Dartington Sch Two

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

Dartington Sch Two

Combined sewer overflow · SBB00349 · feeds TOTNES STW
No rain data

The discharge

Spill day
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Started
13 Aug 2020, 16:41
Ended
13 Aug 2020, 17:02
Duration
20 minutes 50 seconds
Receiving water
Bidwell Brook
Parish
Dartington

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Austins Bridge) for the spill day and the days before. A spill is dry when every day in the window is ≤ 0.25 mm.

1-day window: No rain data3-day window: No rain data4-day window: No rain data
DateRainfall
13/08/2020 (spill day)no data
12/08/2020no data
11/08/2020no data
10/08/2020no data
09/08/2020no data

River flow that day: . Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 5.1 km apart. Closer means the rainfall reading is more representative of the overflow.

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Severity & context

Bathing water
Steamer Quay, Dart Estuary
Shellfish water
Dart
Ahead of the works
Yes — the treatment works' own overflow stayed shut that day, so capacity was available. Avoidable.
EA annual return (2020)
61 counted spills · 631 h total
Monitor uptime (2020)
19% operational
Method & provenance. Dry/wet classification is decided by rainfall at the nearest EA gauge — ≤ 0.25 mm on the spill day and each preceding day of the window (how we classify). Spill data: Environment Agency EDM (outlet SBB00349). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge fd8ea26c-8052-48c5-a1bb-bbd5ebbbb3d3_364176. A dry spill is precautionary evidence of a likely fault, not proof of an offence — we test the rainfall, not the works' flow. Generated by River Hub.