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Herringthorpe Beck polluted by sewage 63 times in 2025 - lasting 135 hours

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Totals for Herringthorpe Beck in 2025
3 Sites polluted by Yorkshire Water
63 sewage dumps
135 h duration
That's 5.62 days. 1.2 times a week, on average
Constituencies along Herringthorpe Beck
Places along Herringthorpe Beck

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Yorkshire Water Herringthorpe Beck VALLEY ROAD NORTH CSO 33 92 100
Yorkshire Water Herringthorpe Beck VALLEY ROAD SOUTH CSO 15 23 100
Yorkshire Water Herringthorpe Beck CLIFTON LORD STREET CSO 15 19 100

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

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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