St Austell and Newquay polluted by sewage 1,450 times in 2022 - lasting 3,958 hours

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Totals for St Austell and Newquay in 2022
35 Sites polluted by South West Water
1,450 sewage dumps
3,958 h duration
That's 5.5 months. On average 4 times a day

Pollution Summary 2022

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for St Austell and Newquay 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 Fal ST DENNIS WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORK 186 1,288 100
South West Water Fowey Estuary FOWEY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 80 477 100
South West Water River Gannel FRADDON WASTEWATER TREATEMENT WORKS 89 244 100
South West Water River Fowey Estuary CAFFA MILL PUMPING STATION 70 223 100
South West Water St Austell Bay POLKERRIS FINE SCREENING PLANT & PS 39 220 72
South West Water Atlantic Ocean GORRAN HAVEN PSCSO/EO 34 211 100
South West Water Gwindra Stream NORTH FAL STW (ST STEPHENS COOMBE) 24 148 100
South West Water Gwindra Stream GOONMARRIS PSCSO/EO 19 126 100
South West Water Mevagissey Bay MEVAGISSEY PS 121 124 63
South West Water River Menahyl ST COLUMB STW 34 115 85
South West Water River Fowey Estuary TOWN QUAY PUMPING STATION 199 115 100
South West Water Atlantic Ocean YELLOWSANDS PUMPING STATION 23 86 95
South West Water St Austell Bay, English Chanel CHARLESTOWN PUMPING STATION 20 60 98
South West Water River Camel VICTORIA PSCSO/EO 60 59 100
South West Water River Fowey Estuary GOLANT PUMPING STATION 150 58 100
South West Water Stream/Atlantic Ocean WATERGATE BAY PUMPING STATION 9 56 100
South West Water River Gannel FERN PIT PUMPING STATION 45 43 100
South West Water Unknown PAR SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 8 42 100
South West Water Atlantic Ocean TOWAN HEAD PUMPING STATION 25 39 100
South West Water St Austell Bay CHARLESTOWN HARBOUR PSCSO/EO 24 39 100
South West Water Portmellon Stream GORRAN CHURCHTOWN PUMPING STATION 28 28 96
South West Water Unnamed Ditch,Trenance Lake GUSTI VEOR COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 48 24 100
South West Water Par River ROCHE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 42 24 100
South West Water River Fal GRAMPOUND PLAYING FIELD CSO 16 19 100
South West Water River Menalhyl ST MAWGAN PSCSO/EO 6 16 100
South West Water St Austell River ST AUSTELL (LONDON APPRENTICE) PS 3 16 100
South West Water St Blazey Stream TREDENHAM CLOSE CSO 6 11 100
South West Water River Fal GRAMPOUND PUMPING STATION 16 9 100
South West Water River Par PAR NO2 PUMPING STATION 5 8 100
South West Water River Fowey Estuary READYMONEY ROAD COMBINED SEWER 5 7 56
South West Water Caerhays Stream LOWER STICKER PUMPING STATION 2 4 100
South West Water River Par MOLINNIS COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 7 3 44
South West Water Polgooth Stream POLGOOTH COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 3 1 100
South West Water River Fowey Estuary WHITEHOUSE SLIP (POINT) CSO 2 1 47
South West Water Crantock Beach CRANTOCK (BEACH ROAD) SPS 2 0 100
South West Water Stream BEACON SIDE PSCSO/EO 0 0 100
South West Water River Fowey Estuary READYMONEY COVE PS 0 0 100
South West Water Lappa Valley GWINDRA ROAD CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Fal CREEKAVOSE PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
South West Water River Menathyl COLUMB MAJOR CSO 0 0 80
South West Water Sandy River DANIELS LANE CSO 0 0 0
South West Water St Austell River PENTEWAN PSCSO/EO 0 0 100
South West Water Un-Named Watercourse CREAKAVOSE PARK PSCSO/EO 0 0 100
South West Water Stream PORTMELLON PSCSO/EO 0 0 100
South West Water River Fal INDIAN QUEENS PSCSO/EO 0 0 100
South West Water Newquay Bay FLY CELLARS PSCSO/EO 0 0 100
South West Water River Gannel FRADDON JUNCTION CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Gannel QUEEN AND RAILWAY INN CSO 0 0 100
South West Water St Austell Bay PORTHPEAN PSCSO/EO 0 0 100
South West Water White River NANSLADRON PUMPING STATION 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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