Designated shellfish area 'Exe' polluted by sewage 1,385 times in 2022 - lasting 6,411 hours

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Totals for Exe in 2022
69 Sites polluted by South West Water
1,385 sewage dumps
6,411 h duration
That's 8.9 months. On average 3.8 times a day
How does Exe compare?

Exe was the #5 most polluted shellfish area in England & Wales, by duration of sewage overflows, as reported by the water companies

Pollution Summary 2022

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Exe in 2022.

Accuracy Warning We use data from the water companies, but we are seeing many anomalies, that make us believe that location information is quite poor. The situation is likely far worse than reported here.

In particular: Totals on this page can differ from totals in the Ranked Shellfish page - number on this page are higher - this is due to a lack of standardization on shellfish area names. This page more accurately counts the differing names. For example "Solway" and "SOLWAY" are counted as different in the rankings, but correctly aggregated here.

Other CSOs may also be located nearby, however the water companies claim that these do not affect the water quality here.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
South West Water Woodbury Brook WOODBURY WWTW 65 1,077 93
South West Water River Clyst EXTON NORTH PS 71 886 100
South West Water River Clyst EBFORD PUMPING STATION 249 802 100
South West Water River Exe MILL ROAD PUMPING STATION 30 586 17
South West Water English Channel MAER PUMPING STATION & TANK CSO 39 470 93
South West Water Woodbury Brook EXTON SOUTH PUMPING STATION 42 458 100
South West Water Lyme Bay EXMOUTH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 32 418 100
South West Water Nadder Brook BROOK COTTAGE PUMPING STATION 47 336 100
South West Water River Clyst CLYST HONITON PUMPING STATION 14 205 73
South West Water River Exe Estuary EXETER (COUNTESS WEAR) STW 40 118 100
South West Water Woodbury Brook HAM LANE CSO 49 107 100
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer LOWER NORTH STREET CSO 39 89 55
South West Water Exe Estuary HARTOPP ROAD CSO 43 88 100
South West Water Exe Estuary IMPERIAL ROAD TANK CSO 12 86 100
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer WELL STREET CSO 40 60 100
South West Water River Kenn SLITTERCOMBE LANE PSCSO/EO 10 53 100
South West Water Shutterton Brook DAWLISH WARREN ROAD PS 35 53 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws BULLER ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 6 50 89
South West Water Mill Race, River Exe MILL RACE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 27 48 98
South West Water River Exe Estuary EXETER (COUNTESS WEAR) STW 19 42 100
South West Water Higher Least Via Sw Sewer PENNSYLVANIA ROAD CSO 27 41 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws DUNSFORD ROAD CSO 36 26 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws TEMPLE ROAD CSO 22 19 100
South West Water Northbrook NORTHBROOK GOLF COURSE LOWER CSO 12 17 100
South West Water Tidal River Exe BONHAY ROAD CSO 13 16 100
South West Water Exe Estuary ASH GROVE CSO 18 16 68
South West Water Fordland Brook THE COLLEGE IDE CSO 16 16 87
South West Water River Exe FOLLET ROAD CSO 30 16 100
South West Water Withycombe Brook EXETER ROAD CSO - EXMOUTH 30 16 94
South West Water Northbrook NORTHBROOK PARK GOLF CRSE UPPER CSO 12 15 100
South West Water River Clyst Valley Via Sws BROADCLYST (SIDE) PUMPING STATION 14 15 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws CHURCH ROAD JCT OF CECIL ROAD CSO 15 14 91
South West Water Cranny Brook CHURCH ROAD CSO 3 13 100
South West Water Alphin Brook CHURCH ROAD CSO 24 10 99
South West Water Pin Brook LANGATON LANE CSO 9 9 68
South West Water River Exe Estuary LYMPSTONE OUTFALL PUMPING STATION 20 8 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws COLLETON GROVE CSO 9 8 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws MAGDALEN ROAD CSO 13 8 94
South West Water Mincinglake Stream 121A ST. KATHERINES ROAD CSO 6 7 67
South West Water Northbrook SWEETBRIER LANE CSO 8 7 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws 19 HEAVITREE ROAD CSO 20 7 100
South West Water Berry Brook MILBURY LANE PUMPING STATION 12 6 94
South West Water River Exe Via Sws CLIFTON ROAD/JCT ALBERT ROAD CSO 1 6 100
South West Water Exe Estuary PHEAR PARK PSEO/CSO 1 5 100
South West Water River Exe BONHAY PARK CSO 4 5 100
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sws HOWELL ROAD CSO 2 4 100
South West Water Grindle Brook Via Sws OLD WOODBURY SALTERTON STW CSO 5 4 100
South West Water Taddiforde Brook R/O IMPERIAL HOTEL CSO 10 3 95
South West Water Higher Leat QUAY HILL COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 2 2 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws OKEHAMPTON ROAD CSO 6 2 100
South West Water North Brook Via Sws FIRST AVENUE SERVICE LANE CSO 8 2 100
South West Water Cofton Stream CHURCH ROAD CSO 14 2 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws 28 CLIFTON ROAD CSO 7 1 100
South West Water Shutterton Brook SHUTTERTON BRIDGE PS 7 1 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws 23 KING EDWARD STREET CSO 2 0 74
South West Water Northbrook Via Sws BURNTHOUSE LANE CSO 4 0 100
South West Water Berry Brook MAIN ROAD CSO 4 0 73
South West Water River Exe Via Sws LARKBEARE HOUSE CSO 1 0 95
South West Water River Exe Via Sws 14 CLIFTON ROAD CSO 3 0 100
South West Water North Brook Via Sws NORTH LAWN COURT CSO 5 0 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws EXETER BOWLING CLUB CSO 5 0 91
South West Water North Brook Via Sws HEAVITREE PLEASURE GROUND CSO 1 0 75
South West Water Shutterton Brook SHUTTERTON BRIDGE PS 1 0 11
South West Water Northbrook Via Sws 21 WONFORD STREET CSO 3 0 100
South West Water Cofton Stream SHIP INN CSO 4 0 100
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer QUAY HILL CSO 2 0 91
South West Water Alphin Brook TAN LANE PUMPING STATION 1 0 100
South West Water North Brook Via Sws LOWER AVENUE CSO 2 0 100
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sws THORNTON HILL CSO 2 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.

This website is intended to provide an accurate representation of the Environment Agency data. The data is hard to use, and thus some errors may have been made. If you find something that is incorrect, please raise an issue at the GitHub issues page and we'll endeavour to fix it quickly.

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