South West Water

“South West Water’s website shows that the monitor at Town Quay pumping station overflow in Fowey was activated between 9.03am and 10.56pm – a total of 1 hour and 53 minutes, and again between 8.55pm …”

“Sewage discharges occurred at the same overflow, which is owned and operated by South West Water, a day earlier. On 15 August, sewage was discharged between 8.18am and 10.25am and between 8.07pm and …”

“We are targeting Fowey as part of our £760m storm overflow reduction programme.”

“with total reservoir storage currently about 86%”

“Colliford is 93% full, Roadford is 84% full and Wimbleball is 84% full”

“The last hosepipe bans to be imposed in the South West were in 1996”

“Since the droughts of 1976, when some customers had to collect water from stand pipes, SWW has developed five new reservoirs and increased total storage by 87,383 megalitres”

“Stannon, a former Imerys china clay quarry bought by SWW two years ago in 2008, is due to become a fully operational reservoir by the end of this summer, with a capacity of 8,000 megalitres”

“Last year at this time reservoirs in the region were 92% full”