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River Taw polluted by sewage 285 times in 2025 - lasting 2,758 hours

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Totals for River Taw in 2025
5 Sites polluted by South West Water
285 sewage dumps
2,758 h duration
That's 3.83 months. 5.5 times a week, on average
Constituencies along River Taw
Places along River Taw

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
South West Water River Taw BELSTONE AND SOUTH TAWTON WWTW 69 1,252 100
South West Water River Taw NORTH TAWTON WWTW 139 1,207 97.7
South West Water River Taw SOUTH ZEAL PUMPING STATION 29 198 100
South West Water River Taw KINGS NYMPTON (SOUTH) WWTW SSO 21 82 96.6
South West Water River Taw NORTH TAWTON PSCSO/EO 27 17 98.2
South West Water River Taw STICKLEPATH BRIDGE CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Taw BURRINGTON 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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