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

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

35 Sites polluted by South West Water

Pollution Summary 2022

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