River Venn (Estuarine) at Bishops Tawton Pumping Station
This is a sewage discharge monitoring station, which is usually a type of Event Duration Monitor (EDM). These stations themselves are designed to mitigate the impact of heavy rainfall by discharging, under permitted conditions, any overflow into a water body. They are often actively discharging during flood events. This page presents the data acquired by the monitoring system for this discharge station.
The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "River Venn (Estuarine)" This station has discharged sewage 56 time(s). The station has discharged for a total of 135.4 hour(s). This is 0.51% of the time which we have data for. In total: 5 day(s)* of elapsed time.
100 | 0 hours This monitor has been operational for 100% of its total time we have data for. There are 0 hours unaccounted for due to downtime of the monitor.
The worst year in our records for the "Bishops Tawton Pumping Station" is 2023, discharging sewage for 83 hours of the year.
Uptimes below 90% (red line) should be accompanied by a reason
*This is total time in days, not individual days.
Yearly Summary
Most Recent Year - 2023
River Venn (Estuarine) | 18 Spills | 83 hours | 0.94 The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "River Venn (Estuarine)" This station discharged sewage 18 time(s) during 2023. The station discharged for a total of 83 hour(s). This is around 3 day(s)* or 0.94% of the year.
100 | 0 hours This monitor was operational for 100% of the year. Leaving 0 hours unaccounted for in the data.
*This is total time in days, not individual days of the year.
Permit & Governance
Attribute
Value
Governing Body
The Environment Agency
Operator
South West Water
Primary Permit #
200204/PC/01
Secondary Permit #
200204
2022
River Venn (Estuarine) | 16 Spills | 15.3 hours | 0.17 The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "River Venn (Estuarine)" This station discharged sewage 16 time(s) during 2022. The station discharged for a total of 15.3 hour(s). This is around 0 day(s)* or 0.17% of the year.
100 | 0 hours This monitor was operational for 100% of the year. Leaving 0 hours unaccounted for in the data.
*This is total time in days, not individual days of the year.
Permit & Governance
Attribute
Value
Governing Body
The Environment Agency
Operator
South West Water
Primary Permit #
200204/PC/01
Secondary Permit #
200204
2021
River Venn (Estuarine) | 22 Spills | 37.1 hours | 0.42 The declared body of water receiving this discharge is the "River Venn (Estuarine)" This station discharged sewage 22 time(s) during 2021. The station discharged for a total of 37.1 hour(s). This is around 1 day(s)* or 0.42% of the year.
100 | 0 hours This monitor was operational for 100% of the year. Leaving 0 hours unaccounted for in the data.
*This is total time in days, not individual days of the year.
Permit & Governance
Attribute
Value
Governing Body
The Environment Agency
Operator
South West Water
Primary Permit #
200204/PC/01
Secondary Permit #
200204
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