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South West Water · overflow SBB01020

Monitor offline

BACK BROOK

South West Water's monitor for this overflow has been offline for 13 days. They have no way to detect a spill if one occurs.

📍 50.70128°, -3.29377°

Truth Engine flags· 1 open

Recent spill events· last 30 days

Nearby water quality· 6 sampling points within 5 km

  • SW-70420116 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS

    RIVER OTTER AT DOTTON MILL

    1.3 km away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • SW-RSN1011 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS

    RSN1011 METCOMBE STREAM AT HALL'S FARM

    2.4 km away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • SW-70420033 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS

    OTTER AT COLATON RALEIGH FOOTBRIDGE

    2.8 km away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • SW-RSN1659 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS

    RSN1659 SEVEN STONES LANE

    2.9 km away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • SW-70420102 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS

    RIVER OTTER AT OTTERTON

    4.7 km away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • SW-70414504 · SALINE WATER - DESIGNATED BATHING BEACHES

    LADRAM BAY BEACH (22000)

    4.9 km away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

Take action

The record above is verifiable from public Environment Agency and water-company data. Three official accountability channels — pre-filled with the evidence on this page.

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If you can see foam, sewage debris, dead fish, or smell something wrong — submit a citizen report. Confirmed reports are added to the Truth Engine and strengthen the public record on this overflow.

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1. Complain to South West Water

The official complaints route. Most companies require submission through their web form rather than email — open the form, then paste the pre-filled letter.

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Subject: Complaint: storm overflow SBB01020 on the BACK BROOK

Dear South West Water,

I am writing to formally raise a concern about storm overflow SBB01020,
which public Environment Agency data shows reporting its monitor offline (13 days) into the BACK BROOK.

Evidence:
- Status: monitor offline for 13 days — no spill detection in operation
- Last 30 days: 1 spill events totalling 2 min
- Cross-referenced flags from independent monitoring: 1 open Truth Engine discrepancies
- Location: 50.70128, -3.29377
- Source: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub, OGL v3, cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.uk/overflow/25542)

[Add your personal context here — e.g. how you use this stretch of water and how this incident affects you.]

Please respond with:
1. The cause of this discharge or monitor outage
2. The action being taken to resolve it
3. The expected timeline for resolution
4. What measures are in place to prevent recurrence

I have copied the Environment Agency, Ofwat, and my MP into this correspondence
where appropriate.

Yours faithfully,
[Your name]
[Your address]
[Your customer reference if you are a South West Water customer]

2. Write to the MP for this stretch

This overflow sits in the Honiton and Sidmouth constituency — currently represented by Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat). Click below to open WriteToThem with the letter copied to your clipboard — paste it into the message box.

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Preview the letter
Subject: Constituent concern: South West Water sewage discharge — overflow SBB01020

Dear [your MP — WriteToThem will fill this in],

I am writing as your constituent to raise concern about ongoing sewage discharges
from South West Water in our area.

A specific recent example is storm overflow SBB01020, which public
Environment Agency data shows reporting its monitor offline (13 days) into the BACK BROOK.

Evidence on the public record:
- Status: monitor offline for 13 days — no spill detection in operation
- Last 30 days: 1 spill events totalling 2 min
- Cross-referenced flags from independent monitoring: 1 open Truth Engine discrepancies
- Location: 50.70128, -3.29377
- Source: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub, OGL v3, cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.uk/overflow/25542)

[Add your personal context here — e.g. how you use this stretch of water and how this incident affects you and your family.]

I would like to ask:
1. Whether you support strengthening the regulatory regime for storm overflows
   and monitor coverage in particular
2. Whether you would raise this specific incident with the Secretary of State
   for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs or with Ofwat
3. What steps Parliament is taking to hold South West Water accountable for
   the gap between shareholder distributions and the state of monitoring on
   the ground

Yours sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address — WriteToThem requires a postal address to verify constituency]

Sources: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub · Environment Agency
WIMS Water Quality Archive · cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.uk/overflow/25542)

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3. Report to the Environment Agency

For active pollution incidents — dead fish, foam, sewage on the riverbank — the EA hotline operates 24/7 and triggers a recorded investigation.

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