Widecombe STW, Widecombe in the Moor

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

Widecombe STW, Widecombe in the Moor

Storm overflow at the works · SBB01359 · feeds WIDECOMBE_STW_WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Sunday, 24 November 2024
Started
24 Nov 2024, 08:24
Ended
24 Nov 2024, 09:09
Duration
45 minutes 10 seconds
Receiving water
East Webburn River
Parish
Widecombe in the Moor

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Bellever Dartmoor) 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
24/11/2024 (spill day)28.7 mmrain
23/11/202499.3 mmrain
22/11/202426.7 mmrain
21/11/20244.6 mmrain
20/11/20242.8 mmrain

River flow that day: 117.998 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 6.3 km apart. Closer means the rainfall reading is more representative of the overflow.

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Severity & context

Bathing water
Not Applicable
Shellfish water
Not Applicable
EA annual return (2024)
1 counted spills · 3 h total
Monitor uptime (2024)
32% 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 SBB01359). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge 723a8fc4-908b-4430-91c7-9990be86540a_363307. 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.