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Moretonhampstead STW, Moretonhampstd

Spill evidence · Friends of the River Teign

Moretonhampstead STW, Moretonhampstd

Storm overflow at the works · SBB00807 · feeds MORETONHAMPSTEAD_STW_MORETONHAMPSTEAD
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Started
21 May 2024, 17:18
Ended
21 May 2024, 22:16
Duration
4 hours 58 minutes
Receiving water
Wray Brook
Parish
Moretonhampstead

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Mardon Down) 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
21/05/2024 (spill day)30.5 mmrain
20/05/20240 mmdry
19/05/20240 mmdry
18/05/20242.2 mmrain
17/05/20240 mmdry

River flow that day: 3.98 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 3.2 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)
200 counted spills · 4453 h total
Monitor uptime (2024)
98% 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 SBB00807). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge 323b21d8-c9a4-4681-bc5c-62d7337993ac. 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 Teign Data.