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Bishopsteignton pumping station

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Overflow on the network feeding Bishopsteig System · Pumping-station / emergency overflow
Shellfish water · Teign Estuary
Showing history for 2026 · records go back to 2020
Not spilling

The monitor is reporting and shows no discharge.

Last spill ended
19 Feb, 06:56
Counted spills, 2026
18
68 discharge events
Hours spilled, 2026
107
Is the feed working?
Working
Last checked 1 min ago · we poll SWW hourly
48h agonow
48/48 hourly readings received
Dry spills, 2026
0
None in 2026 · 1 since 2020
How a dry spill is decided →
Spilled before its STW, 2026
68
68 in 2026 · 119 since 2020
What this means →
Why this one spills

The problem here is local, not the works.

This overflow spilled 119 times on days its own treatment works stayed shut — so the works still had capacity. That points upstream, to this branch of the network, rather than to a works too small for its catchment.

How this verdict is reached →

Its permit

What the environmental permit sets for this overflow — and where the public record is silent, which is itself the finding.

Pass-forward flow
Not published
Spill frequency limit
None set
Monitoring tier
Not published
Assessment trigger
Crossed — over 10 spills/year

Is anyone acting on this?

Flagged problems
Spills before its works119 times since 2020
Measures on record

Nothing on record.

Verdict
No action recorded

A flagged problem with no active measure against it. That is a gap in the public record.

What you can do about this one

OPEN NOW

Ask for the data

Under the Environmental Information Regulations, Bishopsteignton pumping station's telemetry, the works' flow-to-full-treatment setting, and any spill investigations are emissions information — they cannot be withheld on commercial-confidentiality grounds. A written request is the fastest lever.

BY 30 APR 2027

Get it into the next programme

Investigations that will shape the 2030–35 environment programme must complete by this date. Putting this overflow on the record now — to South West Water and the Environment Agency — is what gets it considered.

BY 1 NOV 2027

Put it in the drainage plan

South West Water's draft Drainage & Wastewater Management Plan goes to a twelve-week consultation. A named overflow with evidence behind it is far harder to leave out.

Put this on the national record

This is the fastest way to act on what you have seen. Our petition asks the Government to publish a fix-by date and yearly progress for every storm overflow. At 100,000 signatures it must be considered for debate in Parliament.

19of 10,000 for a Government response
Sign the petition ↗

The record since 2020

1 dry spills and 119 pre-STW spills since 2020. Pick a year to see its events below.

Count by

2026: 18 spills · 68 discharge events

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Counted spills — the EA's 12/24-hour block method, the basis of the 10-a-year cap. Published annual return where available, computed the same way for the current year. Two ways to count →

Dry spills, every year

1 dry spills since 2020 · showing up to 12

23 Apr, 14:19
1h 17m
0.0
Not spilling
→

Spilled before its works

119 events since 2020 · started while Bishopsteig System stayed shut

23 Oct, 08:48
—
25.7
Stayed shut
→
19 Feb, 06:38
18m
27.6
Stayed shut
→
19 Feb, 05:28
50m
27.6
Stayed shut
→
19 Feb, 05:02
23m
27.6
Stayed shut
→
19 Feb, 04:35
24m
27.6
Stayed shut
→
18 Feb, 11:47
16h 40m
27.6
Stayed shut
→
18 Feb, 08:21
15m
27.6
Stayed shut
→
18 Feb, 08:01
15m
27.6
Stayed shut
→
18 Feb, 07:37
17m
27.6
Stayed shut
→
18 Feb, 07:13
20m
27.6
Stayed shut
→
18 Feb, 06:50
18m
27.6
Stayed shut
→
18 Feb, 06:30
17m
27.6
Stayed shut
→

Spills by month — 2026 to date

Dry Wet weather
14Jan
53Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
1Oct

Every spill in 2026, most recent first

Each event checked against the nearest rain gauge and against the treatment works’ own overflow. Open any row for its evidence dossier.

23 Oct, 08:48
—
25.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Feb, 06:38
18m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Feb, 05:28
50m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Feb, 05:02
23m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Feb, 04:35
24m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 11:47
16h 40m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 08:21
15m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 08:01
15m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 07:37
17m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 07:13
20m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 06:50
18m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 06:30
17m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 06:07
16m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 05:47
16m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 05:26
15m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 05:02
16m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 04:41
17m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 04:18
17m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 03:54
18m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 03:32
19m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 03:07
22m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 02:00
1h 5m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 01:37
19m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 01:13
16m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 23:34
17m
14.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 23:06
19m
14.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 22:43
19m
14.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 22:18
18m
14.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 21:55
19m
14.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 21:33
19m
14.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 16:58
4h 32m
14.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Feb, 12:09
15m
12.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Feb, 11:43
17m
12.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Feb, 11:16
20m
12.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Feb, 10:51
23m
12.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Feb, 10:26
21m
12.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Feb, 10:01
21m
12.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Feb, 04:00
19m
12.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Feb, 23:54
15m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Feb, 23:26
16m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Feb, 22:59
19m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Feb, 22:34
20m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Feb, 22:10
22m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Feb, 21:05
1h 2m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Feb, 12:52
15m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Feb, 12:16
19m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Feb, 05:43
6h 29m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Feb, 23:57
16m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Feb, 23:29
17m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Feb, 23:02
19m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Feb, 22:38
20m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Feb, 22:14
20m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Feb, 19:50
2h 19m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Feb, 19:28
16m
19.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Jan, 01:50
20m
19.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Jan, 00:55
31m
19.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Jan, 00:07
41m
19.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Jan, 02:11
15m
4.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Jan, 01:31
16m
4.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Jan, 00:58
16m
4.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Jan, 20:30
28h 14m
61.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
25 Jan, 08:53
7h 9m
24.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Jan, 17:28
20m
24.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Jan, 15:01
14h 58m
23.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Jan, 13:54
17m
23.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Jan, 13:18
28m
23.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Jan, 09:22
3h 39m
23.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Jan, 01:33
2h 19m
31.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
57 brief spills under 15 minutes in 2026

Excluded from the counts, classification and flags above — too short to weigh against rainfall, and often an operational blip rather than a genuine discharge. Listed here for completeness. How we know.

23 Oct, 13:17 · 9m12 May, 12:34 · 2m19 Feb, 10:14 · 4m19 Feb, 09:19 · 11m19 Feb, 08:28 · 10m19 Feb, 07:34 · 12m18 Feb, 11:22 · 9m18 Feb, 10:52 · 6m18 Feb, 10:24 · 7m18 Feb, 09:59 · 9m18 Feb, 09:31 · 13m18 Feb, 09:08 · 13m18 Feb, 08:45 · 14m18 Feb, 00:55 · 4m10 Feb, 00:54 · 10m10 Feb, 00:30 · 12m10 Feb, 00:03 · 14m7 Feb, 13:15 · 9m7 Feb, 12:42 · 12m7 Feb, 09:34 · 2m7 Feb, 05:52 · 6m7 Feb, 05:17 · 9m7 Feb, 04:38 · 14m7 Feb, 01:31 · 6m7 Feb, 00:56 · 11m7 Feb, 00:23 · 13m6 Feb, 16:55 · 7m6 Feb, 16:21 · 11m6 Feb, 15:41 · 13m6 Feb, 15:06 · 14m6 Feb, 14:36 · 4m6 Feb, 13:37 · 10m6 Feb, 01:11 · 6m6 Feb, 00:29 · 13m30 Jan, 03:30 · 14m30 Jan, 02:40 · 14m28 Jan, 02:58 · 8m25 Jan, 00:15 · 6m24 Jan, 23:49 · 6m24 Jan, 23:19 · 9m+17 more