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Scout Hut, Stoke Gabriel

Combined sewer overflow · SBB01060 · feeds TORQUAY/ PAIGNTON/ BRIXHAM ) STW
Dry spill

Evidence strength

Low confidence
  • ✓ Dry on the EA 1-day window
  • ⚠ Short discharge (<1 h) — weaker signal

The discharge

Spill day
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Started
24 Feb 2026, 21:26
Ended
24 Feb 2026, 22:06
Duration
40 minutes
Receiving water
—
Parish
—

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Brixham) 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: Dry spill3-day window: Wet weather4-day window: Wet weather
DateRainfall
24/02/2026 (spill day)0 mmdry
23/02/20260 mmdry
22/02/20263 mmrain
21/02/20264.6 mmrain
20/02/20262.4 mmrain

River flow that day: 20.12 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 7.0 km apart. Closer means the rainfall reading is more representative of the overflow.

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Severity & context

Bathing water
Stoke Gabriel, Dart Estuary
Shellfish water
Dart
Ahead of the works
Unknown (no works overflow data)
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 SBB01060). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge 9dba2bf3-f5ea-4616-ac8e-dce16dbc0dc8. 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.