Totnes STW

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

Totnes STW

Storm overflow at the works · SBB01264 · feeds TOTNES STW
No rain data

The discharge

Spill day
Saturday, 2 October 2021
Started
2 Oct 2021, 12:00
Ended
2 Oct 2021, 13:47
Duration
1 hour 47 minutes
Receiving water
Dart
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: No rain data3-day window: No rain data4-day window: No rain data
DateRainfall
02/10/2021 (spill day)no data
01/10/2021no data
30/09/2021no data
29/09/2021no data
28/09/2021no data

River flow that day: 23.318 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 6.5 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
EA annual return (2021)
104 counted spills · 936 h total
Monitor uptime (2021)
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 SBB01264). 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.