Designated shellfish area 'RIBBLE' polluted by sewage 1,645 times in 2022 - lasting 9,234 hours

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Totals for RIBBLE in 2022
52 Sites polluted by United Utilities
1,645 sewage dumps
9,234 h duration
That's 1.07 years! On average 4.5 times a day
How does RIBBLE compare?

RIBBLE was the #8 most polluted shellfish area in England & Wales, by duration of sewage overflows, as reported by the water companies

Pollution Summary 2022

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for RIBBLE in 2022.

Accuracy Warning We use data from the water companies, but we are seeing many anomalies, that make us believe that location information is quite poor. The situation is likely far worse than reported here.

In particular: Totals on this page can differ from totals in the Ranked Shellfish page - number on this page are higher - this is due to a lack of standardization on shellfish area names. This page more accurately counts the differing names. For example "Solway" and "SOLWAY" are counted as different in the rankings, but correctly aggregated here.

Other CSOs may also be located nearby, however the water companies claim that these do not affect the water quality here.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
United Utilities Tarleton Runner MERE BROW WWTW 168 2,210 96.2
United Utilities Pool Stream NAZE LANE PUMPING STATION 96 1,145 100
United Utilities Tarra Carr Gutter LONGTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 105 1,136 99.7
United Utilities River Yarrow CROSTON WWTW CRSTN 68 811 100
United Utilities River Ribble Estuary PRESTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 47 542 100
United Utilities River Darwin FIELD EAST OF RIVER DARWIN CSO 93 489 99.7
United Utilities River Douglas WIGAN WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 37 463 100
United Utilities River Alt FORMBY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 79 425 99.7
United Utilities Wrea Brook LYTHAM ROAD 53 225 100
United Utilities Longton Brook CLIFFORD AVENUE CSO 26 128 100
United Utilities River Yarrow CHORLEY WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS 26 111 99.9
United Utilities River Ribble BLACKPOOL ROAD CSO 38 104 94.6
United Utilities Holme Beck Via Sws HOLME WWTW 68 102 100
United Utilities River Ribble HAWTHORN CRESCENT CSO 57 96 92.2
United Utilities Irish Sea WEST ROAD CSO 38055 9 96 96.5
United Utilities River Ribble WOLSELEY ROAD CSO 15 88 100
United Utilities Pool Stream LAMALEACH CSO 19008 21 86 100
United Utilities Boundary Brook Riv Ribble FACTORY LANE CSO 14 85 98.8
United Utilities Boundary Brook CAUSEY WAY COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 70 85 99
United Utilities Three Pools Waterway OUTS119 RUFFORD RD CSO 382PZ 35 67 97.5
United Utilities Hole Brook BLACKBURN WWTW 13 66 100
United Utilities River Ribble BROOK CORNER CSO 16 56 100
United Utilities Three Pools Waterway CROWLANDS STREET PUMPING STATION 71 53 100
United Utilities River Ribble Tidal Via Sws RIBBLETON LANE CSO 33103 8 50 100
United Utilities Dunkirk Dib SHORE ROAD NETWORK PUMPING STATION 42 49 100
United Utilities Liggard Brook LYTHAM PUMPING STATION 21 49 100
United Utilities Savick Bk, Ribble Est LEA GATE PUMPING STATION 25 44 100
United Utilities River Ribble FAIRHAVEN PS 14 38 100
United Utilities Crossens Pool SOUTHPORT WWTW 15 35 100
United Utilities Swillbrook Culvert FRENCHWOOD KNOLL CSO 331UX 83 34 99.4
United Utilities Tarleton Runner MERE BROW WWTW 8 31 100
United Utilities Carr Brook, Of Dow Brook KIRKHAM COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 18 28 95.2
United Utilities River Douglas SKELMERSDALE WWTW SKELM 11 28 99.7
United Utilities River Douglas SKELMERSDALE WWTW SKELM 18 27 100
United Utilities Rvr Ribble THORNPARK PUMPING STATION 33007 19 26 100
United Utilities River Ribble BALMORAL DRIVE/NORTH ROAD CSO 8 24 99.3
United Utilities Douglas Estuary HESKETH BANK WWTW HSKBK 6 23 100
United Utilities Swillbrook Clvrt R Ribble ALBYN STREET EAST CSO 33102 8 19 100
United Utilities River Alt Estuarine Waters RIVERSIDE ROAD PUMPING STATION 45 5 100
United Utilities Sandy Brook OPPOSITE NO.36 CARR LANE CSO 5 5 94.3
United Utilities Bannister Brook LEADALE ROAD CSO 402CQ 10 4 96.8
United Utilities River Ribble VALLEY ROAD PUMPING STATION 14 4 100
United Utilities Liggard Brook BALLAM ROAD PUMPING STATION 8 4 99.3
United Utilities Sandy Brook OPPOSITE NO. 320 LIVERPOOL ROAD CSO 5 3 100
United Utilities River Douglas HESKETH LANE CSO 8 3 100
United Utilities River Ribble FAIRHAVEN PS 4 3 100
United Utilities Unnamed Of Mill Brook THE GREENACRES CSO 3 3 91
United Utilities Moore Brook Culvert ST GEORGES ROAD CSO 8 2 100
United Utilities Savick Brook HASLAM PARK NORTH & SOUTH CSO 2 0 100
United Utilities River Ribble MANCHESTER RD/SELBOURNE RD CSO 2 0 100
United Utilities River Ribble RIVERSIDE ROAD CSO 1 0 98.9
United Utilities Fine Janes Brook AINSDALE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 1 0 100

Data Sources & Accuracy

EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales

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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