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Yorkshire Water · overflow YWS01976

No active event

Tributary of Northfield Drain

Yorkshire Water reports no current spill. No discharge events recorded in the last 30 days.

📍 53.77703°, -0.16531°

Spill record· last 12 months

1

spill event

15h

cumulative discharge

15.1 h

longest single event (all time)

2026-03-12

first event on record

In the last 30 days this overflow recorded 0h of discharge. Yorkshire Water has 1,154 of its 2,184 monitored overflows reporting spills in this 30-day window.

Recent spill events· last 30 days

No spill events recorded in the last 30 days.

Nearby water quality· 6 sampling points within 5 km

  • NE-49105245 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS

    OLD FLEET (FOX COVERT DRAIN) U/S LONG LANE

    2.0 km away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • NE-49105221 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS

    HUMBLETON BECK AT BACK LANE ELSTRONWICK

    2.5 km away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • NE-49105177 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS

    BURTON PIDSEA DRAIN AT WEST BRIDGE

    3.6 km away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • NE-LSN132 · FRESHWATER - LAKES/PONDS/RESERVOIRS

    LSN0132 LAKE BY BURTON CONSTABLE HALL

    4.1 km away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • NE-SSN0337 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS

    SSN0337 ALDBROUGH DRAIN - HUMBLETON BECK TRIB

    4.2 km away · last tested 5 weeks ago

    • pH8.45 PHUNITS
    • Water temperature11.3 CEL
  • NE-SSN1041 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS

    SSN1041 L DIKE NEAR CROOK LANE

    4.4 km away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

Take action

The record above is verifiable from public Environment Agency and water-company data. Three official accountability channels — pre-filled with the evidence on this page.

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1. Complain to Yorkshire Water

The official complaints route. Most companies require submission through their web form rather than email — open the form, then paste the pre-filled letter.

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Subject: Complaint: storm overflow YWS01976 on the Tributary of Northfield Drain

Dear Yorkshire Water,

I am writing to formally raise a concern about storm overflow YWS01976,
which public Environment Agency data shows the most recent record from public Environment Agency data into the Tributary of Northfield Drain.

Evidence:
- Location: 53.77703, -0.16531
- Source: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub, OGL v3, cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.co.uk/overflow/5945)

[Add your personal context here — e.g. how you use this stretch of water and how this incident affects you.]

Please respond with:
1. The cause of this discharge or monitor outage
2. The action being taken to resolve it
3. The expected timeline for resolution
4. What measures are in place to prevent recurrence

I have copied the Environment Agency, Ofwat, and my MP into this correspondence
where appropriate.

Yours faithfully,
[Your name]
[Your address]
[Your customer reference if you are a Yorkshire Water customer]

2. Write to the MP for this stretch

This overflow sits in the Beverley and Holderness constituency — currently represented by Graham Stuart (Conservative). Click below to open WriteToThem with the letter copied to your clipboard — paste it into the message box.

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Subject: Constituent concern: Yorkshire Water sewage discharge — overflow YWS01976

Dear [your MP — WriteToThem will fill this in],

I am writing as your constituent to raise concern about ongoing sewage discharges
from Yorkshire Water in our area.

A specific recent example is storm overflow YWS01976, which public
Environment Agency data shows the most recent record from public Environment Agency data into the Tributary of Northfield Drain.

Evidence on the public record:
- Location: 53.77703, -0.16531
- Source: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub, OGL v3, cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.co.uk/overflow/5945)

[Add your personal context here — e.g. how you use this stretch of water and how this incident affects you and your family.]

I would like to ask:
1. Whether you support strengthening the regulatory regime for storm overflows
   and monitor coverage in particular
2. Whether you would raise this specific incident with the Secretary of State
   for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs or with Ofwat
3. What steps Parliament is taking to hold Yorkshire Water accountable for
   the gap between shareholder distributions and the state of monitoring on
   the ground

Yours sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address — WriteToThem requires a postal address to verify constituency]

Sources: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub · Environment Agency
WIMS Water Quality Archive · cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.co.uk/overflow/5945)

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3. Report to the Environment Agency

For active pollution incidents — dead fish, foam, sewage on the riverbank — the EA hotline operates 24/7 and triggers a recorded investigation.

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