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River Torridge polluted by sewage 4,150 times in 2025 - lasting 7,648 hours

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Totals for River Torridge in 2025
15 Sites polluted by South West Water
4,150 sewage dumps
7,648 h duration
That's 10.62 months. On average 11.4 times a day
Constituencies along River Torridge

Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Torridge 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 Torridge DOLTON SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 118 1,678 100
South West Water River Torridge SHEEPWASH WWTW 3,336 1,518 100
South West Water River Torridge WEARE GIFFARD WWTW 115 1,340 100
South West Water River Torridge SHEBBEAR WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 91 1,281 99.8
South West Water River Torridge BLACK TORRINGTON WWTW 102 635 96.7
South West Water River Torridge BRADWORTHY WWTW SSO 109 578 87.3
South West Water River Torridge TORRINGTON WWTW 42 305 99.75
South West Water River Torridge MONKLEIGH SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS 62 67 100
South West Water River Torridge LANGTREE STW SEPTIC TANK 65 63 100
South West Water River Torridge TORRIDGE VALE DAIRIES CSO 46 61 98.1
South West Water River Torridge BIDEFORD FINE SCREENING 31 59 100
South West Water River Torridge TADDIPORT BRIDGE PUMPING STATION 13 52 100
South West Water River Torridge WEST LANE CSO 16 2 99.4
South West Water River Torridge LOWER CLEAVE PSCSO/EO 1 1 100
South West Water River Torridge MILL STREET COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 3 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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