BROADHEMPSTON STW_SSO_BROADHEMPSTON

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

BROADHEMPSTON STW_SSO_BROADHEMPSTON

Storm overflow at the works · SBB00165 · feeds BROADHEMPSTON_STW_BROADHEMPSTON
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Monday, 27 March 2023
Started
27 Mar 2023, 06:24
Ended
27 Mar 2023, 10:14
Duration
3 hours 49 minutes
Receiving water
Hems - Upper
Parish
Broadhempston

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
27/03/2023 (spill day)1.4 mmrain
26/03/20230 mmdry
25/03/202313.8 mmrain
24/03/20236.5 mmrain
23/03/202317.7 mmrain

River flow that day: 20.458 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 4.7 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
EA annual return (2023)
87 counted spills · 1761 h total
Monitor uptime (2023)
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 SBB00165). 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.