Harberton STW

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

Harberton STW

Storm overflow at the works · SBB00536 · feeds HARBERTON_STW_HARBERTON
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Thursday, 4 September 2025
Started
4 Sept 2025, 14:39
Ended
4 Sept 2025, 15:02
Duration
22 minutes 50 seconds
Receiving water
Harbourne River
Parish
Harberton

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Harbertonford Slipperstone) 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
04/09/2025 (spill day)7.8 mmrain
03/09/20257 mmrain
02/09/202530.9 mmrain
01/09/202512.1 mmrain
31/08/202512.5 mmrain

River flow that day: 9.78 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 2.5 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 (2025)
116 counted spills · 1660 h total
Monitor uptime (2025)
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 SBB00536). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge 8d954129-924c-47e3-8750-5f29a59617b2. 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 — Harberton STW — River Hub