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Playing Fields Pumping Station: sewage overflow history

Review available Environment Agency annual monitoring returns for Playing Fields Pumping Station. Compare reported spill counts, total duration and monitor operation by year, with source details and gaps in the series identified.

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Annual monitoring returns

2021

2022

104

2023

114

2024

2025

Year	Counted spills	Total spill duration (hours)	Monitor operation (%)
2025	73	660.74	100
2024	114	666.9	100
2023	104	581.18	100
2022	77	373.29	100
2021	75	394.19	100

Published record details

Reference: SBB00944
Location: Not part of a WFD catchment
Coordinates: 50.49493, -4.20601
Watercourse: River Tamar (Estuarine)
Sewerage company: South West Water
Asset type: Storm discharge at pumping station
Permit reference: 301614
Discharge grid reference: SX43636845
Reporting years: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
Catchment: Not part of a WFD catchment

Location

Playing Fields Pumping Station
50.49493, -4.20601

Understanding annual storm overflow figures

The Environment Agency's annual returns report storm overflow monitoring information supplied by water companies. Spill counts use the regulatory 12/24-hour block method, so a counted spill is not necessarily a single uninterrupted discharge. Duration is the reported total time in spill, rather than the volume of sewage discharged. Monitor operation indicates the percentage of the reporting period for which the monitor operated. Missing values, incomplete monitoring and changes in recorded outlet details can affect comparisons between years. These annual figures describe historical reporting periods, not live discharge conditions or the cause of sewage problems at an individual property.

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