River Esk polluted by sewage 417 times in 2025 - lasting 1,568 hours

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Totals for River Esk in 2025
13 Sites polluted by Yorkshire Water
417 sewage dumps
1,568 h duration
That's 2.18 months. On average 1.1 times a day
Places along River Esk

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Yorkshire Water River Esk GLAISDALE STW 79 471 99.7
Yorkshire Water River Esk RUSWARP SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 67 291 99.8
Yorkshire Water River Esk GROSMONT STW 43 222 99.95
Yorkshire Water River Esk EGTON BRIDGE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 37 150 99.8
Yorkshire Water River Esk LEALHOLM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 33 111 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk DANBY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 38 99 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk SLEIGHTS SPS 46 73 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk BRIDGE INN CSO 29 68 99.7
Yorkshire Water River Esk LEALHOLM SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 10 37 99.8
Yorkshire Water River Esk ESPLANADE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 22 21 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk BROOK PARK NO2 CSO 6 12 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk LOWER UNDERHILL CSO 5 7 92.4
Yorkshire Water River Esk IVY HOUSE CSO 2 1 100
Yorkshire Water River Esk CRESCENT TERRACE CSO 0 0 92.4
Yorkshire Water River Esk PIER ROAD CSO 0 0 92.4
Yorkshire Water River Esk ROYAL HOTEL 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

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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