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Leeds (Leeds)

Polluted by sewage 3,533 times in 2025 lasting 12,916 hours - That's 1.49 years!

Monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more

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Totals for Leeds (Leeds) in 2025

114 Sites polluted by Yorkshire Water
3,533 sewage dumps
12,916 hours duration
That's 1.49 years. On average 9.7 times a day

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Leeds (Leeds) 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 place 1 of the total 146 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. Of these 1 had zero reporting.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Yorkshire Water River Aire CITY SQUARE CSO 103 1,973 99.8
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck And River Aire KNOSTROP WWTW 158 1,197 99.97
Yorkshire Water River Aire RODLEY STORM TANK SITE 129 1,121 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire RAWDON TRANSFER SPS 84 815 100
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck BROOKLANDS LNE/NORTH PARKWAY CSO 45 777 100
Yorkshire Water Farnley Beck HOUGH SIDE WORKS CSO 86 540 99.8
Yorkshire Water Adel Beck MEANWOOD PARK SIDE CSO 57 341 98.1
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck FOUNDRY LANE CSO 39 295 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire ABBEYDALE MOUNT CSO 74 258 100
Yorkshire Water Aire And Calder Navigation THWAITEGATE PUBLIC SEWER 152 223 92.14
Yorkshire Water Bagley Beck BAGLEY BECK RODLEY CSO 43 201 100
Yorkshire Water King Lane Beck HARROGATE ROAD 135 CSO 67 199 99.9
Yorkshire Water River Aire DRIVER TERRACE CSO 80 198 99.7
Yorkshire Water Ringshaw Beck DALE FARM CSO 59 197 97.4
Yorkshire Water Mill Shaw Beck WIDE LANE WOODLANDS NO 2 CSO 49 188 96.2
Yorkshire Water River Aire MOSS BRIDGE ROAD CSO 51 167 99.4
Yorkshire Water Bagley Beck RODLEY BAGLEY LANE CSO 62 153 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire STANNINGLEY ROAD CSO 53 146 99.8
Yorkshire Water River Aire WILLOW RD, BURLEY LODGE RD & THORNV 59 146 100
Yorkshire Water Meanwood Beck HOLLIN DRIVE CSO 46 137 98.2
Yorkshire Water Adel Beck ADEL CHURCH LANE CSO 36 135 100
Yorkshire Water Adel Beck BUCKSTONE ROAD CSO 43 129 100
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck ELMETE LANE CSO 17 119 96.8
Yorkshire Water Cotton Mill Beck DEWSBURY ROAD 51 NO2 CSO 50 119 100
Yorkshire Water Sheepscar Beck SHEEPSCAR LANE NO 2 CSO 30 118 100
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck STOCKS RISE CSO 37 114 100
Yorkshire Water Balm Beck WESTBURY PLACE CSO 29 111 89.6
Yorkshire Water Stoney Rock Beck STONEYROCK LANE/COMPTON PLACE CSO 63 110 98.7
Yorkshire Water Bowling Beck THE FALLS SPS 19 106 98.4
Yorkshire Water Gipton Beck HAREHILLS AVENUE NO 2 CSO 48 99 100
Yorkshire Water Farnley Wood Beck DEAN BECK CSO 38 97 100
Yorkshire Water Mill Shaw Beck MILLSHAW NO. 2 CSO 37 94 99.3
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck CARTMELL DRIVE CSO 26 92 100
Yorkshire Water Lady Beck Culverted ROSEVILLE ROAD CSO 35 85 76
Yorkshire Water Gledhow Beck GLEDHOW LANE CSO 41 84 91.9
Yorkshire Water Leeds CALVERLEY EAST NO 2 CSO 52 83 94.7
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck SOUTH PARKWAY CSO 51 80 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire VILLAGE PLACE NO 2CSO 43 79 99.4
Yorkshire Water Gipton Beck HAREHILLS LANE NO 2 CSO 49 76 100
Yorkshire Water Meanwood Beck CLAREMONT CRESCENT NO.2 CSO 41 72 98.2
Yorkshire Water Cow Beck YORKSHIRE WATER HORSFORTH TRANSFER 37 71 100
Yorkshire Water Sturdy Beck WIGTON MOOR SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 24 70 100
Yorkshire Water Gledhow Beck ALLERTON PARK CSO 39 69 100
Yorkshire Water Oil Mill Beck HORSFORTH RING ROAD CSO 43 68 98.3
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck KNOSTROP CSO 12 67 99.9
Yorkshire Water Farsley Beck STANNINGLEY CSO 49 67 97
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck ROUNDHAY 110 CSO 37 67 100
Yorkshire Water Farnley Wood Beck WELLFIELD TERRACE CSO 37 63 100
Yorkshire Water Culverted Wyke Beck ROUNDHAY 109 NO 2 CSO 38 60 100
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck TEMPLE AVENUE CSO 25 59 100
Yorkshire Water Culverted River Aire MORRIS LANE CSO 37 59 100
Yorkshire Water Oil Mill Beck LOW LANE STORM SEWAGE OVERFLOW 34 57 100
Yorkshire Water Clvrtd Pudsey Beck LOWTOWN CSO 37 52 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire ST PAUL'S STREET CSO 18 50 98
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck ROUNDHAY PARK LANE CSO 37 49 100
Yorkshire Water Gipton Beck HARES ROAD NO 2 CSO 30 48 100
Yorkshire Water Wortley Beck Culverted LOWFIELDS ROAD CSO 30 45 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire MILFORD PLACE CSO 36 43 100
Yorkshire Water Farnley Beck FARNLEY RING ROAD CSO 22 40 100
Yorkshire Water Bagley Beck Culverted BAGLEY LANE 39 CSO 30 39 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire LEDGARD WAY CSO 27 36 96.2
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck LIDGETT PARK ROAD CSO 22 31 100
Yorkshire Water Culverted River Aire HEADINGLEY STATION CSO 21 29 99.9
Yorkshire Water Adel Beck SMITHY MILLS LANE CSO 22 27 99.8
Yorkshire Water Lady Beck SHANNON STREET CSO 22 27 100
Yorkshire Water Pudesy Beck HOUGHSIDE ROAD CSO 22 26 100
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck PARKWAY CLOSE CSO 18 23 90.3
Yorkshire Water Sheepscar Beck SHEEPSCAR WAY CSO 24 22 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire WYTHER LANE NO.2 CSO 33 22 100
Yorkshire Water Adel Beck BLACKMOOR ROAD NO.2 CSO 21 20 100
Yorkshire Water Wortley Beck Pumped Outlet WORTLEY VALLEY CSO 14 18 100
Yorkshire Water Pudsey Beck KENT ROAD CSO 17 18 100
Yorkshire Water Gledhow Beck ALLERTON GRANGE CSO 17 16 100
Yorkshire Water Millshaw Beck EAST COWICK SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 22 13 100
Yorkshire Water Lady Beck SKINNER LANE CSO 7 13 100
Yorkshire Water Farsley Beck SPRING VALLEY NO2 CSO 16 13 99.3
Yorkshire Water Culverted River Aire VESPER ROAD CSO 21 9 100
Yorkshire Water Deane Dike LUCY AVENUE CSO 11 9 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire CLAREMONT 271 CSO 13 8 96
Yorkshire Water Fox Wood Beck DEVONSHIRE CRESCENT CSO 14 8 100
Yorkshire Water Stourton Beck STOURTON SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 6 8 100
Yorkshire Water Meanwood Beck MEANWOOD PARK CSO 12 7 99.2
Yorkshire Water River Aire CANAL ROAD CSO 11 5 100
Yorkshire Water Leeds/Liverpool Canal LODGE FARM NO1 CSO 12 5 100
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck VICTORIA AVENUE NO 2 CSO 11 4 100
Yorkshire Water Gipton Beck ROUNDHAY MOUNT NO 2 CSO 11 4 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire WHITECOTE HILL CSO 10 4 98
Yorkshire Water Culvert Oil Mill Beck WEST PARK RING ROAD CSO 8 3 100
Yorkshire Water Cow Beck HAWKSWORTH ROAD, HORSFORTH CSO 7 3 85.6
Yorkshire Water River Aire FRASER AVENUE CSO 6 3 97.2
Yorkshire Water River Aire NEWLAY LANE 266 CSO 10 3 100
Yorkshire Water Farnley Wood Beck CHURWELL HILL CSO 5 3 100
Yorkshire Water C. Lingwell Gate Beck EAST ARDSLEY NO 2 CSO 6 3 100
Yorkshire Water Gipton Beck BAYSWATER ROAD CSO 7 2 100
Yorkshire Water Adel Beck STAIRFOOT LANE CSO 3 2 82.9
Yorkshire Water River Aire VICTORIA GARDENS CSO 8 2 100
Yorkshire Water Throstle Carr Beck THORPE ROAD CSO 6 2 100
Yorkshire Water Culverted Adel Beck OTLEY ROAD ADEL CSO 4 2 100
Yorkshire Water Farnley Beck STONEBRIDGE LANE CSO 6 2 100
Yorkshire Water Culv Leeds/Lpool Canal TOWN GATE CALVER CSO 4 2 93.4
Yorkshire Water Culverted River Aire SPEN LANE 184 CSO 5 1 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire VESPER LANE CSO 13 1 100
Yorkshire Water Wortley Beck EAST COWICK SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 4 1 100
Yorkshire Water Farsley Beck FULNECK CSO 1 1 74.3
Yorkshire Water River Aire BROADLEA HILL CSO 1 0 93
Yorkshire Water Culverted Oil Mill Bck LEEDS WEST PARK CSO 2 0 100
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck FOUNDRY MILL CSO 2 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire BRIGGATE NO 2 CSO 3 0 89
Yorkshire Water Adel Beck BYWATER FARM CSO 24 0 94.7
Yorkshire Water Bagley Beck Culverted BROOM MILLS CSO 2 0 99.4
Yorkshire Water Bagley Beck EAST COWICK SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 2 0 99.8
Yorkshire Water Culverted River Aire SPEN LANE 185 CSO 2 0 99.1
Yorkshire Water Stain Beck CARR MANOR ROAD CSO 1 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire WHITECOTE RISE CSO 1 0 99.4
Yorkshire Water Meanwood Beck ADEL RING ROAD CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire ARMLEY ROAD CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire BURLEY ROAD CSO 0 0 99.9
Yorkshire Water Lady Beck BYRON STREET CSO 0 0 93.3
Yorkshire Water River Aire CARDIGAN LANE CSO 0 0 99.9
Yorkshire Water Sheepscar Beck Via Sws CROWTHER PLACE CSO 0 0 99.7
Yorkshire Water Lady Beck EASTGATE LEEDS NO 2 CSO 0 0 81.7
Yorkshire Water Meanwood Beck HIGHBURY MOUNT CSO 0 0 99.9
Yorkshire Water Meanwood Beck MONKBRIDGE ROAD CSO 0 0 57.7
Yorkshire Water Meanwood Beck OAKFIELD WOOD LANE CSO 0 0 69.8
Yorkshire Water River Aire WOLSELEY ROAD CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck CROSS GATES CSO 0 0 99.9
Yorkshire Water Wyke Beck FEARNVILLE PLACE CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water Stain Beck EAST COWICK SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 0 0 99
Yorkshire Water Meanwood Beck MEANWOOD ROAD CSO 0 0 76.6
Yorkshire Water Sheepscar Beck NORTHSIDE CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water Meanwood Beck STONEGATE (CSO 174) CSO 0 0 97.2
Yorkshire Water Adel Beck VALLEY FARM CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire NEWLAY LANE CSO 0 0 99.9
Yorkshire Water Kirkstall Forge Goit Via Sws NEWLAY WOOD CRESCENT CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire UNDERWOOD DRIVE CSO 0 0 99.5
Yorkshire Water Hol Beck GLOBE ROAD CSO 0 0 90
Yorkshire Water Dean Dyke HALTON DEAN TIP CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water Hol Beck STOCKS HILL CSO 0 0 99.9
Yorkshire Water Denshaw Beck TIGLEY CSO, TINGLEY 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water Cotton Mill Beck YORKSHIRE WATER AUTHORITY STORM OVE 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water River Aire CANAL STREET CSO 0 0 0
Yorkshire Water River Aire ISLAND (RIVER AIRE) CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water Farsley Beck RICHARDSHAW LANE NO2 CSO 0 0 100
Yorkshire Water Bagley Beck SOUTH DRIVE NO 2 CSO 0 0 96.6
Yorkshire Water Farnley Beck SWINNOW VIEW CSO 0 0 93.1
Yorkshire Water Bagley Beck TOWN STREET RODLEY CSO 0 0 99.7

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. Live sewage data from Stream Water API

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