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South West Water · overflow SBB00594

No active event

HOOE LAKE VIA SWS (ESTUARINE)

South West Water reports no current spill. No discharge events recorded in the last 30 days.

📍 50.35419°, -4.11259°

Spill record· last 12 months

1

spill event

0h

cumulative discharge

6 min

longest single event (all time)

2026-02-13

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.

Recent spill events· last 30 days

No spill events recorded in the last 30 days.

Nearby water quality· 6 sampling points within 5 km

  • SW-81111142 · SALINE WATER - ESTUARINE SITES - NON BATHING/SHELLFISH

    PLYMOUTH (RADFORD) S T W - SURFACE BOIL

    376 m away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • SW-81111141 · SALINE WATER - ESTUARINE SITES - NON BATHING/SHELLFISH

    RADFORD (PLYMOUTH) STW SURFACE BOIL HOOE LAKE

    381 m away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • SW-81111126 · SALINE WATER - ESTUARINE SITES - NON BATHING/SHELLFISH

    HOOE LAKE - 100M DOWNSTREAM OF RADFORD STW

    443 m away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • SW-81111131 · SALINE WATER - ESTUARINE SITES - NON BATHING/SHELLFISH

    HOOE LAKE - 100M UPSTREAM OF RADFORD STW

    564 m away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • SW-81210147 · SALINE WATER - ESTUARINE SITES - NON BATHING/SHELLFISH

    JENNYCLIFF TRAC FISH SEINE COLUMN DATA

    792 m away

    No swimmer-relevant measurements available.

  • SW-81210146 · SALINE WATER - ESTUARINE SITES - NON BATHING/SHELLFISH

    BATTEN BAY TRAC FISH FYKE COLUMN DATA

    948 m 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 SBB00594 on the HOOE LAKE VIA SWS (ESTUARINE)

Dear South West Water,

I am writing to formally raise a concern about storm overflow SBB00594,
which public Environment Agency data shows the most recent record from public Environment Agency data into the HOOE LAKE VIA SWS (ESTUARINE).

Evidence:
- Location: 50.35419, -4.11259
- Source: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub, OGL v3, cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.co.uk/overflow/26333)

[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 South West Devon constituency — currently represented by Rebecca Smith (Conservative). 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 SBB00594

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 SBB00594, which public
Environment Agency data shows the most recent record from public Environment Agency data into the HOOE LAKE VIA SWS (ESTUARINE).

Evidence on the public record:
- Location: 50.35419, -4.11259
- Source: Environment Agency National Storm Overflow Hub, OGL v3, cross-referenced via River Truth (https://rivertruth.co.uk/overflow/26333)

[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/26333)

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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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