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Almond (Lothian) water levels

Live levels from 3 monitoring stations across City of Edinburgh, West Lothian, updated every 15 minutes.

3stations
0above typical high

Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
WhitburnWhitburn0.20 m 20m agoNormal—
18.5 km by river
Almondell—0.29 m 1h agoNormal▽
14.5 km by river
Craigiehall—0.34 m 20m agoNormal—

Stations are listed from source to mouth as the water flows, traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers) and the Environment Agency’s own links between its gauges. A distance “by river” is along the river, and is shown only where the map traces the path.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Almond (Lothian) above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.

2 gauged tributaries, 2 gauges

Brox Burn (East Lothian)

Joins the Almond (Lothian) between Almondell and Craigiehall, no more than 7.4 km by river above Craigiehall.

Newliston0.11 m 35m agoNormal

Its water passes Craigiehall and every gauge below it on the Almond (Lothian). It does not pass Almondell or the gauges above it.

Gogar Burn

Joins the Almond (Lothian) between Almondell and Craigiehall, no more than 4.7 km by river above Craigiehall.

Turnhouse0.16 m 35m agoNormal

Its water passes Craigiehall and every gauge below it on the Almond (Lothian). It does not pass Almondell or the gauges above it.

Where the Almond (Lothian) goes

No gauge below Craigiehall is known on the river map.

Tributaries and where they join are traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers, edition 2026-04) and the Environment Agency’s links between its gauges. The map holds distances between gauges, not the junctions themselves, so a junction is placed between two gauges, and no further up than the tributary’s own lowest gauge. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Streams without a gauge

Named streams on the river map that flow into the Almond (Lothian) and have no gauge of their own. Each has a page with what is known about it: the next gauge downstream, and any storm overflows or water-sampling points placed on it.

Storm overflows upstream

45 storm overflows are traced upstream of Craigiehall, the Almond (Lothian)’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Almond (Lothian) itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 42 not discharging
  • 3 offline or silent: 3 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 0 no live feed

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Craigiehall: 4,620 overflow events over 2,421 hours in total, across the 40 that have a figure. 5 have no 2025 figure. Scottish Water counts overflow events, not the 12/24-hour spills counted in England and Wales, so this total cannot be set beside theirs.

Each overflow is listed in the stretch above the first gauge its water reaches, from the source down, as on the Gauges tab. A stretch of the Almond (Lothian) includes the smaller streams that join it there. Every overflow traced is listed here, each stretch in full. Back to the short lists →

Above Whitburn, the Almond (Lothian)’s highest gauge7 overflows
  • Harthill, Opp 25 Edinburgh Rd CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Un-Named Tributary Of How Burn · 6.0 km by river above Whitburn · 2025: 4 overflow events, 1.2 h
  • Harthill, Howburn Rd CSO Ns901646 Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into How Burn · 5.4 km by river above Whitburn · 2025: 32 overflow events, 8.9 h
  • Harthill, 6 Argyll Crt/Mill Rd CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 5.1 km by river above Whitburn · 2025: 42 overflow events, 9.1 h
  • Harthill WwTW CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into How Burn · 4.6 km by river above Whitburn · 2025: 187 overflow events, 315 h
  • Harthill WwTW Ssso Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into How Burn · 4.6 km by river above Whitburn · 2025: 267 overflow events, 64 h
  • Whitburn, St John's Church/Almond Bank Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 230 m by river above Whitburn · 2025: 32 overflow events, 8.7 h
  • Whitburn, Armadale Road SPS CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 150 m by river above Whitburn · 2025: 107 overflow events, 127 h
Between Whitburn and Almondell23 overflows
  • Fauldhouse, Braeside Road SPS CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Un-Named Watercourse · 25.4 km by river above Almondell · no official annual figure · placed on the river by its position alone
  • Fauldhouse WwTW CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Breich Water · 22.2 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 0 overflow events, 0 h
  • Fauldhouse WwTW Ssso Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Breich Water · 22.2 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 37 overflow events, 17 h
  • Longridge, Longridge CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Breich Water · 20.2 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 2,645 overflow events, 512 h
  • Breich, Rashiehill Crescent CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Woodmuir Burn · 19.4 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 0 overflow events, 0 h
  • Whitburn, Shanks Road CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 18.3 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 184 overflow events, 127 h
  • Stoneyburn, Bents Farm/Cannop Cres CSO Monitor offline
    Scottish Water · into Breich Water · 18.2 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 2 overflow events, 6.9 h
  • Stoneyburn, Burnbrae Road CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Breich Water · 17.2 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 130 overflow events, 216 h
  • East Whitburn, Torbane Drive CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 16.6 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 314 overflow events, 249 h
  • Stoneyburn, Stoneyburn SPS CSO Monitor offline
    Scottish Water · into Breich Water · 16.2 km by river above Almondell · no official annual figure
  • Blackburn West Main St CSO Ns981654 Monitor offline
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 13.9 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 0 overflow events, 0 h
  • Blackburn, Riddochill Drive CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 13.9 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 118 overflow events, 82 h
  • Blackburn, Riddochill Crescent CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 13.7 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 44 overflow events, 9.4 h
  • Blackburn, West Main Street CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 13.7 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 2 overflow events, 0.6 h
  • Blackburn, Council Yard CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 13.5 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 60 overflow events, 42 h
  • West Calder, Parkhead Primary School CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into West Calder Burn · 10.5 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 0 overflow events, 0 h
  • Seafield, Almond View CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 10.3 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 6 overflow events, 1.6 h
  • Polbeth High S CSO 2007 Nt035644 Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Harwood Water · 9.6 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 0 overflow events, 0 h
  • Livingston WwTW CSO And EO Nt025668 Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 7.8 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 3 overflow events, 8.3 h
  • Mid Calder, Market Street CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 2.0 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 18 overflow events, 3.8 h
  • Mid Calder, Wallace Mill SPS CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 1.8 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 0 overflow events, 0 h
  • Mid Calder, Bridgend SPS CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Un-Named Burn Of River Almond · 1.5 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 9 overflow events, 72 h
  • Mid Calder, Pumpherston Road No2 CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Un-Named Burn Of River Almond · 1.5 km by river above Almondell · 2025: 1 overflow event, 1.0 h
Between Almondell and Craigiehall7 overflows
Brox Burn (East Lothian), above Newlistonjoins the Almond (Lothian) above Craigiehall6 overflows
  • Uphall, Miller Bridge CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Brox Burn · 7.0 km by river above Newliston · 2025: 5 overflow events, 4.2 h
  • Uphall, East Main Street CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Brox Burn · 6.2 km by river above Newliston · no official annual figure
  • Uphall, Uphall SPS CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Beugh Burn · 6.1 km by river above Newliston · 2025: 78 overflow events, 116 h
  • Uphall, Loaninghill CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Brox Burn · 5.9 km by river above Newliston · 2025: 31 overflow events, 17 h
  • Broxburn, Grange Road CSO Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Brox Burn · 3.4 km by river above Newliston · 2025: 15 overflow events, 18 h
  • East Mains Ind Est Swo CSO Nt103724 Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into Brox Burn · 1.4 km by river above Newliston · 2025: 3 overflow events, 17 h
Gogar Burn, above Turnhousejoins the Almond (Lothian) above Craigiehall2 overflows

Near these gauges, connection not known

Within 3 km of one of the Almond (Lothian)’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • School Brae CSO 2007 Nt187765 Not discharging
    Scottish Water · into River Almond · 2.6 km from Craigiehall in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 6 overflow events, 5.2 h

2 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Almond (Lothian)’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.

A status is the water company’s own monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, never how much or why, and a spill does not by itself explain a change in a river level. A status older than two hours is shown as unknown. Annual figures are the official returns: 12/24-hour spills for England and Wales, overflow events for Scotland (Scottish Water counts differently, so the two cannot be compared). “No data” means the monitor produced no usable data that year, not zero. Overflows are placed on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels: an overflow the map cannot place may still drain here. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Sewage in Britain’s rivers →

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. Annual figures for Scotland: Scottish Water overflow event data, Open Government Licence.

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