Lyme Bay polluted by sewage 270 times in 2023 - lasting 2,215 hours

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Totals for Lyme Bay in 2023
8 Sites polluted by South West Water
270 sewage dumps
2,215 h duration
That's 3.08 months. 5.2 times a week, on average

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Lyme Bay in 2023. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

These numbers are very slightly different from the Rivers page. We're working on it.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
South West Water Lyme Bay EXMOUTH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 83 1,200 100
South West Water Lyme Bay SEA LAWNS PUMPING STATION 43 582 100
South West Water Lyme Bay SANDY LANE PUMPING STATION 44 298 100
South West Water Lyme Bay SANDY LANE PUMPING STATION 57 76 97.7
South West Water Lyme Bay DAWLISH BREAKWATER SSO 31 49 100
South West Water Lyme Bay STATION CAR PARK CSO 5 5 100
South West Water Lyme Bay SEA LAWNS OUTFALL CSO, DAWLISH 3 3 100
South West Water Lyme Bay ELM GROVE CSO 4 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.

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