RATTERY STW_SO_RATTERY

Spill evidence · Friends of the Dart

RATTERY STW_SO_RATTERY

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

Evidence strength

Medium confidence
  • Long discharge (≥6 h)
  • Dry on the EA 1-day window
  • Rain gauge close (≤5 km)
  • Monitor only 89% operational that year — data may be incomplete

The discharge

Spill day
Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Started
10 Dec 2024, 15:59
Ended
12 Dec 2024, 11:18
Duration
1 day 19 hours
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: Wet weather4-day window: Wet weather
DateRainfall
10/12/2024 (spill day)0 mmdry
09/12/20240.1 mmdry
08/12/20240 mmdry
07/12/20241.3 mmrain
06/12/202417.7 mmrain

River flow that day: 14.907 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 (2024)
114 counted spills · 1768 h total
Monitor uptime (2024)
89% 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.