Plymouth Sound polluted by sewage 190 times in 2023 - lasting 595 hours

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Totals for Plymouth Sound in 2023
8 Sites polluted by South West Water
190 sewage dumps
595 h duration
That's 24.79 days. 3.7 times a week, on average

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Plymouth Sound 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 Plymouth Sound EASTERN KINGS PUMPING STATION 52 271 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound OCEAN COURT PUMPING STATION 45 102 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound CATTEDOWN ROAD PUMPING STATION 28 88 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound CHAPELDOWN PUMPING STATION 43 69 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound MILLBAY TANKS 11 42 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound BARBICAN (SUTTON HARBOUR) TANKS 5 15 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound WEST HOE TUNNEL SHAFT 5B.2 4 2 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound POTTERY QUAY PUMPING STATION 2 1 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound WEST HOE PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
South West Water Plymouth Sound 20 COMMERCIAL ROAD 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. 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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