It's a Dirty Business

Watch Channel 4's documentary about the state of the water industry, then sign the petition to bring water back to public ownership.

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

East Devon - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 9,497 hours in 2026 - That's 1.1 years , monitoring offline 302 hours , potential overflows 1,797 hours so far..

© OpenStreetMap contributors
Contains OS Data © Crown copyright & database right 2021-2024
© Top of the Poops 2021-2024

Which Year?

Select Another Area

Totals for 2026

Sewage9,497 hours
Monitoring offline302 hours
Potential pollution1,797 hours
Storm overflows67

Take Action

Share this page, post a message, and tell others about the huge problem of sewage pollution across the UK
We need your support!

Please consider a one-off or small recurring donation. We need your help to keep this site going.

Donate Now

Daily Data - when it rained, and when they spilled

Square = rainfall none → heavy
Drop = sewage minutes → all day
Potential pollution Monitoring offline
Jan - 3,669 hours
Feb - 4,588 hours , 7 offline
Mar - 1,170 hours , 104 potential
Apr - 6 hours , 720 potential
May - 0 hours , 744 potential
Jun - 0 hours , 226 potential
Jul - 0 hours
Aug - 42 hours , 2 potential
Sept - 18 hours
Oct - 1 hours

Storm overflows in and around East Devon

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
South West Water MUSBURY & WHITFORD STW_PSCSOEO_WHITFORD Unknown 77 1,577h 9m 1,795 h
South West Water BRANSCOMBE STW_SSO_BRANSCOMBE Branscombe Stream 62 1,278h 46m -
South West Water OFFWELL STW_SO_OFFWELL Offwell Brook 53 1,143h 28m -
South West Water COLYTON STW_SSO_COLYTON River Axe 66 938h 9m -
South West Water UPLYME STW_SSO_UPLYME River Lim 46 709h 51m -
South West Water SALCOMBE REGIS STW_SO_SALCOMBE REGIS Salcombe Regis Stream 36 633h 28m -
South West Water GITTISHAM SPST_PSCSOEO_GITTISHAM River Otter 45 594h 38m -
South West Water HORSLEARS SPST_PSCSOEO_AXMINSTER River Axe 40 590h 11m -
South West Water BRIDGE HOUSE_CSO_COLYFORD River Coly 39 507h 18m -
South West Water WILMINGTON STW_SSO_WILMINGTON Unknown 31 410h 46m -
South West Water COLYFORD SPST_PSCSOEO_COLYFORD River Coly 36 374h 31m -
South West Water EAST BUDLEIGH SPS_PSCSO_EAST BUDLEIGH River Otter 47 322h 24m -
South West Water LIME KILN PS_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON English Channel 56 129h 11m -
South West Water FORTESCUE_CSO_SIDMOUTH River Sid Via Sws 12 44h 42m -
South West Water MILL LN_CSO_UPLYME River Lim 13 35h 5m 2 h
South West Water THE GREEN_CSO_OTTERTON River Otter 11 30h 33m -
South West Water MEADOW RD SSO_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON Knowle Stream 8 25h 51m -
South West Water TEMPLE ST_CSO_SIDMOUTH River Sid 2 23h 58m -
South West Water DOLPHIN ROAD CAR PARK SPS_PSCSOEO_BEER Lyme Bay/Seaton Bay 24 22h 33m 7 h
South West Water MARINE PARADE_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON Knowle Stream 5 16h 37m -
South West Water CHAPEL STREET_CSO_AXMOUTH River Axe 8 16h 22m -
South West Water COLYTON_CSO_COLYTON River Coly 6 15h 23m -
South West Water WHITFORD ROAD_CSO_MUSBURY River Axe 4 13h 42m -
South West Water THE GREEN TANK_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON Knowle Stream 4 13h 21m -
South West Water SEA HILL SPS_PSCSOEO_BEER Lyme Bay And Seaton Bay 14 9h 20m -
South West Water MILLMOOR LN_CSO_NEWTON POPPLEFORD River Otter Via Sws 10 8h 36m -
South West Water BRANSCOMBE SPST_PSCSOEO_BRANSCOMBE Branscombe 1 8h 7m -
South West Water LITTLE KNOWLE_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON Knowle Stream 4 1h 58m -
South West Water BYES LN_CSO_SIDFORD River Sid Via Sws 9 0h 38m -
South West Water REC GROUND_CSO_NEWTON POPPLEFORD Back Brook 1 0h 24m 294 h
South West Water THE GREEN TANK_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON Knowle Stream 0 0h -
South West Water MARINE PARADE_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON Knowle Stream 0 0h -
South West Water UPLYME STW_SSO_UPLYME River Lim 0 0h -
South West Water COLATON RALEIGH SSO_CSO_COLATON RALEIGH River Otter 0 0h -
South West Water GRANARY LANE GAS_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON River Otter 0 0h -
South West Water BRANSCOMBE STW_SSO_BRANSCOMBE Branscombe Stream 0 0h -
South West Water FORTESCUE_CSO_SIDMOUTH River Sid Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water WHITFORD ROAD_CSO_MUSBURY River Axe 0 0h -
South West Water LITTLE KNOWLE_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON Knowle Stream 0 0h -
South West Water LIME KILN PS_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON English Channel 0 0h -
South West Water CHAPEL STREET_CSO_AXMOUTH River Axe 0 0h -
South West Water DOLPHIN ROAD CAR PARK SPS_PSCSOEO_BEER Lyme Bay/Seaton Bay 0 0h -
South West Water GRANARY LN_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON Kersbrook Channel 0 0h -
South West Water GRANARY LN_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON Kersbrook Channel 0 0h -
South West Water MEADOW RD SSO_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON Knowle Stream 0 0h -
South West Water SEA HILL SPS_PSCSOEO_BEER Lyme Bay And Seaton Bay 0 0h -
South West Water REC GROUND_CSO_NEWTON POPPLEFORD Back Brook 0 0h -
South West Water MUSBURY & WHITFORD STW_PSCSOEO_WHITFORD Unknown 0 0h -
South West Water MILLMOOR LN_CSO_NEWTON POPPLEFORD River Otter Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water GITTISHAM SPST_PSCSOEO_GITTISHAM River Otter 0 0h -
South West Water WILMINGTON STW_SSO_WILMINGTON Unknown 0 0h -
South West Water HORSLEARS SPST_PSCSOEO_AXMINSTER River Axe 0 0h -
South West Water COLYTON STW_SSO_COLYTON River Axe 0 0h -
South West Water EAST BUDLEIGH SPS_PSCSO_EAST BUDLEIGH River Otter 0 0h -
South West Water HARBOUR ROAD SPS_PSCSOEO_SEATON River Axe Estuary 0 0h -
South West Water TEMPLE ST_CSO_SIDMOUTH River Sid 0 0h -
South West Water GRANARY LANE GAS_CSO_BUDLEIGH SALTERTON River Otter 0 0h -
South West Water COLYTON_CSO_COLYTON River Coly 0 0h -
South West Water AXMOUTH SPST_PSCSOEO_AXMOUTH River Axe 0 0h -
South West Water THE GREEN_CSO_OTTERTON River Otter 0 0h -
South West Water HARBOUR ROAD SPS_PSCSOEO_SEATON River Axe Estuary 0 0h -
South West Water BYES LN_CSO_SIDFORD River Sid Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water OFFWELL STW_SO_OFFWELL Offwell Brook 0 0h -
South West Water SALCOMBE REGIS STW_SO_SALCOMBE REGIS Salcombe Regis Stream 0 0h -
South West Water MILL LN_CSO_UPLYME River Lim 0 0h -
South West Water BRIDGE HOUSE_CSO_COLYFORD River Coly 0 0h -
South West Water COLYFORD SPST_PSCSOEO_COLYFORD River Coly 0 0h -

Data Sources & Accuracy

EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales, and Scottish Water

Experimental derived data from Thames Water API, Some data may be missing or inaccurate. Live sewage data from Stream Water API

Annual figures up to and including 2025 come from official water company returns. The 2026 figure is our own estimate, derived continuously from the companies' live data feeds.

Uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.

This website is intended to provide an accurate representation of the Environment Agency data. The data is hard to use, and thus some errors may have been made. If you find something that is incorrect, please raise an issue at the GitHub issues page and we'll endeavour to fix it quickly.

This project is not associated, approved or endorsed by any of the companies whose logos you see here.