HARBERTON STW_SSO_HARBERTON

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HARBERTON STW_SSO_HARBERTON

Storm overflow at the works · SBB00536 · feeds HARBERTON_STW_HARBERTON
Dry spill

Evidence strength

High confidence
  • Long discharge (≥6 h)
  • Dry across a 4-day antecedent window
  • Rain gauge close (≤5 km)
  • Monitor 100% operational that year

The discharge

Spill day
Monday, 3 March 2025
Started
3 Mar 2025, 12:21
Ended
3 Mar 2025, 21:00
Duration
8 hours 38 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: Dry spill3-day window: Dry spill4-day window: Dry spill
DateRainfall
03/03/2025 (spill day)0 mmdry
02/03/20250.1 mmdry
01/03/20250 mmdry
28/02/20250 mmdry
27/02/20250 mmdry

River flow that day: 12.821 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.