Bridgetown Steamer Quay, Totnes

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

Bridgetown Steamer Quay, Totnes

Combined sewer overflow · SBB01167 · feeds TOTNES STW
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Sunday, 5 January 2025
Started
5 Jan 2025, 10:20
Ended
5 Jan 2025, 11:41
Duration
1 hour 20 minutes
Receiving water
Harbourne River
Parish
Totnes

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Harbertonford Slipperstone) 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: Wet weather3-day window: Wet weather4-day window: Wet weather
DateRainfall
05/01/2025 (spill day)13.9 mmrain
04/01/202553.4 mmrain
03/01/20250.1 mmdry
02/01/20250 mmdry
01/01/20258.5 mmrain

River flow that day: 143.716 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 5.9 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
No — the works was also overflowing that day.
EA annual return (2025)
39 counted spills · 91 h total
Monitor uptime (2025)
100% 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 SBB01167). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge 8d954129-924c-47e3-8750-5f29a59617b2. 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.
Spill evidence — Bridgetown Steamer Quay, Totnes — River Hub