Shinners Bridge, Dartington

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

Shinners Bridge, Dartington

Combined sewer overflow · SBB01082 · feeds TOTNES STW
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Sunday, 17 March 2024
Started
17 Mar 2024, 04:15
Ended
17 Mar 2024, 05:30
Duration
1 hour 15 minutes
Receiving water
Bidwell Brook
Parish
Dartington

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
17/03/2024 (spill day)1.9 mmrain
16/03/202424.4 mmrain
15/03/20241.5 mmrain
14/03/202416.8 mmrain
13/03/20242 mmrain

River flow that day: 40.758 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 5.2 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 (2024)
37 counted spills · 97 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 SBB01082). 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 — Shinners Bridge, Dartington — River Hub