Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport polluted by sewage 1,565 times in 2022 - lasting 8,705 hours

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Totals for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport in 2022
51 Sites polluted by South West Water
1,565 sewage dumps
8,705 h duration
That's 1.01 years! On average 4.3 times a day
Constituencies near Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport

Pollution Summary 2022

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport in 2022. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
South West Water River Tamar PS-DY2, NORTH YARD, DEVONPORT 148 2,672 98
South West Water Weston Mill Lake CAMELS HEAD WWTW 127 1,684 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound/Plym Estuary PLYMOUTH CENTRAL STW 102 929 100
South West Water Leigham Mill Stream EFFORD MARSH CSO 59 835 100
South West Water Stonehouse Creek 139 OUTLAND ROAD CSO 46 649 79
South West Water Stonehouse Creek Via Sws CENTRAL PARK CSO 47 243 100
South West Water River Plym Via Sws LAIRA PARK CSO 87 220 93
South West Water Sutton Harbour Via Sws 59 BRETONSIDE CSO 58 202 100
South West Water Stonehouse Creek Via Sws PEVERELL PARK ROAD CSO 25 172 83
South West Water River Plym Via Sws PIKE ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 94 137 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound EASTERN KINGS PUMPING STATION 22 101 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound Via Sws CAMBRIDGE LANE COMBINED SEWER OF 53 100 100
South West Water River Plym Via Sws LIPSON VALE 1 CSO 85 100 100
South West Water River Tamar DOCKYARD NO.3 PUMPING STATION 15 88 100
South West Water Stonehouse Creek Via Sws PARADISE ROAD (GRAVEYARD) CSO 54 74 54
South West Water River Tamar MUTTON COVE PUMPING STATION 33 61 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound OCEAN COURT PUMPING STATION 38 46 100
South West Water River Plym Via Sws LIPSON VALE 2 CSO 40 45 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound MILLBAY TANKS 8 42 30
South West Water Pennycomequick Stream Via Sws BARN PARK ROAD CSO 27 26 100
South West Water River Plym Via Sws 178 BEAUMONT ROAD CSO 47 24 100
South West Water River Plym Via Sws ARNOLDS POINT PUMPING STATION 5 23 100
South West Water River Tamar EDINBURGH STREET (PS5) PS 16 22 100
South West Water River Plym TREFIUS PARK COMBINED SEWER OVERFLO 42 22 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound BARBICAN (SUTTON HARBOUR) TANKS 7 16 100
South West Water River Plym HEATHFIELD ROAD CSO 6 15 100
South West Water River Tamar SALTASH ROAD SPS PLYMOUTH 18 14 100
South West Water River Plym Via Sws JEPHSON ROAD CSO 23 13 84
South West Water Millbay Dock Via Sws-Estuarine ETON PLACE CSO 7 12 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound 20 COMMERCIAL ROAD 1 10 79
South West Water River Plym LANHYDROCK ROAD CSO 40 9 100
South West Water River Plym Via Sws FARRINGDON ROAD CSO 13 9 92
South West Water River Plym Via Sws 1 EDNA TERRACE CSO 10 7 100
South West Water River Plym Estuary JETTY PUMPING STATION 4 7 100
South West Water Stonehouse Creek SEYMOUR PLACE CSO 11 6 100
South West Water Stonehouse Creek Via Sws MILL BRIDGE CSO 8 6 100
South West Water River Plym Via Sws 78 BEAUMONT ROAD CSO 23 5 100
South West Water Stonehouse Creek Via Sws WILTON ROAD CSO 7 5 100
South West Water River Plym OPP 44 CARMARTHEN ROAD CSO 22 4 100
South West Water River Plym Via Sws SEYMOUR AVENUE/BEAUMONT RD CSO 18 4 90
South West Water River Plym Via Sws 45 CRAVEN AVENUE CSO 20 4 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound POTTERY QUAY PUMPING STATION 3 3 100
South West Water River Plym Via Sws CAVENDISH ROAD CSO 10 3 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound WEST HOE TUNNEL SHAFT 5B.2 5 3 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound Via Sws PENNYCOMEQUICK ROUNDABOUT CSO 4 3 100
South West Water River Plym Via Sws SEYMOUR AVENUE/SALISBURY RD CSO 16 3 100
South West Water Stonehouse Creek Via Sws DALE ROAD CSO 3 2 72
South West Water Stonehouse Creek Via Sws VICTORIA PARK CSO 2 2 100
South West Water River Tamar CORNWALL BEACH (PS3) 2 1 100
South West Water Weston Mill Lake CAMELS HEAD WWTW 2 1 96
South West Water Stone House Creek Via Sws PENNYCOMEQUICK HILL CSO 2 0 92
South West Water Hamoaze MORICE YARD CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Plym GWYN ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 0 0 47
South West Water Stonehouse Creek ALLOTMENT CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Hamoaze MOON COVE CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Plym Via Sws LAIRA AVENUE CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Millbay Docks Via Sws TRACEY COURT CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound WEST HOE PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
South West Water Cattewater 20 COMMERCIAL ROAD 0 0 100
South West Water River Plym OLD LAIRA ROAD JUNCTION CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Plym Via Sws 28 FINCH CLOSE CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Plym EMBANKMENT ROAD PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
South West Water Pennycomequick Stream Via Sws 2 BICKHAM PARK ROAD CSO 0 0 60
South West Water River Plym MARSH MILLS PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
South West Water River Tamar DOCKYARD NO.1 0 0 100

Data Sources & Accuracy

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

Experimental derived data from Thames Water API, Some data may be missing or inaccurate. This uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.

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