120 potential
Jun - 648 hours , 408 potential
Jul - 524 hours , 69 potential
Aug - 45 hours , 3 potential
Sept - 2,671 hours , 99 potential
Oct - 1,896 hours , 88 potential
Nov - 5,346 hours , 269 potential
Dec - 7,180 hours , 356 potential
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
United Utilities INGLETON WwTW River Greta 118 1,991 h 5m 20 h
United Utilities INGLETON WwTW River Greta 57 1,338 h 7m -
United Utilities Austwick SPS Fen Beck Via Drying Beds 60 1,099 h 23m -
Yorkshire Water SHAW MILLS/STW Thornton Beck 71 1,096 h 8m -
Yorkshire Water DARLEY/STW River Nidd 77 998 h 56m -
Yorkshire Water HIRST LANE/CSO Tang Beck 60 785 h 43m -
United Utilities Austwick SPS Fen Beck Via Drying Beds 35 755 h 13m 0 h
Yorkshire Water WEETON/STW River Wharfe 73 672 h 51m -
Yorkshire Water MALHAM/NO 2 STW Malham Beck 59 637 h 53m -
Yorkshire Water PATELEY BRIDGE/STW River Nidd 51 623 h 26m -
United Utilities HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE WwTW River Ribble 44 617 h 48m 130 h
Yorkshire Water SKIPTON/STW/6XDWF OVERFLOW River Aire 100 599 h 49m -
United Utilities BURTON-IN-LONSDALE WwTW River Greta 73 556 h 19m 1,117 h
Yorkshire Water HETTON/STW Hetton Beck 68 537 h 2m -
United Utilities HIGH BENTHAM WwTW River Wenning 61 519 h 48m 42 h
Yorkshire Water DRAUGHTON/STW/6XDWF OVERFLOW Ings Beck 52 516 h 40m 91 h
Yorkshire Water SWINTON MASHAM/NO 2 STW River Burn 63 488 h 17m -
Yorkshire Water SKIPTON/STW/3XDWF OVERFLOW River Aire 52 468 h 39m -
Yorkshire Water SUMMERBRIDGE/CSO River Niidd 50 440 h 7m -
Yorkshire Water EMBSAY/STW/3XDWF OVERFLOW Haw Beck 66 403 h 42m -
Yorkshire Water MILLGATE MASHAM/CSO River Ure 44 397 h 49m 335 h
Yorkshire Water RIPON/STW River Ure 38 354 h 17m -
United Utilities HELLIFIELD WwTW Hellifield 44 331 h 45m 592 h
Yorkshire Water MARKINGTON/STW River Ure 37 330 h 43m 160 h
United Utilities Long Preston Wastewater Treatment Works (LNGPR) (017160041) Long Preston Beck R Ribbl 22 316 h 27m 45 h
United Utilities HELLIFIELD WwTW Hellifield 37 295 h 33m 114 h
United Utilities LOW BENTHAM WwTW River Wenning 43 283 h 46m -
United Utilities SETTLE WwTW River Ribble 44 273 h 39m -
Yorkshire Water THORNTON IN CRAVEN/CSO Thornton Beck 40 259 h 56m -
United Utilities HELLIFIELD WwTW Hellifield 60 237 h 4m 33 h
Yorkshire Water DACRE BANKS/CSO River Nidd 35 230 h 26m -
Yorkshire Water NIDD WALK/CSO River Nidd Via Sws 31 221 h 31m -
Yorkshire Water WATH RIPON/STW/3XDWF OVERFLOW Norton Beck 42 210 h 30m -
Yorkshire Water BRIDGE HOUSE FARM/CSO Weeton Beck 31 186 h 14m 13 h
Yorkshire Water CARLETON RD SKIPTON/CSO Eller Beck 39 180 h 53m 327 h
United Utilities SETTLE WwTW River Ribble 15 180 h 46m -
United Utilities Long Preston Wastewater Treatment Works (LNGPR) (017160041) Long Preston Beck R Ribbl 31 178 h 36m -
United Utilities HIGH BENTHAM WwTW River Wenning 16 177 h 25m 2 h
Yorkshire Water RIPON/STW River Ure 49 151 h 56m -
Yorkshire Water BURNSALL CAR PK/CSO River Wharfe 36 148 h 33m -
Yorkshire Water PARK STREET/CSO Skell 23 139 h 5m 83 h
Yorkshire Water DARLEY/STW River Nidd 29 134 h 33m -
Yorkshire Water OLD CATTLE MARKET/CSO Waller Hill Beck 55 133 h 58m -
Yorkshire Water CONONLEY WORKS/NO 2 CSO River Aire 45 129 h 5m -
Yorkshire Water GREWELTHORPE/CSO Tranmire Goit 49 127 h 12m 51 h
Yorkshire Water DARLEY HEAD/CSO Darley Beck 20 124 h 3m -
Yorkshire Water SHAW MILLS/STW Thornton Beck 33 123 h 46m -
Yorkshire Water MARTON HALL FARM/SPS Culverted Bedlam Dyke 20 111 h 30m -
United Utilities HIGH BENTHAM WwTW River Wenning 58 109 h 45m 70 h
United Utilities HELLIFIELD WwTW Hellifield 55 108 h 27m 285 h
United Utilities HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE WwTW River Ribble 6 99 h 27m -
Yorkshire Water PATELEY BRIDGE/STW River Nidd 13 96 h 15m -
Yorkshire Water CLOCK TOWER/CSO River Ure 42 95 h 48m -
Yorkshire Water WINKHOLME/CSO Ickornshaw Beck 22 92 h 30m -
Yorkshire Water STONEBRIDGE GATE/CSO Skittergate Gutter 15 82 h 57m 7 h
Yorkshire Water ASKWITH/CSO West Beck 24 80 h 5m 82 h
Yorkshire Water KETTLEWELL/STW River Wharfe 49 77 h 32m -
Yorkshire Water EMBSAY/CSO Embsay Beck 38 77 h 16m -
Yorkshire Water CARLETON WEST ST/CSO Carleton Beck 29 66 h 10m -
Yorkshire Water MASHAM/STW River Ure 31 66 h 4m -
Yorkshire Water SHAROW/CSO River Ure 19 66 h -
Yorkshire Water BEAMSLEY/STW River Wharfe 60 64 h 56m 110 h
Yorkshire Water BRADLEY OLD WKS/CSO Laithehouse Beck 19 64 h 22m -
Yorkshire Water KETTLEWELL/STW River Wharfe 18 53 h 51m -
Yorkshire Water KIRKBY ROAD/CSO Skell 21 53 h -
Yorkshire Water JAMESVILLE WAY/CSO River Swale 22 51 h 28m -
Yorkshire Water CROFT MILLS/CSO Ickornshaw Beck 22 48 h 43m -
Yorkshire Water LINTON/CSO River Wharfe 15 46 h 27m -
Yorkshire Water GRASSINGTON/STW River Wharfe 21 46 h 20m -
Yorkshire Water GARGRAVE/STW River Aire 24 45 h 39m -
Yorkshire Water HARDINGS LANE/CSO Clvrt River Aire 25 42 h 58m -
Yorkshire Water FIELD 4751 MELMERBY/CSO Norton Bk/Nunwick Bk/ 5 41 h 36m -
Yorkshire Water GLASSHOUSES BRIDGE/CSO River Nidd 16 40 h 32m -
Yorkshire Water CLOTHERHOLME/CSO Skell 23 39 h 13m -
Yorkshire Water SOUTH STAINLEY/CSO Stainley Beck 6 37 h 26m 514 h
Yorkshire Water SHOW GROUND/CSO River Nidd 8 30 h 4m -
United Utilities Penny Bridge CSO River Ribble 21 29 h 26m -
Yorkshire Water BLOSSOMGATE/CSO Skell 10 29 h 1m 2,081 h
United Utilities BURTON-IN-LONSDALE WwTW River Greta 12 25 h 56m 0 h
Yorkshire Water NEWBRIDGE/CSO River Ure 21 23 h 56m -
Yorkshire Water LOTHERSDALE/CSO Lothersdale Beck 15 23 h 53m -
Yorkshire Water CROSS HILLS/CSO Holme Beck 8 22 h 36m -
Yorkshire Water LEYBURN ROAD/CSO River Ure 26 22 h 3m -
United Utilities HIGH BENTHAM WwTW River Wenning 15 16 h 30m 23 h
United Utilities LOW BENTHAM WwTW River Wenning 7 15 h 52m -
United Utilities Clapham WwTW River Wenning 2 15 h 14m 4 h
Yorkshire Water STONEBRIDGEGTE FR STN/CSO Skittergate Gutter 11 14 h 23m -
Yorkshire Water BIRSTWITH/NO 2 CSO River Nidd 7 13 h 18m -
Yorkshire Water EASTBURN/CSO River Aire 5 9 h 55m -
Yorkshire Water REGENT DRIVE/NO 2 CSO Skibeden Beck 3 9 h 40m 4,873 h
Yorkshire Water BOLTON BRIDGE/CSO River Wharfe 4 8 h 48m 3,125 h
Yorkshire Water DRAUGHTON PRIORS LANE/CSO Ings Beck 1 8 h 36m 2,816 h
United Utilities Penny Bridge CSO River Ribble 5 6 h 24m -
Yorkshire Water GARGRAVE ROAD/NO 2 CSO Eller Beck 5 6 h 23m 684 h
Yorkshire Water BORRAGE BRIDGE/CSO River Skell Via A Public Sewer 12 6 h 12m -
Yorkshire Water NORTH STAINLEY/STW North Stainley Beck 1 6 h 7m -
Yorkshire Water SILVER STREET/CSO River Ure 8 5 h 45m -
Yorkshire Water KILDWICK/CSO River Aire 7 5 h 31m -
Yorkshire Water FELL VIEW EMBSAY/NO 2 CSO Green Bottom Beck 5 4 h 55m -
Yorkshire Water GARGRAVE HIGH STREET/CSO River Aire 2 4 h 29m 166 h
Yorkshire Water SKELL BRIDGE/CSO River Skell 5 3 h 21m -
Yorkshire Water NEWLANDS/NO 2 CSO Embsay Beck 2 3 h 1m -
Yorkshire Water MALLORIE PARK/CSO River Skell Via Surface Wtr Sw 2 1 h 19m -
Yorkshire Water LOW MILL ROAD/CSO River Ure 2 0 h 56m 702 h
United Utilities Gildersleets Lane CSO River Ribble 1 0 h 36m -
Yorkshire Water SUNNY ROYD/CSO Middle Beck 1 0 h 13m 3,097 h
Yorkshire Water GALPHAY/CSO Laver 0 0 h 3,688 h
Yorkshire Water SUTTON FIELDS/SPS Holme Beck 0 0 h -
Yorkshire Water HEBDEN/STW River Wharfe 0 0 h -
Yorkshire Water ELLINGSTRING/CSO Broad Beck 0 0 h -
Yorkshire Water COWLING/CSO Ickornshaw Beck 0 0 h -
Yorkshire Water BROOK STREET/CSO Eller Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities Bridge End CSO R Ribble Via A Surface W Sewer 0 0 h -
United Utilities Gildersleets Lane CSO River Ribble 0 0 h 19 h
Yorkshire Water RIPLEY/NO 2 CSO Ripley Beck 0 0 h -
Yorkshire Water AIRTON/SPS River Aire 0 0 h -
Yorkshire Water BORRAGE BRIDGE 80/CSO River Ure 0 0 h -
Yorkshire Water KIRKBY MALZEARD/STW Kex Beck 0 0 h -
United Utilities Clapham WwTW River Wenning 0 0 h -
Yorkshire Water SWINTON TERRACE/CSO Swinney Beck 0 0 h 2,549 h
Yorkshire Water HARROGATE ROAD/CSO River Skell 0 0 h 6,281 h
Yorkshire Water FIELD 0064 DARLEY RD/CSO River Nidd 0 0 h 20 h
Yorkshire Water ST ANDREWS TERRACE/SPS Soakaway 0 0 h 2,681 h
Yorkshire Water SOUTH CRESCENT/CSO River Skell 0 0 h 8,632 h
Yorkshire Water WATER SKELLGATE/CSO River Skell 0 0 h 5,410 h
United Utilities Bridge End CSO R Ribble Via A Surface W Sewer 0 0 h 21 h
Yorkshire Water BONDGATE GREEN/CSO River Skell 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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