Yorkshire Water sewage spill data for Malton, Norton and Old Malton for the past five years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (the last available full-year data). The figures are taken from the Environment Agency EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) records and The Rivers Trust Sewage Map. The EA EDM records include the spill data for all the water companies in England. The Rivers Trust Sewage Map is very easy to navigate. Search for Malton and click on the brown dots to see the locations of the sewage pollution.
The EA and Rivers Trust data for Yorkshire is complemented by the Yorkshire Water Live Storm Overflow Map. More about the map here.
The EDM sewage spill records show how much sewage Yorkshire Water is spilling into the river Derwent. This amounts to thousands of hours each year due to the lack of capacity in the sewerage system to accomodate the volume of sewage produced by the towns.
WARNING: Malton and Norton and Old Malton (and River Derwent SSSI in partcular) are facing a potentially catastrophic increase in sewage pollution if the Barrett Taylor Wimpey planning application for 645 houses on land adjoining Norton Lodge, Norton, and the application from Commercial Development Projects for 200 houses in Malton are approved.
Yorkshire Water must insist that the LPA attach a condition to any planning permission granted – that the Yorkshire Water (Malton) sewerage system must be upgraded to increase treatment capacity by at least 30% before either new development is brought into use. Failure to do so will cause an environmental disaster.
Yorkshire Water sewage ‘spill’ data for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Yorkshire Water Live Storm Overflow Map
Environment Agency EDM Records (Links to individual years)
Malton, Norton and Old Malton Pumping Plan and the Arup report