Kilbury STW, Buckfastleigh

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

Kilbury STW, Buckfastleigh

Storm overflow at the works · SBB00178 · feeds BUCKFASTLEIGH STW
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Saturday, 30 November 2024
Started
30 Nov 2024, 23:13
Ended
1 Dec 2024, 11:25
Duration
12 hours 12 minutes
Receiving water
Dart
Parish
Buckfastleigh

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Austins Bridge) 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
30/11/2024 (spill day)14.3 mmrain
29/11/20249 mmrain
28/11/20240.3 mmrain
27/11/20240 mmdry
26/11/202431.5 mmrain

River flow that day: 30.717 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 0.0 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
Not Applicable
EA annual return (2024)
138 counted spills · 2334 h total
Monitor uptime (2024)
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 SBB00178). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge fd8ea26c-8052-48c5-a1bb-bbd5ebbbb3d3_364176. 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 — Kilbury STW, Buckfastleigh — River Hub