HOLNE STW_SO_HOLNE

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

HOLNE STW_SO_HOLNE

Storm overflow at the works · SBB00581 · feeds HOLNE_STW_HOLNE
Dry spill

Evidence strength

High confidence
  • Sustained discharge (≥1 h)
  • Dry across a 3-day window
  • Rain gauge close (≤5 km)
  • Monitor 100% operational that year

The discharge

Spill day
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Started
10 Nov 2021, 07:07
Ended
10 Nov 2021, 08:44
Duration
1 hour 37 minutes
Receiving water
Dart
Parish
West Buckfastleigh

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Holne Priddons Farm) 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: Wet weather
DateRainfall
10/11/2021 (spill day)0.1 mmdry
09/11/20210 mmdry
08/11/20210.2 mmdry
07/11/20210 mmdry
06/11/20213.3 mmrain

River flow that day: 9.374 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 2.1 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
Not Applicable
EA annual return (2021)
130 counted spills · 1276 h total
Monitor uptime (2021)
100% operational
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 SBB00581). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge b000c3f6-3922-48ea-8726-4173de4998d0. 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.