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Townstal Tank, Dartmouth

Combined sewer overflow · SBB01269 · feeds DARTMOUTH STW
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Sunday, 27 November 2022
Started
27 Nov 2022, 00:15
Ended
27 Nov 2022, 00:33
Duration
18 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: Wet weather3-day window: Wet weather4-day window: Wet weather
DateRainfall
27/11/2022 (spill day)1.2 mmrain
26/11/202228.3 mmrain
25/11/20220 mmdry
24/11/20226.3 mmrain
23/11/20223 mmrain

River flow that day: 39.333 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.