River Torridge polluted by sewage 1,406 times in 2023 - lasting 15,610 hours

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Totals for River Torridge in 2023
14 Sites polluted by South West Water
1,406 sewage dumps
15,610 h duration
That's 1.81 years! On average 3.9 times a day
Constituencies along River Torridge

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Torridge 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 River Torridge WEARE GIFFARD WWTW 198 3,190 100
South West Water River Torridge LANGTREE STW SEPTIC TANK 232 3,180 64.1
South West Water River Torridge SHEEPWASH WWTW 160 2,161 100
South West Water River Torridge SHEBBEAR WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 133 2,049 100
South West Water River Torridge DOLTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 153 1,599 100
South West Water River Torridge BRADWORTHY WWTW SSO 171 1,325 100
South West Water River Torridge BLACK TORRINGTON WWTW 161 1,319 100
South West Water River Torridge TORRINGTON WWTW 47 599 100
South West Water River Torridge TORRIDGE VALE DAIRIES CSO 45 53 98.9
South West Water River Torridge WEST LANE CSO 17 45 100
South West Water River Torridge MONKLEIGH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 45 35 100
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 MILL STREET COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 3 0 100
South West Water River Torridge LOWER CLEAVE PSCSO/EO 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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