FURZEGOOD SPS_PSCSOEO_MARLDON

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

FURZEGOOD SPS_PSCSOEO_MARLDON

Pumping station overflow · SBB00481 · feeds COMPTON AND MARLDON STW
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, 1 April 2025
Started
1 Apr 2025, 18:56
Ended
1 Apr 2025, 19:14
Duration
18 minutes 26 seconds
Receiving water
Hems - Lower
Parish
Marldon

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Torbay Compton) 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
01/04/2025 (spill day)0 mmdry
31/03/20250 mmdry
30/03/20250 mmdry
29/03/20250.3 mmrain
28/03/20250 mmdry

River flow that day: 3.202 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 2.6 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
Dart
Ahead of the works
Unknown (no works overflow data)
EA annual return (2025)
26 counted spills · 21 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 SBB00481). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge e7e2f7d4-f497-4adc-b077-c20bc2dcedfa. 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 — FURZEGOOD SPS_PSCSOEO_MARLDON — River Hub