South East Cornwall polluted by sewage 3,614 times in 2022 - lasting 27,591 hours

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Totals for South East Cornwall in 2022
82 Sites polluted by South West Water
3,614 sewage dumps
27,591 h duration
That's 3.19 years! On average 9.9 times a day

Pollution Summary 2022

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for South East Cornwall 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 METHERELL WWTW 126 2,502 100
South West Water River Lynher GOLBERDON STW 139 1,676 100
South West Water River Tamar CHILSWORTHY WWTW 139 1,670 51
South West Water River Pol PELYNT WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 87 1,464 100
South West Water River Tamar GUNNISLAKE WWTW 124 1,320 99.5
South West Water River Tamar LATCHLEY STW 75 1,247 78
South West Water St Neot River ST NEOT STW 229 1,241 100
South West Water River Fowey COULSON PARK PUMPING STATION 73 1,177 92
South West Water River Tamar Estuary ST DOMINICK WWTW 121 1,136 99
South West Water English Channel SEATON PUMPING STATION 67 987 100
South West Water River Seaton MENHENIOT WWTW 60 871 100
South West Water Tremar Stream ST CLEER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 59 809 100
South West Water River Tamar ST DOMINICK PUMPING STATION 57 796 100
South West Water Polbathic Lake ST GERMANS WWTW 82 710 99
South West Water River Tamar HAREWOOD ROAD CSO 157 709 100
South West Water Unknown RILLA MILL WWTW 118 695 99
South West Water River Seaton MINIONS STW 95 671 100
South West Water Unknown ST AUSTELL NORTH STW 36 574 100
South West Water Haye Valley Stream CALLINGTON WWTW 43 570 100
South West Water Looe River HEALTH CENTRE CAR PARK PSEO/CSO 103 448 86
South West Water Landrake Stream LANDRAKE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 35 419 99
South West Water West Looe River DULOE STW 28 413 100
South West Water River Loveny CHAPEL CAR PARK PSCSO/EO 23 384 100
South West Water River Tamar PLAYING FIELDS PUMPING STATION 77 373 100
South West Water East Looe River SUNGIRT LANE CSO 33 365 100
South West Water River Lynher Estuary ANTONY STW (INLET TO WORKS) SSO 97 327 90
South West Water St John'S Lake TORPOINT WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 33 284 100
South West Water River Lynher HATT WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 22 283 100
South West Water Unknown HARROWBARROW WWTW 41 226 67
South West Water River Tiddy QUETHIOCK WWTW 103 224 100
South West Water Looe River LOOE BULLER QUAY 84 220 95
South West Water Haye Valley Stream HAYE ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 68 218 91
South West Water River Tiddy PENSILVA PUMPING STATION 18 217 100
South West Water East Looe River LISKEARD STW 31 183 100
South West Water River Seaton CROWSNEST STW 29 175 100
South West Water Looe River WEST LOOE SQUARE CSO 31 149 99
South West Water Stream ST MELLION PUMPING STATION 24 146 100
South West Water Looe Bay HANNAFORE PUMPING STATION 62 128 100
South West Water River Tamar Via Sws GUNNISLAKE NO.2 CSO 70 119 100
South West Water River Fowey Estuary BODINNICK COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 6 118 22
South West Water Pont Pill LANREATH PUMPING STATION 59 118 100
South West Water River Lynher PILLATON WASTEWATER TREATMEMT WORKS 14 104 100
South West Water St Mellion Stream ST MELLION PUMPING STATION 17 98 99
South West Water Tidal River Lerryn LERRYN CAR PARK OVERFLOW 47 95 100
South West Water River Lyner FORDER NO 1 PSCSO/EO 15 81 100
South West Water English Channel DOWNDERRY 31 69 90
South West Water Whitsand Bay PORTWRINKLE PSCSO/EO 16 62 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound CATTEDOWN ROAD PUMPING STATION 18 56 100
South West Water English Channel POLPERRO WWTW 18 56 100
South West Water St Johns Leat ST JOHN STW 13 53 89
South West Water Saltmill Creek RIVERVIEW PSCSO/EO 8 52 100
South West Water River Tamar CARGREEN PSCSO/EO 31 46 100
South West Water River Fowey EAST TAPHOUSE WWTW 28 45 98
South West Water Cawsand Bay KINGSAND SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 34 43 100
South West Water River Tamar THANCKES PARK PUMPING STATION 39 41 100
South West Water Looe Bay PLAIDY PUMP STATION 50 39 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound CHAPELDOWN PUMPING STATION 25 38 100
South West Water Cawsand Bay Estaurine Via Sws CAWSAND SOUTH PUMPING STATION 14 36 100
South West Water East Looe River NEW ROAD CSO 7 32 100
South West Water River Tamar ROWING CLUB NO2 CSO 24 31 100
South West Water Saltmill Creek ADIT LANE CSO 55 29 87
South West Water Tamar Estuary OLD FERRY ROAD CSO 12 16 99
South West Water Hamoaze MACEY STEPS CSO 18 13 78
South West Water River Tamar Estuary COOMBE ROAD CSO 10 8 76
South West Water River Tamar THE QUAY COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 22 8 100
South West Water River Tamar Estuary WATERSIDE PUMPING STATION 5 8 100
South West Water River Seaton FACTORY HOUSES PUMPING STATION 2 7 100
South West Water Millbrook Lake MILLBROOK STW 3 5 100
South West Water Un-Named Watercourse TREDINNICK STW 9 5 100
South West Water Blunts Stream BLUNTS STW 9 3 100
South West Water East Looe River TREWIDLAND STW 6 2 61
South West Water River Tamar ROWING CLUB NO1 CSO 12 2 100
South West Water River Tamar LOWER KELLY PSCSO/EO 2 2 100
South West Water River Seaton CHURCH SQUARE CSO 2 1 100
South West Water River Tamar BRUNEL BRIDGE CSO 8 1 100
South West Water River Lyner FORDER NO 2 PSCSO/EO 2 1 100
South West Water River Tamar Estuary COWDRY CLOSE CSO 3 0 100
South West Water River Seaton WIDEGATES WWTW 10 0 100
South West Water Millbrook Via Sws DAWES LANE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 4 0 100
South West Water River Lyner LANDRAKE PUMPING STATION 4 0 100
South West Water West Looe River ST KEYNE NO.1 PSCSO/EO 2 0 100
South West Water River Lynher SHEVIOCK STW SO 1 0 90
South West Water River Seaton SCAWNS HILL CSO 0 0 98
South West Water River Tamar GUNNISLAKE NO.1 CSO 0 0 94
South West Water River Lyner UPTON CROSS COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 0 0 45
South West Water Saltmill Creek RIVERVIEW CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Seaton LAKE LANE PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
South West Water Cawsand Bay NORTH ROCK SEWAGE PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
South West Water Par Sands RESCORLA CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Tamar Estuary CULVER ROAD CSO 0 0 86
South West Water Latchbrook Leat-Forder MOORLANDS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SPS 0 0 100
South West Water River Tamar Estuary SPENCER GARDENS CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Polbathic Stream POLBATHIC VILLAGE PS 0 0 100
South West Water River Fowey Estuary POLRUAN QUAY PS 0 0 100
South West Water Saltmill Creek HOMER PARK CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Unnamed To West Looe Rivr DOBWALLS SPS 0 0 100
South West Water Hamoaze WILCOVE STW 0 0 100
South West Water River Tamar KINGSWOOD ROAD PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
South West Water River Fowey LANTEGLOS PSCSO/EO 0 0 100
South West Water East Looe River VALLEY VIEW PSCSO/EO 0 0 100
South West Water River Fowey COMMONMOOR STW 0 0 100
South West Water Polbathic Lake LYNHER PSCSO/EO 0 0 100
South West Water East Looe River MINIONS CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Whitsand Bay PORTWRINKLE TANK CSO 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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