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Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart
BLACKBROOK NORTH_CSO_PRINCETOWN
Combined sewer overflow · SBB00119 · feeds PRINCETOWN STW
Wet weather
The discharge
- Spill day
- Tuesday, 18 August 2026
- Started
- 18 Aug 2026, 04:54
- Ended
- 18 Aug 2026, 11:14
- Duration
- 6 hours 20 minutes
- Receiving water
- Blackbrook River
- Parish
- Dartmoor Forest
Rainfall evidence
Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Princetown) 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
| Date | Rainfall | |
|---|---|---|
| 18/08/2026 (spill day) | 17.4 mm | rain |
| 17/08/2026 | 7 mm | rain |
| 16/08/2026 | 2.8 mm | rain |
| 15/08/2026 | 0 mm | dry |
| 14/08/2026 | 0 mm | dry |
River flow that day: 1.201 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.
Gauge proximity
Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 0.7 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
- Ahead of the works
- Yes — the treatment works' own overflow stayed shut that day, so capacity was available. Avoidable.
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 SBB00119). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge f0676423-f697-4dec-8958-440f335cce9a. 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.