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Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Taw/Torridge 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 Torridge	WEARE GIFFARD WWTW	198	3,190	100
South West Water	River Torridge	TORRINGTON WWTW	44	586	100
South West Water	Silford Stream	BUCKLEIGH PUMPING STATION	50	538	80.8
South West Water	Bryn Brook	MUDDLEBRIDGE CSO	40	484	100
South West Water	Taw Estuary	POTTINGTON PUMPING STATION	49	356	100
South West Water	River Venn	LANDKEY PUMPING STATION	52	353	100
South West Water	Bickleton Stream	FREMINGTON PILL PUMPING STATION	26	336	100
South West Water	Castle Hill Stream Via Sws	WATERY LANE CSO	8	167	68.7
South West Water	Castle Hill Stream	ROLLE ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	98	163	94.7
South West Water	Venn River	VILLAGE HALL PUMPING STATION	52	162	100
South West Water	Of Common Lake Stream	TOWN PARK PUMPING STATION	93	125	100
South West Water	River Venn	BISHOPS TAWTON PUMPING STATION	18	83	100
South West Water	Tidal River Caen	VELATOR PUMPING STATION	46	60	99.8
South West Water	River Torridge	TORRIDGE VALE DAIRIES CSO	45	53	98.9
South West Water	River Torridge Estuary	INSTOW A PUMPING STATION	10	39	98.4
South West Water	Castle Hill Stream	WATERY LANE CSO	58	28	100
South West Water	Taw Estuary	ROCK PARK CSO	28	27	100
South West Water	River Torridge Estuary	TORRINGTON STREET PS	10	26	100
South West Water	Bryn Brook	COMBREW LANE CSO	11	25	87
South West Water	River Torridge	TADDIPORT BRIDGE PUMPING STATION	14	25	100
South West Water	River Torridge	BIDEFORD FINE SCREENING	27	23	100
South West Water	River Torridge Estuary	ETHELWYNNE BROWN CLOSE PS	9	17	100
South West Water	River Taw Estuary	YELLAND PUMPING STATION	34	15	100
South West Water	River Torridge	TORRINGTON WWTW	3	13	100
South West Water	Pill Via Sws	CAUSEWAY CLOSE CSO	16	4	100
South West Water	Knowl Water Tidal Caen	VELATOR BRIDGE CSO	8	3	100
South West Water	Common Lake Stream	DARTINGTON CLOSE PUMPING STATION	4	3	100
South West Water	Tidal River Yeo	PILTON QUAY CSO	4	2	100
South West Water	River Torridge Estuary	APPLEDORE PUMPING STATION	2	1	100
South West Water	River Taw Estuary	OAKLAND PARK CSO	10	1	100
South West Water	River Taw Estuary	ANCHORWOOD PS	1	0	100
South West Water	Kenwith Stream	LAUREL AVENUE CSO	3	0	93.3
South West Water	River Yeo Via Sws	FAIR VIEW CAR PARK CSO	2	0	100
South West Water	River Torridge	MILL STREET COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW	3	0	100
South West Water	Pill	COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW AT SKERN	1	0	100

Designated shellfish area 'Taw/Torridge' polluted by sewage 1,077 times in 2023 - lasting 6,923 hours

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