HARBERTONFORD STW_SSO_HARBERTONFORD

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HARBERTONFORD STW_SSO_HARBERTONFORD

Storm overflow at the works · SBB00537 · feeds HARBERTONFORD_STW_HARBERTONFORD
Dry spill

Evidence strength

High confidence
  • Long discharge (≥6 h)
  • Dry on the EA 1-day window
  • Rain gauge close (≤5 km)
  • Monitor 98% operational that year

The discharge

Spill day
Thursday, 20 November 2025
Started
20 Nov 2025, 14:57
Ended
20 Nov 2025, 22:09
Duration
7 hours 12 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: Wet weather4-day window: Wet weather
DateRainfall
20/11/2025 (spill day)0 mmdry
19/11/20250 mmdry
18/11/20251.5 mmrain
17/11/20250.2 mmdry
16/11/20250 mmdry

River flow that day: 14.624 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
Not Applicable
EA annual return (2025)
120 counted spills · 2494 h total
Monitor uptime (2025)
98% 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 SBB00537). 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 — HARBERTONFORD STW_SSO_HARBERTONFORD — River Hub