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Exeter - Live Sewage

Polluted by sewage 739 hours in 2026 , monitoring offline 24 hours so far..

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Exeter so far for 2026. It is an estimate, based on very poor quality live data from the Water Companies. The water companies report their sewage to the Environment Agency every year in April. You can see the last reported year in the other page

What's a potential overflow? If the CSO goes 'Offline' while its Overflowing, we don't know if it stopped overflowing until we get a 'Stop' event.

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Daily Data

Jan - 591 hours
Feb - 137 hours
Mar - 2 hours , 24 offline
Apr - 2 hours
May - 5 hours
Jun - 0 hours
Jul - 0 hours
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
South West Water LWR NORTH ST_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer 28 107h 35m -
South West Water MILL RACE/RIVER EXE_CSO_EXETER Mill Race, River Exe 22 94h 3m -
South West Water PENNSYLVANIA ROAD_CSO_EXETER Higher Least Via Sw Sewer 23 82h 37m -
South West Water DUNSFORD RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 22 69h 7m -
South West Water NORTHBROOK GOLF COURSE (LOWER_CSO_EXETER Northbrook 14 46h 17m -
South West Water BONHAY PARK_CSO_EXETER River Exe 7 32h 28m -
South West Water NORTHBROOK GOLF COURSE UPPER_CSO_EXETER Northbrook 10 29h 17m -
South West Water HOLLOWAY ST_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 14 26h 21m -
South West Water 121a ST KATHERINES RD_CSO_EXETER Mincinglake Stream 9 26h 5m -
South West Water MILL ROAD SPS_PSCSOEO_EXETER River Exe 4 25h 20m -
South West Water COLLETON GROVE_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 11 23h 22m -
South West Water CHURCH ROAD_CSO_ALPHINGTON Alphin Brook 11 21h 4m -
South West Water LARKBEARE HSE_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 11 20h 40m -
South West Water TEMPLE RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 11 20h 21m -
South West Water HOWELL ROAD_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat Via Sws 2 18h 21m -
South West Water SWEETBRIER LANE_CSO_EXETER Northbrook 7 14h 11m -
South West Water REAR IMPERIAL HOTEL_CSO_EXETER Taddiforde Brook 6 11h 50m -
South West Water OKEHAMPTON RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 7 11h 21m -
South West Water CHURCH RD/CECIL RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 6 10h 51m -
South West Water R/O 19 HEAVITREE RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 5 9h 33m -
South West Water MAGDALEN RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 4 8h 36m -
South West Water BUDDLE LN_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 5 7h -
South West Water WELL ST_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer 7 6h 31m -
South West Water 23 KING EDWARD ST_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 1 5h 53m 24 h
South West Water QUAY HILL R/O CUSTOM HSE_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer 3 4h 16m -
South West Water FIRST AV/SERVICE LN_CSO_EXETER North Brook Via Sws 4 2h 47m -
South West Water TAN LANE SPS_PSCSOEO_EXETER Alphin Brook 1 2h 32m -
South West Water HEAVITREE PLEASURE GROUND_CSO_EXETER North Brook Via Sws 2 0h 14m -
South West Water X LOWER AVENUE_CSO_EXETER North Brook Via Sws 1 0h 8m -
South West Water 14 CLIFTON RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 1 0h 4m -
South West Water 21 WONFORD ST_CSO_EXETER Northbrook Via Sws 1 0h 2m -
South West Water CHURCH ROAD_CSO_ALPHINGTON Alphin Brook 0 0h -
South West Water PARIS STREET_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water BUDDLE LN_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water FIRST AV/SERVICE LN_CSO_EXETER North Brook Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water DIXS FIELD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sw Sewer 0 0h -
South West Water EXE ST_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat 0 0h -
South West Water XXX BURNTHOUSE LANE_CSO_EXETER Northbrook Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water BULLER ROAD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water THORNTON HILL_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water EXETER COLLEGE ANNEX_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer 0 0h -
South West Water QUAY HILL_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat 0 0h -
South West Water EXETER BOWLING CLUB_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water OKEHAMPTON RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water ST SIDWELL'S SCH_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer 0 0h -
South West Water CLIFTON RD/CHUTE ST_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water NORTH LAWN CT_CSO_EXETER North Brook Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water XXX BURNTHOUSE LANE_CSO_EXETER Northbrook Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water ARGYLL ROAD SPS_PSCSOEO_EXETER Duryard Stream 0 0h -
South West Water EXE ST_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat 0 0h -
South West Water 121a ST KATHERINES RD_CSO_EXETER Mincinglake Stream 0 0h -
South West Water CLIFTON RD/ALBERT RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water SWEETBRIER LANE_CSO_EXETER Northbrook 0 0h -
South West Water EXETER BOWLING CLUB_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water NORTHBROOK GOLF COURSE UPPER_CSO_EXETER Northbrook 0 0h -
South West Water BONHAY PARK_CSO_EXETER River Exe 0 0h -
South West Water 34 CLIFTON RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water STOKE MEADOW CLOSE SPS_PSCSOEO_EXETER Mincinglake Stream Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water HOWELL ROAD_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water 14 CLIFTON RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water QUAY HILL_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat 0 0h -
South West Water CLIFTON RD/CHUTE ST_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water LWR NORTH ST_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer 0 0h -
South West Water CENTRAL STATION YARD_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water HOLLOWAY ST_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water 23 KING EDWARD ST_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water REAR IMPERIAL HOTEL_CSO_EXETER Taddiforde Brook 0 0h -
South West Water CHURCH RD/CECIL RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water 15 HAMLIN LN_CSO_EXETER North Brook 0 0h -
South West Water 28 CLIFTON RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water R/O 19 HEAVITREE RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water LARKBEARE HSE_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water WELL ST_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer 0 0h -
South West Water DUNSFORD RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water PARIS STREET_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water NORTH LAWN CT_CSO_EXETER North Brook Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water DIXS FIELD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sw Sewer 0 0h -
South West Water TAN LANE SPS_PSCSOEO_EXETER Alphin Brook 0 0h -
South West Water 34 CLIFTON RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water CENTRAL STATION YARD_CSO_EXETER Higher Leat Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water MAGDALEN RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water TEMPLE RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water NORTHBROOK GOLF COURSE (LOWER_CSO_EXETER Northbrook 0 0h -
South West Water 28 CLIFTON RD_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water MILL ROAD SPS_PSCSOEO_EXETER River Exe 0 0h -
South West Water COLLETON GROVE_CSO_EXETER River Exe Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water MILL RACE/RIVER EXE_CSO_EXETER Mill Race, River Exe 0 0h -
South West Water 15 HAMLIN LN_CSO_EXETER North Brook 0 0h -
South West Water HEAVITREE PLEASURE GROUND_CSO_EXETER North Brook Via Sws 0 0h -
South West Water PENNSYLVANIA ROAD_CSO_EXETER Higher Least Via Sw Sewer 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

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.