Scorriton STW

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

Scorriton STW

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

Evidence strength

Medium confidence
  • Dry on the EA 1-day window
  • Rain gauge close (≤5 km)
  • Monitor 100% operational that year
  • Short discharge (<1 h) — weaker signal

The discharge

Spill day
Tuesday, 9 November 2021
Started
9 Nov 2021, 08:20
Ended
9 Nov 2021, 09:19
Duration
59 minutes 9 seconds
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: Wet weather4-day window: Wet weather
DateRainfall
09/11/2021 (spill day)0 mmdry
08/11/20210.2 mmdry
07/11/20210 mmdry
06/11/20213.3 mmrain
05/11/20210 mmdry

River flow that day: 9.68 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 (2021)
35 counted spills · 197 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 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