The River Kent at Kendal Waste Water Treatment Works

This station collects multiple metrics

This is a sewage discharge monitoring station, which is usually a type of Event Duration Monitor (EDM).
These stations themselves are designed to mitigate the impact of heavy rainfall by discharging, under permitted conditions, any overflow into a water body. They are often actively discharging during flood events.
This page presents the data acquired by the monitoring system for this discharge station.

Sewage Reports that include this Station

Operational Summary - 2021-2021

The River Kent | 55 Spills |
613.5 hours | 7

The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "The River Kent"
This station has discharged sewage 55 time(s).
The station has discharged for a total of 613.5 hour(s).
This is 7% of the time which we have data for.
In total: 25 day(s)* of elapsed time.

100 | 0 hours
This monitor has been operational for 100% of its total time we have data for.
There are 0 hours unaccounted for due to downtime of the monitor.

The worst year in our records for the "Kendal Waste Water Treatment Works" is 2021, discharging sewage for 613.5 hours of the year.

Uptimes below 90% (red line) should be accompanied by a reason

*This is total time in days, not individual days.

Yearly Summary

Most Recent Year - 2021

The River Kent | 55 Spills |
613.5 hours | 7
The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "The River Kent"
This station discharged sewage 55 time(s) during 2021.
The station discharged for a total of 613.5 hour(s).
This is around 25 day(s)* or 7% of the year.

The following reasons have been given for the high spill frequency in 2021:
Performance - Other Maintenance / Capital Works (E.G. Jetting)

The following comments have been given on the station operators intended actions:
N/A - Ongoing Investigation

100 | 0 hours
This monitor was operational for 100% of the year.
Leaving 0 hours unaccounted for in the data.

*This is total time in days, not individual days of the year.

Permit & Governance

Attribute	Value
Governing Body	The Environment Agency
Operator	United Utilities
Primary Permit #	017370100
Secondary Permit #	17370100

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Local Information

Nearby Flood Warnings

None

Nearby Alert Areas

Rivers Kent and Mint at Kendal, Mintsfeet Road South, Ann Street, Canal Head, Romney Gardens

Stock Beck at Sandylands, Lowther Parks Estate South of Castle Green Road

Rivers Kent and Mint at Kendal, Lake District Business Park, Busher Walk, New Road, Aynam Road

Stock Beck at Appleby Rd, Spital Park, Fowl Ing, Mint Street, Dale Avenue, Kendal Business Park

River Kent at Sedgwick

Stock Beck at Sandylands, from Whitbarrow Close to Calder Drive

Blind Beck at Kendal

Stock Beck at Kendal, from Calder Drive to the River Kent

Rivers Kent and Mint at Kendal, Westmorland Business Park, Burneside Road, Benson Green

River Kent at Helsington Mills

River Kent at Burneside, Bournville, Carling Dale, Ivy Cresent, New Road

River Kent at Kendal, Mintsfeet, Wildman Street, Castle Street, Stramongate, Aynam Road, Lound Road

Nearby Stations

Calder Drive, Kendal

Kendal Buttery Well Road

Sedgwick

Stock Beck, Jewsons Yard

Victoria Bridge

Whitbarrow Close

Nearby Sewage Discharge Stations

Sedgwick Pumping Station

Station Data Information

Station overseen (meaning either provided, or regulated) by: The Environment Agency
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