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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
Monday, 9 December 2024
Started
9 Dec 2024, 22:32
Ended
10 Dec 2024, 11:24
Duration
12 hours 51 minutes
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
DateRainfall
09/12/2024 (spill day)0 mmdry
08/12/20240 mmdry
07/12/20240.6 mmrain
06/12/20241.9 mmrain
05/12/20241.1 mmrain

River flow that day: 16.73 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.
Spill evidence — Cornworthy STW, Dartmouth — River Hub