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Cornworthy STW, Dartmouth

Storm overflow at the works · SBB00309 · feeds CORNWORTHY_STW_DARTMOUTH
Dry spill

Evidence strength

Medium confidence
  • ✓ Dry across a 4-day antecedent window
  • ⚠ Short discharge (<1 h) — weaker signal

The discharge

Spill day
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Started
4 Mar 2025, 11:14
Ended
4 Mar 2025, 12:04
Duration
49 minutes 31 seconds
Receiving water
—
Parish
—

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
04/03/2025 (spill day)0 mmdry
03/03/20250 mmdry
02/03/20250.1 mmdry
01/03/20250 mmdry
28/02/20250 mmdry

River flow that day: 11.643 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
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 SBB00309). 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.