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Torridge and Tavistock

Polluted by sewage 8,872 times in 2025 lasting 52,836 hours - That's 6.12 years!

Monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more

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Live data for Torridge and Tavistock in 2026

So far this year (as of 18 May 2026, 12:00) there has been 33,716 hours of sewage overflows, from 199 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s - that's 3.9 years!

Totals for Torridge and Tavistock in 2025

85 Sites polluted by South West Water
8,872 sewage dumps
52,836 hours duration
That's 6.12 years. On average 24.3 times a day

Change Over Time

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Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Torridge and Tavistock in 2025. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Reporting refers to how much of the time the monitoring was active. In this constituency 2 of the total 93 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year. Of these 1 had zero reporting.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
South West Water Derril Water PYWORTHY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 146 2,919 100
South West Water Cholwell Brook MARY TAVY WWTW 126 2,546 100
South West Water Blackbrook River PRINCETOWN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 176 2,284 97.3
South West Water River Lumburn LAMERTON STW 109 2,167 100
South West Water River Yeo HORNS CROSS SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 230 2,035 100
South West Water Coles Stream HOLSWORTHY (DERRITON) STW 188 2,018 99.4
South West Water Langham Lake HIGH BICKINGTON STW 173 1,911 100
South West Water River Torridge DOLTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 118 1,678 100
South West Water River Thrushel LEWDOWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 127 1,601 100
South West Water Raddon Stream/Ground LYDFORD WASTEWATER TRTMENT WORKS 133 1,573 100
South West Water River Torridge SHEEPWASH WWTW 3,336 1,518 100
South West Water Mully Brook ASHREIGNY WWTW CSO 167 1,511 97.1
South West Water Little Mere River MERTON WWTW CSO 144 1,461 96.5
South West Water River Tamar MILTON ABBOT WWTW 83 1,455 100
South West Water River Torridge WEARE GIFFARD WWTW 115 1,340 100
South West Water River Torridge SHEBBEAR WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 91 1,281 99.8
South West Water Unknown KINGSCOTT STW 84 1,260 98.1
South West Water River Lew BRIDESTOWE WWTW 74 1,259 100
South West Water River Yeo BUCKLAND BREWER STW 63 1,128 100
South West Water Abbey River HARTLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 93 1,101 97.9
South West Water Tidal River Tamar BERE ALSTON STW 91 1,031 100
South West Water River Yeo LITTLEHAM STW 80 1,000 100
South West Water River Walkham HORRABRIDGE WWTW 53 985 97.4
South West Water Unknown BERE ALSTON STW 82 978 100
South West Water Of Woolleigh Brook ROBOROUGH STW 143 919 99.6
South West Water Little Mere River PETROCKSTOWE STW 76 885 98.3
South West Water Unknown ASHWATER STW 104 855 100
South West Water River Tavy CROWNDALE COTTAGES CSO 72 815 74.9
South West Water Stream To Mouthmill Beach HIGHER CLOVELLY WWTW 59 768 100
South West Water River Derril DERRIL SPS 89 753 100
South West Water Black Brook River BLACKBROOK-CSO-PRINCETOWN 117 723 94.3
South West Water Clovelly Bay SOUTHERN PUMPING STATION 54 709 100
South West Water River Torridge BLACK TORRINGTON WWTW 102 635 96.7
South West Water River Torridge BRADWORTHY WWTW SSO 109 578 87.3
South West Water River Thrushel BRATTON CLOVELLY WWTW CSO 104 574 100
South West Water River Yeo FORD & FAIRY CROSS STW 81 548 100
South West Water River Tavy TAVISTOCK COLLEGE PLAYING FIELD 80 500 94.8
South West Water River Tamar BRIDGERULE WWTW 34 436 100
South West Water Of Combe Lake STIBB CROSS STW 58 428 100
South West Water Bullow Brook WINKLEIGH WASTEWATER TREATMENT WRKS 33 352 100
South West Water River Deer DOBLES LANE PSCSO/EO 38 344 100
South West Water River Torridge TORRINGTON WWTW 42 305 99.75
South West Water Unknown WOOLFARDISWORTHY STW 23 301 93.1
South West Water River Tavy SIPHON TELEPHONE BOX CSO 64 292 100
South West Water Langham Lake YARNSCOMBE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 29 273 100
South West Water River Tavy WEST BRIDGE CSO 79 271 100
South West Water River Tavy BERE FERRERS PUMPING STATION 66 268 100
South West Water River Deer WEST CROFT ROAD 72 256 100
South West Water Kenwith Stream ABBOTSHAM WWTW 196 204 99.2
South West Water Dodscott Brook ST GILES IN THE WOOD STW 21 184 100
South West Water River Tamar ST GILES ON THE HEATH 22 159 95.6
South West Water Silford Stream BUCKLEIGH PUMPING STATION 20 138 100
South West Water Unknown PARKHAM STW 43 134 100
South West Water River Tavy CROWNDALE WWTW 9 121 5.9
South West Water Of Common Lake Stream TOWN PARK PUMPING STATION 77 116 100
South West Water Tiddy Brook BISHOP MEAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 29 114 100
South West Water River Tavy PIXON LANE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 67 95 96.6
South West Water River Abby HARTLAND PSCSO/EO 31 82 100
South West Water Castle Hill Stream ROLLE ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 58 74 98.4
South West Water River Torridge MONKLEIGH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 62 67 100
South West Water River Torridge LANGTREE STW SEPTIC TANK 65 63 100
South West Water River Torridge TORRIDGE VALE DAIRIES CSO 46 61 98.1
South West Water River Torridge BIDEFORD FINE SCREENING 31 59 100
South West Water River Torridge TADDIPORT BRIDGE PUMPING STATION 13 52 100
South West Water River Tamar Via Sws BERE ALSTON COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 45 51 100
South West Water Mully Brook RIDDLECOMBE WASTE WATER TREATMENT 11 48 100
South West Water Castle Hill Stream WATERY LANE CSO 72 36 100
South West Water Little Mere River OAKLANDS CSO 6 30 100
South West Water Common Lake Stream DARTINGTON CLOSE PUMPING STATION 5 16 99.9
South West Water River Torridge Estuary TORRINGTON STREET PS 8 11 100
South West Water River Claw CLAWTON STW 12 8 100
South West Water Frithelstockstone Stream FRITHELSTOCK STW 24 7 100
South West Water Kenwith Stream LAUREL AVENUE CSO 11 7 97.7
South West Water Kenwith Stream WESTCOMBE LANE CSO 23 6 100
South West Water Pill Via Sws CAUSEWAY CLOSE CSO 10 6 99.5
South West Water River Torridge Estuary APPLEDORE PS 3 6 94.9
South West Water River Torridge Estuary ETHELWYNNE BROWN CLOSE PS 3 5 100
South West Water River Torridge WEST LANE CSO 16 2 99.4
South West Water River Tavy Via Sws PLYMOUTH ROAD CSO 5 2 100
South West Water Pill SKERN CSO 2 1 100
South West Water River Torridge LOWER CLEAVE PSCSO/EO 1 1 100
South West Water Kenwith Stream RALEIGH HILL CSO 6 0 100
South West Water River Torridge MILL STREET COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 3 0 100
South West Water River Tamar VICARGE GARDENS CSO MILTON ABBOT 4 0 100
South West Water Kenwith MORETON PARK ROAD CSO 2 0 100
South West Water River Tamar BRIDGERULE PSCSO/EO 0 0 100
South West Water River Lyd CHILLATON STW 0 0 99.3
South West Water River Tavy Via Sws CHURCH LANE CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Mere EAST YARDE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 0 0 100
South West Water River Tavy MOUNT HOUSE SCHOOL PS 0 0 100
South West Water Clovelly Bay NORTHERN PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
South West Water River Lyd PLAYING FIELDS CSO 0 0 0
South West Water Castle Hill Stream Via Sws WATERY LANE 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, and Scottish Water

Experimental derived data from Thames Water API, Some data may be missing or inaccurate. Live sewage data from Stream Water API

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