Newcastleton, South Liddle St/Walter St
Storm overflow run by Scottish Water, discharging into Liddel Burn/liddel Water/peel Burn.
"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.
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 23 September (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.
"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.
Twin outlet
Scottish Water runs another overflow within 300 m that also discharges into Liddel Burn/liddel Water/peel Burn. They share the sewer and the storm, so one outlet's figures are only part of what reaches the water.
This overflow: 137 spills in 2025. Distances are between the published outlet points.
Downstream of this overflow
This overflow is beside the Newcastleton gauge, too close along the river to say whether it is above or below. The next gauge further downstream that the river map places is Rowanburnfoot (Liddel Water), 18.8 km along the river.
Water-sampling points downstream
The nearest Environment Agency sampling points the river map places below Rowanburnfoot. Points between this overflow and that gauge cannot be put in order with it on the map, so they are not listed.
- Liddel Water upstream of confluence River Esk
23 km along the river, below Rowanburnfoot · Last sampled 3 Dec 2013, before the imported period - River Esk at Burnfoot
33 km along the river, below Rowanburnfoot · Last sampled 28 Aug 2026 · 41 days ago
A sample is dated: it is not the river now, and its results are on its own page. A sample taken after a discharge does not show that the discharge caused what was measured. Samples: Environment Agency Water Quality Archive, © Environment Agency and/or database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
A river gauge measures the level of the river; it does not measure this overflow's discharge, and a spill does not by itself explain a change there. Traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Discharges we have recorded
131 discharge periods since 24 Jan 2025. 125 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.
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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 144 raw blocks were merged into 131 continuous discharge periods (gaps under 15 min joined).
Rain nearby last 30 days
Nearest live rain gauge: Braidlie, 9.5 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
Tell me when this overflow discharges
One message when the company's monitor reports a new discharge here. At most one every 6 hours.
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The alert repeats the monitor's status: whether the overflow is discharging, not how much or why. It can only tell you about a discharge that starts after you turn it on.
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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.