Designated shellfish area 'Exe Estuary' polluted by sewage 2,058 times in 2024 - lasting 14,629 hours

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Totals for Exe Estuary in 2024
68 Sites polluted by South West Water
2,058 sewage dumps
14,629 h duration
That's 1.69 years! On average 5.6 times a day
How does Exe Estuary compare?

Exe Estuary was the #2 most polluted shellfish area in England & Wales, by duration of sewage overflows, as reported by the water companies

Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Exe Estuary in 2024.

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 175 3,393 97.8
South West Water Woodbury Brook WOODBURY WWTW 133 2,201 100
South West Water River Clyst EXTON NORTH PS 94 1,305 100
South West Water Woodbury Brook EXTON SOUTH PUMPING STATION 88 1,204 100
South West Water English Channel MAER PUMPING STATION & TANK CSO 76 870 100
South West Water Lyme Bay EXMOUTH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 65 747 100
South West Water Exe Estuary HARTOPP ROAD CSO 82 659 100
South West Water Exe Estuary PHEAR PARK PSEO/CSO 51 625 100
South West Water Tidal River Exe BONHAY ROAD CSO 45 361 92.8
South West Water River Clyst CLYST HONITON PUMPING STATION 34 354 100
South West Water River Exe Estuary EXETER (COUNTESS WEAR) STW 103 321 100
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer LOWER NORTH STREET CSO 70 204 100
South West Water Higher Least Via Sw Sewer PENNSYLVANIA ROAD CSO 51 157 100
South West Water Grindle Brook Via Sws OLD WOODBURY SALTERTON STW CSO 24 144 98.2
South West Water Mill Race, River Exe MILL RACE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 36 144 100
South West Water River Exe Estuary EXETER (COUNTESS WEAR) STW 34 138 100
South West Water Woodbury Brook HAM LANE CSO 58 137 100
South West Water Shutterton Brook DAWLISH WARREN ROAD PS 76 137 99.9
South West Water River Exe Via Sws CHURCH ROAD JCT OF CECIL ROAD CSO 19 133 100
South West Water Exe Estuary IMPERIAL ROAD TANK CSO 19 123 98.4
South West Water River Kenn SLITTERCOMBE LANE PSCSO/EO 34 122 98
South West Water Berry Brook MILBURY LANE PUMPING STATION 46 106 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws DUNSFORD ROAD CSO 42 100 79.9
South West Water Northbrook NORTHBROOK GOLF COURSE LOWER CSO 21 64 98.2
South West Water River Exe Via Sws HOLLOWAY STREET CSO 29 63 100
South West Water Exe Estuary ASH GROVE CSO 28 57 100
South West Water Nadder Brook BROOK COTTAGE PUMPING STATION 13 55 100
South West Water Northbrook NORTHBROOK PARK GOLF CRSE UPPER CSO 23 52 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws TEMPLE ROAD CSO 30 50 100
South West Water Alphin Brook CHURCH ROAD CSO 30 50 85.5
South West Water Cofton Stream COFTON PSCSO/EO 11 49 100
South West Water Fordland Brook THE COLLEGE IDE CSO 30 42 95.8
South West Water River Exe BONHAY PARK CSO 9 38 99.5
South West Water River Clyst Valley Via Sws BROADCLYST (SIDE) PUMPING STATION 24 37 100
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sws HOWELL ROAD CSO 3 36 100
South West Water Mincinglake Stream 121A ST. KATHERINES ROAD CSO 12 36 100
South West Water Cranny Brook CHURCH ROAD CSO 8 36 100
South West Water River Exe Estuary LYMPSTONE OUTFALL PUMPING STATION 31 27 100
South West Water River Exe FOLLET ROAD CSO 37 26 100
South West Water Withycombe Brook EXETER ROAD CSO - EXMOUTH 25 25 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws COLLETON GROVE CSO 19 23 97.7
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer WELL STREET CSO 22 22 99.7
South West Water Shutterton Brook SHUTTERTON BRIDGE PS 17 18 94
South West Water Northbrook SWEETBRIER LANE CSO 16 18 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws MAGDALEN ROAD CSO 19 18 98.2
South West Water Pin Brook LANGATON LANE CSO 20 15 95.8
South West Water River Exe Via Sws 19 HEAVITREE ROAD CSO 21 10 100
South West Water Shutterton Brook SHUTTERTON BRIDGE PS 16 9 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws 23 KING EDWARD STREET CSO 11 6 85.8
South West Water River Exe Via Sws OKEHAMPTON ROAD CSO 7 5 100
South West Water Northbrook Via Sws PARKLAND DRIVE PUMPING STATION 2 5 95.2
South West Water Taddiforde Brook R/O IMPERIAL HOTEL CSO 14 5 99
South West Water River Exe Via Sws LARKBEARE HOUSE CSO 6 4 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws BUDDLE LANE CSO 7 2 90.2
South West Water Higher Leat EXE STREET CSO 2 2 100
South West Water Berry Brook MAIN ROAD CSO 9 1 98.4
South West Water River Exe MILL ROAD PUMPING STATION 8 1 100
South West Water North Brook Via Sws FIRST AVENUE SERVICE LANE CSO 6 1 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws PARIS STREET CSO 2 1 100
South West Water River Exe NEWPORT PARK PUMPING STATION 1 0 100
South West Water Cofton Stream SHIP INN CSO 2 0 84.3
South West Water Alphin Brook TAN LANE PUMPING STATION 1 0 100
South West Water River Exe Via Sws CHUTE STREET CSO 2 0 93
South West Water North Brook Via Sws NORTH LAWN COURT CSO 2 0 100
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sws CENTRAL STATION YARD CSO 1 0 87.4
South West Water North Brook Via Sws HEAVITREE PLEASURE GROUND CSO 3 0 96.3
South West Water Higher Leat Via Sw Sewer QUAY HILL CSO 1 0 90.1
South West Water River Exe Via Sws EXETER BOWLING CLUB CSO 2 0 99.4

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.

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