Dalkeith, Gilmerton Rd/Elginhaugh CSO

Storm overflow run by Scottish Water, discharging into River North Esk.

CSO
Right now
Not discharging
Last discharge ended 07:55 on 23 Sep 2026 (7 days ago).
Times are UK time · company feed updated 9 min ago

"Not discharging" means the company's monitor reports no discharge right now — not that the water is clean. The feed publishes status only; no discharge volume is measured.

2026 so far
2overflow events
1.6 h discharging on 2 days · live feed since 28 Feb, not yet official
2025 official
2,255overflow events
581 h
Rank in Scottish Water
—
No ranking for this overflow.
Monitor in 2025
100% working
Share of the year the monitor reported

Year by year

Scottish Water's published data for monitored overflows (number of overflow events; Scottish Water does not use the 12/24-hour count). 2026 is our own running count, the same way, from the live feed since 28 February (when we began keeping every discharge it reports) — so it can only be lower than the full year. The official figure is published next spring.

2022
no data
2023
no data
2024
no data
2025
2,255 events · 581 hmonitor 100%
2026since 28 Feb
2 events · 1.6 h

"No data" means the monitor was not working or not required to report that year — not zero. Scottish Water counts each overflow event; England and Wales count 12/24-hour "spills", so these numbers are not directly comparable with English or Welsh overflows.

Discharges we have recorded

1,925 discharge periods since 3 Jan 2025. 1,923 of them come from Scottish Water's own event-duration-monitoring records (published by the company, Jan 2025 – Dec 2025); the live feed adds anything after that. The official annual count is the figure to quote.

Show 30 earlier (of 1,925)
Started (UK time)EndedDischarge time
27 Dec 2025, 10:2510:305 min
27 Dec 2025, 09:4509:505 min
26 Dec 2025, 09:5510:005 min
25 Dec 2025, 10:5511:005 min
25 Dec 2025, 10:1510:205 min
25 Dec 2025, 09:3009:355 min
24 Dec 2025, 19:4019:455 min
24 Dec 2025, 11:3511:405 min
24 Dec 2025, 10:5511:005 min
24 Dec 2025, 10:0510:105 min
23 Dec 2025, 21:2521:305 min
23 Dec 2025, 09:3509:405 min
23 Dec 2025, 08:5008:555 min
22 Dec 2025, 15:4015:455 min
22 Dec 2025, 08:2008:255 min
21 Dec 2025, 11:3011:355 min
21 Dec 2025, 10:4010:455 min
21 Dec 2025, 09:2009:255 min
21 Dec 2025, 08:3508:405 min
20 Dec 2025, 18:3018:355 min
20 Dec 2025, 11:4011:455 min
20 Dec 2025, 10:5511:005 min
20 Dec 2025, 08:0008:055 min
19 Dec 2025, 13:0513:105 min
18 Dec 2025, 09:5009:555 min
17 Dec 2025, 09:1009:155 min
17 Dec 2025, 08:2508:305 min
16 Dec 2025, 12:5513:005 min
16 Dec 2025, 07:5007:555 min
15 Dec 2025, 20:3520:405 min

The year figures above use the EA's 12/24-hour counting method, so they are comparable with the official figures; the monitor log's 2,257 raw blocks were merged into 1,925 continuous discharge periods (gaps under 15 min joined).

Rain nearby last 30 days

Nearest live rain gauge: Harelaw, 2.8 km away. Brown shading = when this overflow was discharging; ▼ = a discharge start.

Overflow shading is a timing match, not proof of cause — heavy rain and spills share a trigger. Times come from the water company’s event-duration monitor (site status only; no discharge volume is published).

Where it is

Nearest river gauge
Cowbridge (South Esk (Lothian)) · 1.5 km
Nearest rain gauge
Harelaw · 2.8 km
Site reference
CSO002105
Coordinates
55.89145, -3.08085

Concerned about this overflow?

Report pollution you can see or smell to the regulator straight away; the company handles complaints about the overflow itself.

Live status: © Scottish Water, near-real-time Overflow Map data, open licence for reuse. EDM monitors indicate overflows; they do not confirm them, and this is not advice on water quality. Spill-event history and annual figures: Scottish Water overflow event data, Open Government Licence. Times are shown in UK local time. FloodRadar republishes the monitor's status; it does not measure discharges itself.