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Newton Abbot

Polluted by sewage 1,571 times in 2025 lasting 9,996 hours - That's 1.16 years!

Monitoring fell below 50% in some locations so could be more

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Live data for Newton Abbot in 2026

So far this year (as of 18 May 2026, 12:00) there has been 13,697 hours of sewage overflows, from 159 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway s - that's 1.59 years!

Totals for Newton Abbot in 2025

67 Sites polluted by South West Water
1,571 sewage dumps
9,996 hours duration
That's 1.16 years. On average 4.3 times a day

Change Over Time

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Pollution Summary 2025

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

Reporting refers to how much of the time the monitoring was active. In this constituency 1 of the total 84 CSO Combined Sewage Overflow - a device that, when operating, pours combined rainwater & sewage into a waterway locations had reporting enabled for less than half the year.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
South West Water River Lemon EAST OGWELL WWTW 68 1,098 100
South West Water Broadhempston Stream BROADHEMPSTON WWTW CSO 57 1,038 99.8
South West Water English Channel BUCKLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 75 953 100
South West Water Halwell Stream TORBRYAN PS 45 933 100
South West Water Halwell Stream IPPLEPEN WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 96 788 94.95
South West Water Tidal River Exe BONHAY ROAD CSO 32 443 100
South West Water Babbacombe Bay SMUGGLERS LANE PSEO 53 411 99.9
South West Water Lyme Bay SANDY LANE PUMPING STATION 46 396 100
South West Water Halwell Stream DENBURY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 59 372 100
South West Water Aller Brook THE OLD ORCHARD CSO 82 360 100
South West Water Arch Brook STOKEINTEIGNHEAD PUMPING STATION 19 312 100
South West Water River Teign THE BUTTS PS 36 310 100
South West Water Shell Cove, Lyme Bay HOLCOMBE PUMPING STATION 33 303 100
South West Water River Teign Via S/W Sewer FORDE ROAD PSCSO/EO 31 291 100
South West Water Cofton Stream COFTON PSCSO/EO 28 244 100
South West Water Shutterton Brook DAWLISH WARREN ROAD PS 39 171 100
South West Water Sewer To Aller Brook KEYBERRY RD NO.5 CSO 24 127 98.1
South West Water Sws To Aller Brook QUEENSWAY PUMPING STATION 20 124 100
South West Water Surface Water Sewer O/S 4 KEYBERRY ROAD CSO 23 107 91.2
South West Water Combe Stream COMBEINTEIGNHEAD PUMPING STATION 17 107 100
South West Water O Riv.Teign Via Sw Sewer HOMERS LANE CSO 21 106 100
South West Water Aller Brook ST MARYCHURCH ROAD CSO 32 103 100
South West Water O Teign Estuary STOCKMEADOW HOUSE CSO 47 79 100
South West Water Lyme Bay SANDY LANE PUMPING STATION 49 73 100
South West Water Teign Estuary KING GEORGE'S FIELD PS 24 70 100
South West Water Stream Dis To Lyme Bay WOODLAND AVE CSO 46 68 100
South West Water River Lemon OPP 65 HIGHWEEK ROAD CSO 8 58 98.9
South West Water River Kenn SLITTERCOMBE LANE PSCSO/EO 16 53 100
South West Water Teign Estuary BISHOPSTEIGNTON PS 7 44 100
South West Water Surface Water Sewer HORNS CLOSE CSO 24 44 40
South West Water River Lemon BARTON DRIVE CSO 19 43 100
South West Water S/W Sewer To Aller Brook FORDE PARK/TORQUAY ROAD CSO 36 41 95.9
South West Water River Teign ELM ROAD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 15 34 100
South West Water Lyme Bay STATION CAR PARK CSO 15 32 100
South West Water Aller Brook TORQUAY ROAD CSO 32 30 97.5
South West Water Lyme Bay DAWLISH BREAKWATER SSO 31 29 100
South West Water Dawlish Water DAWLISH SSO (BROOK STREET) 41 27 100
South West Water Teign Estuary BITTON PARK ROAD CSO 17 25 100
South West Water Shutterton Brook SHUTTERTON BRIDGE PS 25 23 100
South West Water Teign Estuary BITTON PARK ROAD JCT 2ND AVENUE CSO 8 22 84.7
South West Water Dawlish Water BARTON HILL/BRUNSWICK CSO 32 18 100
South West Water Teign Estuary RINGMORE ROAD CSO 14 11 93.7
South West Water River Teign HACKNEY PS 6 8 100
South West Water Aller Brook SANDRINGHAM PARK CSO 7 5 100
South West Water Teign Estuary BITTON PARK RUGBY CLUB CSO 4 4 83.9
South West Water River Lemon Via Sws QUEEN STREET CSO 1 4 100
South West Water Aller Brook KEYBERRY ROAD NO.18 CSO 6 4 91.2
South West Water Dawlish Water VIADUCT HIGH LEVEL STORM TANK CSO 8 3 100
South West Water Surface Water Sewer ALLER BRAKE ROAD CSO 10 3 93.5
South West Water Dawlish Water WEST CLIFF COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 15 2 100
South West Water English Channel Via Sws 49 EXETER ROAD CSO 14 2 100
South West Water Bitton Brook FIRE STATION CSO 4 2 100
South West Water River Lemon CLOCKTOWER CSO 8 1 100
South West Water Ringmore Stream ORCHARD CLOSE CSO 12 1 100
South West Water River Teign Via Sws Estuarine MILFORD PARK PUMPING STATION 1 1 99.1
South West Water Wolborough Stream COACH ROAD CSO 4 0 96.7
South West Water Teign Estuary BROADMEADOW PS 3 0 99.8
South West Water Lyme Bay ELM GROVE CSO 4 0 100
South West Water Cofton Stream CHURCH ROAD CSO 5 0 100
South West Water River Lemon OLD TOTNES ROAD CSO 4 0 99.9
South West Water River Lemon MARKET WALK CSO 3 0 100
South West Water Lyme Bay SEA LAWNS OUTFALL CSO, DAWLISH 1 0 100
South West Water River Lemon NO 15 LEMON ROAD CSO 3 0 100
South West Water Aller Brook LOWICKE HOUSE PS 2 0 99.5
South West Water Surface Water Sewer PARK HILL CSO 2 0 100
South West Water Lyme Bay SEA LAWNS PUMPING STATION 1 0 100
South West Water Bitten Brook DUNNING WALK COMBINED SEWER OVERFLO 1 0 98.4
South West Water O River Lemon Via Sw Sewr BANK STREET CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Lemon Via Sws BARTON DRIVE CSO 0 0 97.9
South West Water Bitton Brook Via Sws BITTON PARK ROAD JCT 2ND AVENUE CSO 0 0 99.4
South West Water Dawlish Water BROOK HOUSE SSO 0 0 98.6
South West Water River Lemon BRUNSWICK HOUSE CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Cofton Stream COCKWOOD PSEO 0 0 100
South West Water River Teign FIELD NEAR WAR MEMORIAL CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Teign Estuary GALES HILL PUMPING STATION 0 0 99.9
South West Water S/Water System To Exe Estuary GENERALS LANE PUMPING STATION 0 0 100
South West Water Bitton Brook Via Sws HIGHER COOMBE DRIVE CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Netherton Brook HIGHER NETHERTON SPS 0 0 100
South West Water Aller Brook KEYBERRY ROAD NO 2 0 0 91.2
South West Water Ringmore Stream LAUREL LANE CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Aller Brook O/S 11 KINGSTEIGNTON ROAD CSO 0 0 100
South West Water S/W Sewer Then To Whitelake PITT HILL ROAD CSO 0 0 100
South West Water Cofton Stream SHIP INN CSO 0 0 100
South West Water River Lemon Via Sws TEMPLERS ROAD 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

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