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
Sunday, 31 December 2023
Started
31 Dec 2023, 17:27
Ended
1 Jan 2024, 00:00
Duration
6 hours 32 minutes
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
31/12/2023 (spill day)3.2 mmrain
30/12/202327.9 mmrain
29/12/20233.6 mmrain
28/12/20233.2 mmrain
27/12/202313 mmrain

River flow that day: 40.978 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 (2023)
170 counted spills · 2994 h total
Monitor uptime (2023)
97% 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