Torridge and West Devon polluted by sewage 5,246 times in 2022 - lasting 57,494 hours

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Totals for Torridge and West Devon in 2022
82 Sites polluted by South West Water
5,246 sewage dumps
57,494 h duration
That's 6.65 years! On average 14.4 times a day

Pollution Summary 2022

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Torridge and West Devon in 2022. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
South West Water Milton Stream STOKE HILL WWTW 241 4,665 100
South West Water River Meavy GRATTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 173 3,522 15
South West Water Coles Stream HOLSWORTHY (DERRITON) STW 182 2,858 100
South West Water Raddon Stream/Ground LYDFORD WASTEWATER TRTMENT WORKS 161 2,497 45
South West Water Derril Water PYWORTHY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 139 2,462 100
South West Water River Lew BRIDESTOWE WWTW 165 2,101 100
South West Water Unknown BERE ALSTON STW 131 2,078 100
South West Water River Lumburn LAMERTON STW 99 2,039 100
South West Water River Walkham WALKHAMPTON WWTW SSO 101 1,968 100
South West Water River Walkham HORRABRIDGE WWTW 97 1,881 100
South West Water Cholwell Brook MARY TAVY WWTW 103 1,838 100
South West Water Langham Lake HIGH BICKINGTON STW 180 1,563 100
South West Water River Thrushel LEWDOWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 140 1,562 100
South West Water Langham Lake YARNSCOMBE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 62 1,462 100
South West Water River Torridge SHEBBEAR WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 136 1,453 99
South West Water Tidal River Tamar BERE ALSTON STW 120 1,400 100
South West Water River Torridge BRADWORTHY WWTW SSO 164 1,399 100
South West Water Little Mere River PETROCKSTOWE STW 92 1,379 100
South West Water River Walkham BEDFORD BRIDGE CSO 104 1,203 98
South West Water River Torridge WEARE GIFFARD WWTW 117 1,087 100
South West Water Unknown WOOLFARDISWORTHY STW 100 1,045 83
South West Water River Torridge SHEEPWASH WWTW 103 1,041 94
South West Water Bullow Brook WINKLEIGH WASTEWATER TREATMENT WRKS 56 957 100
South West Water River Torridge DOLTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 109 904 100
South West Water River Yeo HORNS CROSS SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 49 886 100
South West Water River Torridge BLACK TORRINGTON WWTW 114 875 100
South West Water River Tavy BUCKLAND MONACHORUM WWTW 48 803 100
South West Water Castle Hill Stream Via Sws WATERY LANE CSO 43 776 94
South West Water River Tavy CROWNDALE WWTW 56 732 97
South West Water Unknown CLEARBROOK STW 41 728 100
South West Water Little Mere River MERTON WWTW CSO 84 682 92
South West Water Abbey River HARTLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 74 663 92
South West Water River Meavy GRATTON CSO 90 526 83
South West Water River Tamar MILTON ABBOT WWTW 118 511 100
South West Water River Thrushel BRATTON CLOVELLY WWTW CSO 87 506 100
South West Water Clovelly Bay SOUTHERN PUMPING STATION 37 420 99
South West Water Silford Stream BUCKLEIGH PUMPING STATION 31 405 100
South West Water Mully Brook RIDDLECOMBE WASTE WATER TREATMENT 17 392 100
South West Water Unknown PARKHAM STW 50 351 100
South West Water River Derril DERRIL SPS 31 317 100
South West Water Kenwith Stream ABBOTSHAM WWTW 144 313 100
South West Water River Torridge TORRINGTON WWTW 25 300 100
South West Water River Tavy BERE FERRERS PUMPING STATION 55 259 100
South West Water River Tamar BRIDGERULE WWTW 19 231 83
South West Water River Tavy TAVISTOCK COLLEGE PLAYING FIELD 79 214 100
South West Water River Tavy CROWNDALE COTTAGES CSO 36 210 36
South West Water Black Brook River BLACKBROOK-CSO-PRINCETOWN 12 203 100
South West Water River Walkham CHAPEL LANE CSO 13 187 100
South West Water River Tavy HARROWBEER CSO 22 184 100
South West Water River Meavy LAKE LANE CSO 11 163 100
South West Water Of Woolleigh Brook ROBOROUGH STW 12 157 100
South West Water River Yeo FORD & FAIRY CROSS STW 14 139 100
South West Water River Tavy WEST BRIDGE CSO 65 135 92
South West Water River Claw CLAWTON STW 23 135 100
South West Water River Tavy SIPHON TELEPHONE BOX CSO 63 134 100
South West Water Castle Hill Stream ROLLE ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 84 98 100
South West Water River Deer DOBLES LANE PSCSO/EO 60 98 100
South West Water Of Common Lake Stream TOWN PARK PUMPING STATION 75 65 100
South West Water River Torridge MONKLEIGH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 77 52 91
South West Water Castle Hill Stream WATERY LANE CSO 88 49 100
South West Water Tiddy Brook BISHOP MEAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 20 47 100
South West Water River Tamar Via Sws BERE ALSTON COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 39 30 100
South West Water River Torridge TADDIPORT BRIDGE PUMPING STATION 15 23 100
South West Water River Torridge TORRIDGE VALE DAIRIES CSO 49 22 100
South West Water River Torridge BIDEFORD FINE SCREENING 24 19 100
South West Water River Tamar ST GILES ON THE HEATH 5 14 100
South West Water River Abby HARTLAND PSCSO/EO 4 14 100
South West Water River Torridge Estuary TORRINGTON STREET PS 19 8 100
South West Water River Deer WEST CROFT ROAD 4 6 46
South West Water River Yeo BUCKLAND BREWER STW 1 2 100
South West Water Pill Via Sws CAUSEWAY CLOSE CSO 11 2 100
South West Water River Tavy MOUNT HOUSE SCHOOL PS 2 1 100
South West Water River Torridge Estuary ETHELWYNNE BROWN CLOSE PS 3 1 100
South West Water River Tavy Via Sws PLYMOUTH ROAD CSO 7 1 100
South West Water River Torridge Estuary APPLEDORE PS 2 0 100
South West Water Pill SKERN CSO 2 0 100
South West Water River Torridge MILL STREET COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 6 0 100
South West Water River Torridge WEST LANE CSO 2 0 100
South West Water Frithelstockstone Stream FRITHELSTOCK STW 3 0 100
South West Water Kenwith Stream LAUREL AVENUE CSO 4 0 100
South West Water River Meavy CSO ADJ GLENVIEW 1 0 100
South West Water Common Lake Stream DARTINGTON CLOSE PUMPING STATION 1 0 100
South West Water Kenwith MORETON PARK ROAD CSO 0 0 56
South West Water River Lyd PLAYING FIELDS CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Torridge LANGTREE STW SEPTIC TANK 0 0 100
South West Water River Tamar BRIDGERULE PSCSO/EO 0 0 100
South West Water Little Mere River OAKLANDS CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Unknown ASHWATER STW 0 0 100
South West Water Kenwith Stream WESTCOMBE LANE CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Mully Brook ASHREIGNY WWTW CSO 0 0 0
South West Water River Tavy PIXON LANE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 0 0 0
South West Water River Yeo LITTLEHAM STW 0 0 100
South West Water River Mere EAST YARDE SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 0 0 100
South West Water Dodscott Brook ST GILES IN THE WOOD STW 0 0 100
South West Water Of Combe Lake STIBB CROSS STW 0 0 100
South West Water Stream To Mouthmill Beach HIGHER CLOVELLY WWTW 0 0 100
South West Water River Lyd CHILLATON STW 0 0 81
South West Water Kenwith Stream RALEIGH HILL CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Blackbrook River PRINCETOWN SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 0 0 100
South West Water Unknown KINGSCOTT STW 0 0 0
South West Water Clovelly Bay NORTHERN PUMPING STATION 0 0 99
South West Water River Meavy MEAVY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 0 0 100
South West Water River Tamar VICARGE GARDENS CSO MILTON ABBOT 0 0 100
South West Water River Tavy Via Sws CHURCH LANE CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Torridge LOWER CLEAVE PSCSO/EO 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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