Ashprington STW

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

Ashprington STW

Storm overflow at the works · SBB00053 · feeds ASHPRINGTON_STW_ASHPRINGTON
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Friday, 12 December 2025
Started
12 Dec 2025, 16:10
Ended
12 Dec 2025, 17:18
Duration
1 hour 7 minutes
Receiving water
Harbourne River
Parish
Ashprington

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: Wet weather3-day window: Wet weather4-day window: Wet weather
DateRainfall
12/12/2025 (spill day)0.1 mmdry
11/12/20251.5 mmrain
10/12/20250.1 mmdry
09/12/20251.2 mmrain
08/12/20259.8 mmrain

River flow that day: 34.541 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 5.0 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
EA annual return (2025)
19 counted spills · 29 h total
Monitor uptime (2025)
97% 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 SBB00053). 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.