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Exe Estuary polluted by sewage 147 times in 2025 - lasting 1,017 hours

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Totals for Exe Estuary in 2025
4 Sites polluted by South West Water
147 sewage dumps
1,017 h duration
That's 1.41 months. 2.8 times a week, on average
Constituencies along Exe Estuary
Places along Exe Estuary

Pollution Summary 2025

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

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
South West Water Exe Estuary HARTOPP ROAD CSO 61 489 100
South West Water Exe Estuary PHEAR PARK PSEO/CSO 35 325 100
South West Water Exe Estuary IMPERIAL ROAD TANK CSO 21 161 100
South West Water Exe Estuary ASH GROVE CSO 30 41 100

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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