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Designated shellfish area 'Exe' polluted by sewage 2,379 times in 2023 - lasting 16,111 hours

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Totals for Exe in 2023
80 Sites polluted by South West Water
2,379 sewage dumps
16,111 h duration
That's 1.86 years! On average 6.5 times a day
How does Exe compare?

Exe was the #3 most polluted shellfish area in England & Wales, by duration of sewage overflows, as reported by the water companies

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Exe in 2023.

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 River Clyst EBFORD PUMPING STATION 214 4,089 100
South West Water Woodbury Brook WOODBURY WWTW 132 2,353 100
South West Water River Clyst EXTON NORTH PS 132 1,787 100
South West Water Lyme Bay EXMOUTH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 83 1,200 100
South West Water Woodbury Brook EXTON SOUTH PUMPING STATION 79 913 100
South West Water English Channel MAER PUMPING STATION & TANK CSO 74 883 100
South West Water Exe Estuary HARTOPP ROAD CSO 87 718 100
South West Water River Clyst CLYST HONITON PUMPING STATION 45 564 100
South West Water Nadder Brook BROOK COTTAGE PUMPING STATION 62 466 92.1
South West Water River Exe Estuary EXETER (COUNTESS WEAR) STW 73 264 100
South West Water Tidal River Exe BONHAY ROAD CSO 29 239 100
South West Water Exe Estuary PHEAR PARK PSEO/CSO 31 231 73.9
South West Water Cofton Stream COFTON PSCSO/EO 34 208 100
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer LOWER NORTH STREET CSO 79 200 100
South West Water Woodbury Brook HAM LANE CSO 70 156 100
South West Water Exe Estuary IMPERIAL ROAD TANK CSO 22 151 100
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer WELL STREET CSO 69 138 100
South West Water Mill Race, River Exe MILL RACE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 40 127 100
South West Water River Exe Estuary EXETER (COUNTESS WEAR) STW 37 123 100
South West Water Shutterton Brook DAWLISH WARREN ROAD PS 102 121 100
South West Water Higher Least Via Sw Sewer PENNSYLVANIA ROAD CSO 51 110 100
South West Water Grindle Brook Via Sws OLD WOODBURY SALTERTON STW CSO 16 70 85.7
South West Water River Exe NEWPORT PARK PUMPING STATION 7 64 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws HOLLOWAY STREET CSO 46 63 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws DUNSFORD ROAD CSO 52 60 92.7
South West Water Northbrook NORTHBROOK GOLF COURSE LOWER CSO 19 58 87
South West Water Fordland Brook THE COLLEGE IDE CSO 35 57 87
South West Water Cranny Brook CHURCH ROAD CSO 9 57 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws TEMPLE ROAD CSO 37 48 100
South West Water Northbrook NORTHBROOK PARK GOLF CRSE UPPER CSO 21 47 100
South West Water Exe Estuary ASH GROVE CSO 34 41 100
South West Water Alphin Brook CHURCH ROAD CSO 42 39 100
South West Water River Exe Estuary LYMPSTONE OUTFALL PUMPING STATION 44 31 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws CHURCH ROAD JCT OF CECIL ROAD CSO 28 30 100
South West Water Mincinglake Stream 121A ST. KATHERINES ROAD CSO 16 29 100
South West Water River Exe BONHAY PARK CSO 10 29 100
South West Water River Exe FOLLET ROAD CSO 41 27 100
South West Water River Kenn SLITTERCOMBE LANE PSCSO/EO 13 27 91.4
South West Water Pin Brook LANGATON LANE CSO 20 26 84
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sws HOWELL ROAD CSO 5 25 100
South West Water River Clyst Valley Via Sws BROADCLYST (SIDE) PUMPING STATION 22 25 100
South West Water Withycombe Brook EXETER ROAD CSO - EXMOUTH 35 23 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws COLLETON GROVE CSO 16 20 100
South West Water Northbrook SWEETBRIER LANE CSO 17 17 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws MAGDALEN ROAD CSO 19 14 92.7
South West Water Berry Brook MILBURY LANE PUMPING STATION 30 14 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws 19 HEAVITREE ROAD CSO 20 11 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws BUDDLE LANE CSO 23 11 76.6
South West Water Shutterton Brook SHUTTERTON BRIDGE PS 22 11 90
South West Water River Exe Via Sws 23 KING EDWARD STREET CSO 8 11 95.1
South West Water Shutterton Brook SHUTTERTON BRIDGE PS 9 8 93.3
South West Water Taddiforde Brook R/O IMPERIAL HOTEL CSO 13 7 87.7
South West Water Northbrook Via Sws PARKLAND DRIVE PUMPING STATION 5 7 100
South West Water River Exe MILL ROAD PUMPING STATION 9 6 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws OKEHAMPTON ROAD CSO 4 4 100
South West Water North Brook Via Sws FIRST AVENUE SERVICE LANE CSO 6 3 100
South West Water Alphin Brook TAN LANE PUMPING STATION 2 2 90
South West Water Cofton Stream CHURCH ROAD CSO 15 2 100
South West Water Northbrook Via Sws BURNTHOUSE LANE CSO 2 1 96.1
South West Water Berry Brook MAIN ROAD CSO 7 1 100
South West Water Higher Leat EXE STREET CSO 2 1 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws CHUTE STREET CSO 6 1 81.5
South West Water River Exe Via Sws EXETER BOWLING CLUB CSO 5 1 92.5
South West Water North Brook Via Sws NORTH LAWN COURT CSO 3 1 97
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer QUAY HILL CSO 2 1 93.4
South West Water River Exe Via Sws 14 CLIFTON ROAD CSO 3 0 100
South West Water Northbrook Via Sws 21 WONFORD STREET CSO 3 0 100
South West Water North Brook Via Sws HEAVITREE PLEASURE GROUND CSO 5 0 97
South West Water River Exe Via Sws LARKBEARE HOUSE CSO 6 0 78
South West Water Cofton Stream SHIP INN CSO 2 0 92.4
South West Water River Exe Via Sws 28 CLIFTON ROAD CSO 3 0 100
South West Water Higher Leat QUAY HILL COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 2 0 100
South West Water North Brook Via Sws LOWER AVENUE CSO 2 0 100
South West Water North Brook Via Sws 2 DRYDEN ROAD CSO 1 0 40
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sws CENTRAL STATION YARD CSO 2 0 93
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer ST SIDWELLS SCHOOL CSO 1 0 100
South West Water North Brook 15 HAMLIN LANE CSO 3 0 89.5
South West Water River Exe Via Sws PARIS STREET CSO 1 0 80.1
South West Water River Exe FERRY ROAD PUMPING STATION 2 0 100
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sws THORNTON HILL CSO 1 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. 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.

This project is not associated, approved or endorsed by any of the companies whose logos you see here.