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River Leven polluted by sewage 300 times in 2025 - lasting 2,248 hours

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Totals for River Leven in 2025
11 Sites polluted by Northumbrian Water
300 sewage dumps
2,248 h duration
That's 3.12 months. 5.8 times a week, on average
Constituencies along River Leven
Places along River Leven

Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Leven in 2025. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Northumbrian Water River Leven GREAT BROUGHTON STW 56 845 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Leven GREAT AYTON STW 50 532 99.5
Northumbrian Water River Leven HUTTON RUDBY SPS 41 169 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Leven STOKESLEY SPS NO 2 CSO 35 145 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Leven CSO AT CRATHORNE PUMPING STATION 35 133 100
Northumbrian Water River Leven WEST END SPS 14 127 83.8
Northumbrian Water River Leven LEVENSIDE/MANOR CLOSE CSO 24 100 99.7
Northumbrian Water River Leven STOKESLEY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 15 99 99.9
Northumbrian Water River Leven HUTTON RUDBY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 10 68 99.8
Northumbrian Water River Leven SOWERBY CRESCENT/NORTH RD JUNCT CSO 6 14 71
Northumbrian Water River Leven GRIBDALE TERRACE STW 14 13 98.4

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

Annual figures up to and including 2025 come from official water company returns. The 2026 figure is our own estimate, derived continuously from the companies' live data feeds.

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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