According to Top of the Poops, an organisation monitoring sewage discharges across the UK, the Central Devon constituency was the seventh worst for sewage dumps last year, with over 4,500 separate sewage dumps, amounting to over 43,000 hours of sewage pumping. The Newton Abbot constituency saw over 2,000 sewage dumps, amounting to 2,900 hours of sewage discharge. The Environmental Agency gave South West Water its worst environmental rating of just one star, a score shared only with Southern Water.
