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Penryn River polluted by sewage 486 times in 2025 - lasting 2,254 hours

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Totals for Penryn River in 2025
12 Sites polluted by South West Water
486 sewage dumps
2,254 h duration
That's 3.13 months. On average 1.3 times a day
Constituencies along Penryn River
Places along Penryn River

Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Penryn River in 2025. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
South West Water Penryn River COMMERCIAL ROAD PUMPING STATION 75 857 100
South West Water Penryn River FALMOUTH STW INLET & STORM PS 39 582 100
South West Water Penryn River CSO IN HIGH STREET 101 352 100
South West Water Penryn River CSO AT NORTH PARADE 97 212 100
South West Water Penryn River CSO AT DUNSTANVILLE TERRACE 47 85 100
South West Water Penryn River CSO OFF PENDARVES ROAD 32 49 100
South West Water Penryn River CSO AT KILLIGREW STREET 37 41 100
South West Water Penryn River ST THOMAS STREET CSO 23 25 100
South West Water Penryn River FLUSHING PUMPING STATION 12 23 100
South West Water Penryn River GROVE PLACE NO.1 CSO 10 12 100
South West Water Penryn River OLD HILL PS 10 12 100
South West Water Penryn River TEHIDY TERRACE CSO 3 0 92.3
South West Water Penryn River CSO AT MARKET STREET 0 0 100
South West Water Penryn River OLD HILL (TRESAWLE RD) CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Penryn River PRINCE OF WALES PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
South West Water Penryn River WEBBER STREET CSO 0 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. Live sewage data from Stream Water API

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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