England · Environment Agency
Morecambe North
Avoid swimming
Active sewage discharge from UUP01211 (3 active events within 5km, United Utilities).
High confidence — an active discharge is being reported right now — the event itself is fresh evidence.
Status computed 20 Aug 2026, 18:13 UTC; statuses refresh every 15 minutes.
What we know
- Regulator classification
- Sufficient
- Pollution risk forecast
- Normal
- Active discharges
- 3 within 5km right now
- Recent discharges (last 48 hours)
- 17 within 5km
- Upstream river network
- Downstream of an active United Utilities discharge right now
- Surrounding overflow coverage
- Within an ingested water company network
- Monitoring season
- Currently in regulator monitoring season
Last sampled 14 August 2026 · 5 weeks ago. Source: Environment Agency.
Forecast expired 21 Aug 2026, 08:29 UTC. Source: Environment Agency.
UUP01211 (United Utilities) — started 20 Aug 2026, 07:48 UTC.
Most recent at UUP01496 (United Utilities) — ended 20 Aug 2026, 13:56 UTC.
Sewage-map data as of 20 Aug 2026, 17:30 UTC — discharges traced through the river network.
What this verdict means
Avoid swimming is driven by the strongest negative signals this map tracks: an active sewage discharge affecting this water, or a regulator classification of Poor or a closure. After a discharge ends, waiting at least 48 hours before swimming is the standard advice.
Every verdict here is computed from regulator classifications, sample dates, pollution-risk forecasts, and water-company discharge reports — it is not a water test. Absence of a negative signal is not positive confirmation of safety, and conditions on the day (rainfall, currents, cold) matter as much as water quality. Read how statuses are decided.