Louth and Horncastle - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 4,319 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 16,684 hours , potential overflows 2,245 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Louth and Horncastle so far for 2026. It is an estimate, based on very poor quality live data from the Water Companies. The water companies report their sewage to the Environment Agency every year in April. You can see the last reported year in the other page

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.

Totals for Louth and Horncastle in 2026

Sewage4,319 hours
Monitoring offline16,684 hours
Potential pollution2,245 hours
Storm overflows83

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Daily Data

Jan - 1,440 hours , 1,232 potential
Feb - 2,028 hours , 758 potential
Mar - 570 hours , 1,500 offline
Apr - 6 hours , 1,440 offline
May - 30 hours , 1 potential
Jun - 19 hours , 252 potential
Jul - 0 hours , 2,500 offline
Aug - 152 hours , 2,146 offline
Sept - 10 hours , 1,560 offline
Oct - 60 hours , 1,629 offline
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
Anglian Water CONINGSBY STW River Bain 61 1,088h 26m 20 h
Anglian Water NORTH COTES STW Old Fleet Drain Louth Canal N 63 712h 32m -
Anglian Water LOUTH STW Louth Canal 47 563h 30m -
Anglian Water HORNCASTLE-SPORTS GROUND SSO Old River Bain 52 442h 38m 64 h
Anglian Water WELTON-LE-WOLD STW River Lud 26 394h 38m 1,517 h
Anglian Water HORNCASTLE STW Old River Bain 14 171h 12m 827 h
Anglian Water CSO and EO at West Barkwith-Main Road SP Torrington Beck 13 110h 255 h
Anglian Water NORTH THORESBY STW Bond Croft Drain 23 100h 33m -
Anglian Water HOLTON LE CLAY STW Holton Beck Louth Canal 15 99h 49m -
Anglian Water MANBY STW Long Eau 18 86h 23m 253 h
Anglian Water Louth-Church Lights Combined Sewer Overflow River Lud 12 83h 34m -
Anglian Water THIMBLEBY-MILL LANE SP River Box 8 67h 21m -
Anglian Water SPILSBY STW River Lymn 12 53h 54m -
Anglian Water WOODHALL SPA STW TPS Swine Syke Drain 11 51h 3m -
Anglian Water LOUTH SPAW LANE SSO River Lud/Louth Canal 27 50h 38m 3 h
Anglian Water WOODHALL SPA STW Swine Syke 7 45h 6m -
Anglian Water NORTH THORESBY STW Bond Croft Drain 7 35h 42m -
Anglian Water LOUTH-BROADBANK SSO River Lud 14 30h 46m -
Anglian Water LOUTH-RIVERHEAD TANK Louth Canal 5 22h 6m 24 h
Anglian Water MABLETHORPE STW Wold Grift Drain 2 21h 15m -
Anglian Water HORNCASTLE-THORNTON LA TPS Old River Bain 5 19h 28m -
Anglian Water LOUTH-GRAYS ROAD SSO River Lud 10 15h 30m 765 h
Anglian Water LOUTH-PASTURES DRIVE CSO Stewton Beck 10 11h 34m 431 h
Anglian Water LOUTH-BRACKENBOROUGH RD SSO River Lud 5 9h 45m 336 h
Anglian Water HORNCASTLE-BANOVALLUM OV Old River Bain 4 6h 57m -
Anglian Water THIMBLEBY-MAIN ROAD SP Unnamed Catchw 2 6h 44m -
Anglian Water GRIMOLDBY-EASTFIELD LA SP Unnamed Dyke To Sykes Drain 1 5h 15m -
Anglian Water HOLTON-TETNEY LA TPS Humberston Beck 1 3h 15m -
Anglian Water Mablethorpe George Street CSO Town Drain 4 2h 14m -
Anglian Water LOUTH-RAMSGATE SSO River Lud 4 1h 31m -
Anglian Water E BARKWITH-TORRINGTON RD SP Torrington Beck 2 1h 30m -
Anglian Water LOUTH-NEWBRIDGE HILL SSO River Lud 3 1h 15m 24 h
Anglian Water LOUTH-GRIMSBY RD CISTERN SSO River Lud 4 1h 15m -
Anglian Water LOUTH-JAMES ST SSO River Lud 2 1h 15m -
Anglian Water Ramsgate Road combined sewer overflow River Lud/Louth Canal 2 0h 30m -
Anglian Water HORNCASTLE STW Old River Bain 0 0h -
Anglian Water E BARKWITH-WILLINGHAM RD SP Torrington Beck 0 0h 24 h
Anglian Water HORNCASTLE-BANOVALLUM OV Old River Bain 0 0h -
Anglian Water TETNEY-NEWTON MARSH STW Tetney Haven 0 0h 7,143 h
Anglian Water MABLETHORPE STW Wold Grift Drain 0 0h -
Anglian Water LOUTH-KENWICK ROAD SSO Stewton Beck 0 0h -
Anglian Water E BARKWITH-WILLINGHAM RD SP Torrington Beck 0 0h -
Anglian Water CSO and EO at West Barkwith-Main Road SP Torrington Beck 0 0h -
Anglian Water LOUTH-BRACKENBOROUGH RD SSO River Lud 0 0h -
Anglian Water LOUTH-GRAYS ROAD SSO River Lud 0 0h -
Anglian Water NORTH THORESBY STW Bond Croft Drain 0 0h -
Anglian Water SPILSBY STW River Lymn 0 0h -
Anglian Water ALFORD STW Holme Fen Drain 0 0h -
Anglian Water TETNEY-NEWTON MARSH STW Tetney Haven 0 0h -
Anglian Water NORTH COTES STW Old Fleet Drain Louth Canal N 0 0h -
Anglian Water HORNCASTLE-SPORTS GROUND SSO Old River Bain 0 0h -
Anglian Water LOUTH-GRIMSBY RD CISTERN SSO River Lud 0 0h -
Anglian Water ABY-SCHOOL LA TPS Un-Named Dyke To Great Eau 0 0h -
Anglian Water Mablethorpe George Street CSO Town Drain 0 0h -
Anglian Water LOUTH-PASTURES DRIVE CSO Stewton Beck 0 0h -
Anglian Water THIMBLEBY-MILL LANE SP River Box 0 0h -
Anglian Water LOUTH-KENWICK ROAD SSO Stewton Beck 0 0h 72 h
Anglian Water GRIMOLDBY-EASTFIELD LA SP Unnamed Dyke To Sykes Drain 0 0h -
Anglian Water Ramsgate Road combined sewer overflow River Lud/Louth Canal 0 0h -
Anglian Water HOLTON LE CLAY STW Holton Beck Louth Canal 0 0h -
Anglian Water NORTH THORESBY STW Bond Croft Drain 0 0h -
Anglian Water WOODHALL SPA STW Swine Syke 0 0h -
Anglian Water WELTON-LE-WOLD STW River Lud 0 0h -
Anglian Water LOUTH-RIVERHEAD TANK Louth Canal 0 0h -
Anglian Water LOUTH STW Louth Canal 0 0h -
Anglian Water CONINGSBY STW River Bain 0 0h -
Anglian Water ABY-SCHOOL LA TPS Un-Named Dyke To Great Eau 0 0h -
Anglian Water LOUTH-NEWBRIDGE HILL SSO River Lud 0 0h -
Anglian Water WOODHALL SPA STW TPS Swine Syke Drain 0 0h -
Anglian Water LOUTH-LOVE LN/WESTGATE SSO River Lud 0 0h 24 h
Anglian Water LOUTH-BROADBANK SSO River Lud 0 0h -
Anglian Water ALFORD STW Holme Fen Drain 0 0h -
Anglian Water LOUTH-BRIDGE ST SSO River Lud 0 0h -
Anglian Water LOUTH SPAW LANE SSO River Lud/Louth Canal 0 0h -
Anglian Water HOLTON-TETNEY LA TPS Humberston Beck 0 0h -
Anglian Water Louth-Church Lights Combined Sewer Overflow River Lud 0 0h -
Anglian Water E BARKWITH-TORRINGTON RD SP Torrington Beck 0 0h -
Anglian Water HORNCASTLE-THORNTON LA TPS Old River Bain 0 0h -
Anglian Water LOUTH-RAMSGATE SSO River Lud 0 0h -
Anglian Water MANBY STW Long Eau 0 0h -
Anglian Water THIMBLEBY-MAIN ROAD SP Unnamed Catchw 0 0h -
Anglian Water STRUBBY STW Un Wold Grift D 0 0h -
Anglian Water STRUBBY STW Un Wold Grift D 0 0h 7,143 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

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.

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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