River Torridge polluted by sewage 1,143 times in 2024 - lasting 10,903 hours

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Totals for River Torridge in 2024
15 Sites polluted by South West Water
1,143 sewage dumps
10,903 h duration
That's 1.26 years! On average 3.1 times a day
Constituencies along River Torridge

Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Torridge in 2024. 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 167 2,745 99.7
South West Water River Torridge SHEBBEAR WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 107 1,656 97.3
South West Water River Torridge DOLTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 124 1,560 100
South West Water River Torridge SHEEPWASH WWTW 131 1,449 94.2
South West Water River Torridge LANGTREE STW SEPTIC TANK 117 1,122 92.8
South West Water River Torridge BLACK TORRINGTON WWTW 116 805 100
South West Water River Torridge BRADWORTHY WWTW SSO 143 738 100
South West Water River Torridge TORRINGTON WWTW 44 499 100
South West Water River Torridge TORRIDGE VALE DAIRIES CSO 56 115 97.9
South West Water River Torridge MONKLEIGH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 72 89 95.5
South West Water River Torridge TADDIPORT BRIDGE PUMPING STATION 18 65 100
South West Water River Torridge BIDEFORD FINE SCREENING 38 40 100
South West Water River Torridge MILL STREET COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 2 12 100
South West Water River Torridge WEST LANE CSO 6 0 100
South West Water River Torridge LOWER CLEAVE PSCSO/EO 2 0 94.2

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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