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Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart
Townstal Tank, Dartmouth
Combined sewer overflow · SBB01269 · feeds DARTMOUTH STW
Dry spill
Evidence strength
Medium confidence- ✓ Long discharge (≥6 h)
- ✓ Dry on the EA 1-day window
The discharge
- Spill day
- Tuesday, 24 February 2026
- Started
- 24 Feb 2026, 12:07
- Ended
- 25 Feb 2026, 02:24
- Duration
- 14 hours 17 minutes
- Receiving water
- —
- Parish
- —
Rainfall evidence
Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Brixham) 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
| Date | Rainfall | |
|---|---|---|
| 24/02/2026 (spill day) | 0 mm | dry |
| 23/02/2026 | 0 mm | dry |
| 22/02/2026 | 3 mm | rain |
| 21/02/2026 | 4.6 mm | rain |
| 20/02/2026 | 2.4 mm | rain |
River flow that day: 20.12 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.
Gauge proximity
Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 6.1 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)
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 SBB01269). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge 9dba2bf3-f5ea-4616-ac8e-dce16dbc0dc8. 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.