Torridge and West Devon polluted by sewage 8,208 times in 2023 - lasting 94,476 hours
- but monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more

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Totals for Torridge and West Devon in 2023
91 Sites polluted by South West Water
8,208 sewage dumps
94,476 h duration
That's 10.93 years! On average 22.5 times a day
Change Over Time

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Torridge and West Devon in 2023. 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 4 of the total 105 CSO locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year, of which 4 had zero reporting.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
South West Water Blackbrook River PRINCETOWN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 253 5,244 100
South West Water Milton Stream STOKE HILL WWTW 294 5,177 100
South West Water Derril Water PYWORTHY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 202 3,640 100
South West Water River Meavy GRATTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 175 3,347 100
South West Water Coles Stream HOLSWORTHY (DERRITON) STW 257 3,322 100
South West Water River Torridge WEARE GIFFARD WWTW 198 3,190 100
South West Water River Torridge LANGTREE STW SEPTIC TANK 232 3,180 64.1
South West Water Langham Lake HIGH BICKINGTON STW 252 2,896 100
South West Water Of Combe Lake STIBB CROSS STW 186 2,800 48.9
South West Water River Lumburn LAMERTON STW 138 2,771 100
South West Water Black Brook River BLACKBROOK-CSO-PRINCETOWN 180 2,667 97.4
South West Water River Walkham HORRABRIDGE WWTW 139 2,547 100
South West Water River Lew BRIDESTOWE WWTW 127 2,490 97.8
South West Water River Yeo HORNS CROSS SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 174 2,411 100
South West Water River Tamar MILTON ABBOT WWTW 138 2,292 100
South West Water Cholwell Brook MARY TAVY WWTW 120 2,231 100
South West Water River Torridge SHEEPWASH WWTW 160 2,161 100
South West Water Tidal River Tamar BERE ALSTON STW 150 2,088 100
South West Water River Torridge SHEBBEAR WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 133 2,049 100
South West Water Unknown BERE ALSTON STW 141 2,038 100
South West Water River Thrushel LEWDOWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 160 2,027 100
South West Water River Walkham BEDFORD BRIDGE CSO 133 1,990 100
South West Water River Meavy GRATTON CSO 151 1,815 94.2
South West Water Bullow Brook WINKLEIGH WASTEWATER TREATMENT WRKS 116 1,788 100
South West Water Little Mere River PETROCKSTOWE STW 131 1,741 100
South West Water River Yeo BUCKLAND BREWER STW 123 1,610 100
South West Water River Torridge DOLTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 153 1,599 100
South West Water Abbey River HARTLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 109 1,587 98.3
South West Water River Tavy CROWNDALE WWTW 92 1,448 100
South West Water River Tavy BUCKLAND MONACHORUM WWTW 86 1,349 100
South West Water River Torridge BRADWORTHY WWTW SSO 171 1,325 100
South West Water River Torridge BLACK TORRINGTON WWTW 161 1,319 100
South West Water Unknown WOOLFARDISWORTHY STW 117 1,241 93
South West Water Little Mere River MERTON WWTW CSO 106 1,164 93.8
South West Water Raddon Stream/Ground LYDFORD WASTEWATER TRTMENT WORKS 102 1,121 62.2
South West Water Stream To Mouthmill Beach HIGHER CLOVELLY WWTW 63 1,062 100
South West Water River Derril DERRIL SPS 88 717 100
South West Water River Thrushel BRATTON CLOVELLY WWTW CSO 137 716 100
South West Water Unknown CLEARBROOK STW 55 700 100
South West Water River Yeo FORD & FAIRY CROSS STW 82 643 70.7
South West Water River Torridge TORRINGTON WWTW 47 599 100
South West Water Unknown PARKHAM STW 93 575 100
South West Water River Tamar BRIDGERULE WWTW 47 549 100
South West Water River Claw CLAWTON STW 70 542 100
South West Water Silford Stream BUCKLEIGH PUMPING STATION 50 538 80.8
South West Water Kenwith Stream ABBOTSHAM WWTW 326 537 100
South West Water River Tavy TAVISTOCK COLLEGE PLAYING FIELD 114 507 100
South West Water Unknown ASHWATER STW 42 437 62.9
South West Water Dodscott Brook ST GILES IN THE WOOD STW 76 400 46.5
South West Water River Tavy HARROWBEER CSO 92 355 100
South West Water River Tavy BERE FERRERS PUMPING STATION 95 354 100
South West Water Unknown KINGSCOTT STW 42 353 65.3
South West Water River Tavy WEST BRIDGE CSO 102 326 100
South West Water River Deer WEST CROFT ROAD 78 322 93
South West Water Clovelly Bay SOUTHERN PUMPING STATION 34 295 90.3
South West Water River Yeo LITTLEHAM STW 32 273 100
South West Water River Meavy CSO ADJ GLENVIEW 21 199 100
South West Water River Deer DOBLES LANE PSCSO/EO 39 196 100
South West Water River Meavy LAKE LANE CSO 30 167 98.7
South West Water Castle Hill Stream Via Sws WATERY LANE CSO 8 167 68.7
South West Water River Tavy SIPHON TELEPHONE BOX CSO 68 164 100
South West Water Castle Hill Stream ROLLE ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 98 163 94.7
South West Water River Tamar ST GILES ON THE HEATH 26 143 100
South West Water Of Common Lake Stream TOWN PARK PUMPING STATION 93 125 100
South West Water Mully Brook RIDDLECOMBE WASTE WATER TREATMENT 23 90 100
South West Water River Walkham CHAPEL LANE CSO 26 75 86.4
South West Water Tiddy Brook BISHOP MEAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 34 63 100
South West Water River Torridge TORRIDGE VALE DAIRIES CSO 45 53 98.9
South West Water River Abby HARTLAND PSCSO/EO 23 49 100
South West Water River Torridge WEST LANE CSO 17 45 100
South West Water River Torridge MONKLEIGH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 45 35 100
South West Water River Tamar Via Sws BERE ALSTON COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 60 34 100
South West Water Castle Hill Stream WATERY LANE CSO 58 28 100
South West Water River Torridge Estuary TORRINGTON STREET PS 10 26 100
South West Water River Torridge TADDIPORT BRIDGE PUMPING STATION 14 25 100
South West Water Little Mere River OAKLANDS CSO 10 24 100
South West Water River Torridge BIDEFORD FINE SCREENING 27 23 100
South West Water Frithelstockstone Stream FRITHELSTOCK STW 17 19 100
South West Water River Meavy MEAVY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 34 19 100
South West Water River Torridge Estuary ETHELWYNNE BROWN CLOSE PS 9 17 100
South West Water Mully Brook ASHREIGNY WWTW CSO 13 10 37.3
South West Water Pill Via Sws CAUSEWAY CLOSE CSO 16 4 100
South West Water Common Lake Stream DARTINGTON CLOSE PUMPING STATION 4 3 100
South West Water Langham Lake YARNSCOMBE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 2 2 100
South West Water River Tamar BRIDGERULE PSCSO/EO 1 1 90
South West Water River Torridge Estuary APPLEDORE PS 2 1 100
South West Water Kenwith Stream LAUREL AVENUE CSO 3 0 93.3
South West Water River Torridge MILL STREET COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 3 0 100
South West Water River Tamar VICARGE GARDENS CSO MILTON ABBOT 1 0 100
South West Water Pill SKERN CSO 1 0 100
South West Water River Tavy Via Sws PLYMOUTH ROAD CSO 2 0 100
South West Water River Tavy Via Sws CHURCH LANE CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Kenwith Stream WESTCOMBE LANE CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Mere EAST YARDE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 0 0 67.6
South West Water River Tavy MOUNT HOUSE SCHOOL PS 0 0 100
South West Water Of Woolleigh Brook ROBOROUGH STW 0 0 92.8
South West Water River Lyd PLAYING FIELDS CSO 0 0 0
South West Water Kenwith Stream RALEIGH HILL CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Clovelly Bay NORTHERN PUMPING STATION 0 0 90.3
South West Water River Tavy PIXON LANE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 0 0 0
South West Water Kenwith MORETON PARK ROAD CSO 0 0 96
South West Water River Lyd CHILLATON STW 0 0 100
South West Water River Torridge LOWER CLEAVE PSCSO/EO 0 0 100
South West Water River Tavy CROWNDALE COTTAGES CSO 0 0 0
South West Water River Walkham WALKHAMPTON WWTW SSO 0 0 0

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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