South West Water · overflow SBB01172
No active event
RIVER TAW (S)
South West Water reports no current spill. No discharge events recorded in the last 30 days.
📍 50.72991°, -3.92313°
South West Water · overflow SBB01172
No active event
South West Water reports no current spill. No discharge events recorded in the last 30 days.
📍 50.72991°, -3.92313°
1
spill event
0h
cumulative discharge
2 min
longest single event (all time)
2026-02-19
first event on record
In the last 30 days this overflow recorded 0h of discharge. South West Water has 529 of its 1,345 monitored overflows reporting spills in this 30-day window.
1 other overflow discharges into the RIVER TAW (S).
No spill events recorded in the last 30 days.
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2.7 km away
No swimmer-relevant measurements available.
SW-SSN0160 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS
3.8 km away · last tested 6 weeks ago
SW-RSN0039 · FRESHWATER - RIVERS
4.3 km away · last tested 6 weeks ago
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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Subject: Complaint: storm overflow SBB01172 on the RIVER TAW (S) Dear South West Water, I am writing to formally raise a concern about storm overflow SBB01172, which public Environment Agency data shows the most recent record from public Environment Agency data into the RIVER TAW (S). Evidence: - Location: 50.72991, -3.92313 - Source: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub, OGL v3, cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.co.uk/overflow/25709) [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]
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Subject: Constituent concern: South West Water sewage discharge — overflow SBB01172 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 SBB01172, which public Environment Agency data shows the most recent record from public Environment Agency data into the RIVER TAW (S). Evidence on the public record: - Location: 50.72991, -3.92313 - Source: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub, OGL v3, cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.co.uk/overflow/25709) [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.co.uk/overflow/25709)
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