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Rattery STW

Storm overflow at the works · SBB01016 · feeds RATTERY_STW_RATTERY
Dry spill

Evidence strength

High confidence
  • Dry across a 4-day antecedent window
  • Rain gauge close (≤5 km)
  • Monitor 100% operational that year
  • Short discharge (<1 h) — weaker signal

The discharge

Spill day
Saturday, 27 May 2023
Started
27 May 2023, 19:21
Ended
27 May 2023, 19:38
Duration
16 minutes 51 seconds
Receiving water
Bidwell Brook
Parish
Rattery

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Austins Bridge) 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
27/05/2023 (spill day)0 mmdry
26/05/20230 mmdry
25/05/20230 mmdry
24/05/20230 mmdry
23/05/20230 mmdry

River flow that day: 4.618 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 4.3 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 (2023)
149 counted spills · 2429 h total
Monitor uptime (2023)
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 SBB01016). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge fd8ea26c-8052-48c5-a1bb-bbd5ebbbb3d3_364176. 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 — Rattery STW — River Hub