Scorriton STW

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

Scorriton STW

Storm overflow at the works · SBB01058 · feeds SCORRITON_STW_SCORRITON
Dry spill

Evidence strength

High confidence
  • Sustained discharge (≥1 h)
  • Dry across a 4-day antecedent window
  • Rain gauge close (≤5 km)
  • Monitor 100% operational that year

The discharge

Spill day
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Started
23 Mar 2022, 07:30
Ended
23 Mar 2022, 12:12
Duration
4 hours 42 minutes
Receiving water
Dart
Parish
West Buckfastleigh

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Holne Priddons Farm) 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: Dry spill3-day window: Dry spill4-day window: Dry spill
DateRainfall
23/03/2022 (spill day)0 mmdry
22/03/20220 mmdry
21/03/20220 mmdry
20/03/20220 mmdry
19/03/20220 mmdry

River flow that day: 7.801 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 2.0 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 (2022)
107 counted spills · 891 h total
Monitor uptime (2022)
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 SBB01058). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge b000c3f6-3922-48ea-8726-4173de4998d0. 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 — Scorriton STW — River Hub