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Cornworthy STW, Dartmouth
Storm overflow at the works · SBB00309 · feeds CORNWORTHY_STW_DARTMOUTH
Dry spill
Evidence strength
Medium confidence- ✓ Long discharge (≥6 h)
- ✓ Dry on the EA 1-day window
The discharge
- Spill day
- Thursday, 7 March 2024
- Started
- 7 Mar 2024, 07:26
- Ended
- 9 Mar 2024, 02:04
- Duration
- 1 day 18 hours
- 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: Wet weather4-day window: Wet weather
| Date | Rainfall | |
|---|---|---|
| 07/03/2024 (spill day) | 0 mm | dry |
| 06/03/2024 | 0.1 mm | dry |
| 05/03/2024 | 1.5 mm | rain |
| 04/03/2024 | 16.9 mm | rain |
| 03/03/2024 | 0.3 mm | rain |
River flow that day: 17.996 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.