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Westmorland and Lonsdale

Polluted by sewage 3,936 times in 2025 lasting 37,242 hours - That's 4.31 years!

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Live data for Westmorland and Lonsdale in 2026

So far this year (as of 18 May 2026, 12:00) there has been 10,870 hours of sewage overflows, from 169 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s - that's 1.26 years!

Totals for Westmorland and Lonsdale in 2025

67 Sites polluted by United Utilities
3,936 sewage dumps
37,242 hours duration
That's 4.31 years. On average 10.8 times a day

Change Over Time

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Westmorland and Lonsdale 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 constituency all the declared CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s appeared to have monitoring enabled for more than 50% of the year

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
United Utilities River Kent STAVELEY WWTW 167 3,394 100
United Utilities River Eden KIRKBY STEPHEN WWTW 221 2,638 99.85
United Utilities River North Petteril GREYSTOKE PS 121 2,003 99.4
United Utilities Crosby Garrett Beck CROSBY GARRET WWTW 159 1,921 91.8
United Utilities Docker Beck SHAP PS 118 1,906 87.6
United Utilities River Eea CARK TANK NO.1 PUMPINT STATION 123 1,861 99.2
United Utilities Black Beck HAWKSHEAD PUMPING STATION 115 1,825 99.3
United Utilities Church Beck CONISTON WWTW 131 1,765 98.2
United Utilities Windermoor Main Drain FIELD HEAD PUMPING STATION LAK0090 101 1,459 77.1
United Utilities Chapel Beck ORTON STW 121 1,440 99.45
United Utilities River Eden WINTON PUMPING STATION 140 1,427 99.8
United Utilities Cunsey Beck NEAR SAWREY WWTW NEARS 75 1,352 100
United Utilities River Kent KENDAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS 154 1,306 99.95
United Utilities Marsh Drain HEVERSHAM SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 57 1,037 99.8
United Utilities River Rothay AMBLESIDE WWTW 55 983 100
United Utilities River Leven LOW WOOD BRIDGE PUMPING STATION 60 822 100
United Utilities River Lune TEBAY STW 95 639 95.1
United Utilities Shap Beck SHAP STW 36 603 100
United Utilities River Lune TEBAY PUMPING STATION 61 593 95.8
United Utilities River Lowther ASKHAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 76 542 98.2
United Utilities River Eamont STAINTON (SNUFF MILL) SSO 54 515 99.9
United Utilities Sandal Beck RAVENSTONEDALE STW 49 480 98.7
United Utilities Morland Beck MORLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 107 456 99.8
United Utilities Great Langdale Beck ELTERWATER PUMPING STATION 36 423 99.6
United Utilities Grasmere Lake GRASMERE WWTW 53 407 96.4
United Utilities Birk Syke TEMPLE SOWERBY WWTW 123 379 100
United Utilities Asby Beck GREAT ASBY WWTW 60 368 99.8
United Utilities Crooks Beck WARCOP SHORE GILL/BUS STW 54 355 99.8
United Utilities Torver Beck TORVER STW 72 316 98.9
United Utilities Swindale Beck BROUGH WWTW 110 313 99.9
United Utilities River Eea CARTMEL IN CARK PUMPING STATION 30 308 100
United Utilities River Winster LINDALE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 39 304 100
United Utilities Crooks Beck MANHOLE ON SYPHON (WARCOP) CSO 53 257 99.7
United Utilities River Eamont PENRITH WWTW (PENRT) 25 248 99.9
United Utilities River Petteril PENRUDDOCK SPS 57 219 99.7
United Utilities Popping Beck KABER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 39 201 99.7
United Utilities Murton Beck MURTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 41 190 99.9
United Utilities Kent Estuary GRANGE PUMPING STATION 27 177 98.9
United Utilities River Eden BOLTON PENRITH WWTW 54 156 99.5
United Utilities River Lowther CLIFTON PUMPING STATION 36 155 99.2
United Utilities Glenridding Beck GLENRIDDING WWTW GLNRI 82 144 99.9
United Utilities River Eamont POOLEY BRIDGE CSO 30 140 99.9
United Utilities River Eden STENKRITH BRIDGE SSO 16 115 98.1
United Utilities River Lowther CLIFTON (PENRITH) PUMPING STATION 15 110 99.9
United Utilities Gategill Beck GATEGILL BECK M/H CSO 53 103 99.6
United Utilities Lady Beck River Eamont SOCKBRIDGE AND TIRRIL WWTW SOCKB 38 102 99.9
United Utilities Windermoor Main Drain RAVENSTOWN PUMPING STATION 13 94 54.5
United Utilities River Eden APPLEBY CSO 20 89 99.9
United Utilities Mill Beck DUFTON VILLAGE STW 28 88 100
United Utilities Trout Beck KIRKBY THORE PS 30 73 100
United Utilities River Eden APPLEBY WWTW 17 64 100
United Utilities River Eden Via Sws FRANKS BRIDGE CSO (171UZ) 39 63 95.1
United Utilities Kent Channel Morecambe Estuary GRANGE OVER SANDS WWTW GRNGS 52 57 100
United Utilities Meathop Marsh Drain MEATHOP PUMPING STATION 6 54 99.8
United Utilities Galloper Pool GALLOPER POOL PS 18 53 98.9
United Utilities Kent Channel MORECAMBE BANK CSO 38 43 99.9
United Utilities River Eden SANDFORD VILLAGE WWTW 25 33 99.7
United Utilities Askham Beck PUNCH BOWL HOTEL (ASKHAM) CSO 17 12 81.6
United Utilities Kent Channel CART LANE PUMPING STATION 3 9 99.9
United Utilities Windermere GLEBE ROAD PUMPING STATION 39 7 100
United Utilities Murton Beck MURTON BRIDGE HOUSE PUMPING STATION 6 7 99.4
United Utilities River Lune SSO ADJ CROSS KEYS INN 4 3 72.3
United Utilities River Eden HOLME ST/CHAPEL ST CSO (171ZK) 7 2 99.8
United Utilities River Petteril GREYSTOKE WWTW 5 1 100
United Utilities Birk Sike CHAPEL ST (TEMPLE SOWERBY) CSO 27 1 99.9
United Utilities Kent Channel Morecambe Bay PROMENADE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 2 0 99.8
United Utilities River Eamont BROUGHAM PUMPING STATION 1 0 100
United Utilities Lady Beck LADY BECK CSO (172CN) 0 0 83.2
United Utilities River Petteril MOTHERBY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 0 0 100
United Utilities River Eamont POOLEY BRIDGE EAST WWTW 0 0 100

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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