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Keyberry Rd No 4, Newton Abbot

SBB00860
Overflow on the network feeding Newton Abbot / Teignmouth STW · Combined sewer overflow
Shellfish water · Teign Estuary
Showing history for 2023 · records go back to 2020
Not spilling

The monitor is reporting and shows no discharge.

Last spill ended
18 May, 21:02
Counted spills, 2023
53
98 discharge events
Hours spilled, 2023
271
Is the feed working?
Working
Last checked 22 min ago · we poll SWW hourly
48h agonow
48/48 hourly readings received
Dry spills, 2023
0
None in 2023 · 2 since 2020
How a dry spill is decided →
Spilled before its STW, 2023
98
98 in 2023 · 335 since 2020
What this means →
Why this one spills

The problem here is local, not the works.

This overflow spilled 335 times on days its own treatment works stayed shut — so the works still had capacity. That points upstream, to this branch of the network, rather than to a works too small for its catchment.

How this verdict is reached →

Its permit

What the environmental permit sets for this overflow — and where the public record is silent, which is itself the finding.

Pass-forward flow
Not published
Spill frequency limit
None set
Monitoring tier
Not published
Assessment trigger
Crossed — over 10 spills/year

Is anyone acting on this?

Flagged problems
Spills before its works335 times since 2020
Measures on record

Nothing on record.

Verdict
No action recorded

A flagged problem with no active measure against it. That is a gap in the public record.

What you can do about this one

OPEN NOW

Ask for the data

Under the Environmental Information Regulations, Keyberry Rd No 4, Newton Abbot's telemetry, the works' flow-to-full-treatment setting, and any spill investigations are emissions information — they cannot be withheld on commercial-confidentiality grounds. A written request is the fastest lever.

BY 30 APR 2027

Get it into the next programme

Investigations that will shape the 2030–35 environment programme must complete by this date. Putting this overflow on the record now — to South West Water and the Environment Agency — is what gets it considered.

BY 1 NOV 2027

Put it in the drainage plan

South West Water's draft Drainage & Wastewater Management Plan goes to a twelve-week consultation. A named overflow with evidence behind it is far harder to leave out.

The record since 2020

2 dry spills and 335 pre-STW spills since 2020. Pick a year to see its events below.

Count by

2023: 53 spills · 98 discharge events

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Counted spills — the EA's 12/24-hour block method, the basis of the 10-a-year cap. Published annual return where available, computed the same way for the current year. Two ways to count →

Dry spills, every year

2 dry spills since 2020 · showing up to 12

24 Apr, 12:02
17m
0.0
Not spilling
→
4 Jul, 18:14
21m
0.0
Not spilling
→

Spilled before its works

335 events since 2020 · started while Newton Abbot / Teignmouth STW stayed shut

18 May, 19:59
1h 3m
14.2
Stayed shut
→
18 Feb, 12:08
11h 41m
26.7
Stayed shut
→
17 Feb, 22:19
18m
20.3
Stayed shut
→
13 Feb, 13:18
20m
7.2
Stayed shut
→
7 Feb, 10:42
1h 0m
13.8
Stayed shut
→
6 Feb, 20:44
2h 17m
16.5
Stayed shut
→
6 Feb, 09:03
2h 54m
16.5
Stayed shut
→
6 Feb, 03:26
49m
16.5
Stayed shut
→
5 Feb, 08:39
2h 48m
16.5
Stayed shut
→
3 Feb, 00:42
31m
14.8
Stayed shut
→
2 Feb, 20:01
2h 1m
14.8
Stayed shut
→
29 Jan, 23:43
2h 6m
17.5
Stayed shut
→

Spills by month, 2023

Dry Wet weather
7Jan
Feb
51Mar
21Apr
May
Jun
1Jul
Aug
3Sep
1Oct
3Nov
11Dec

Every spill in 2023, most recent first

Each event checked against the nearest rain gauge and against the treatment works’ own overflow. Open any row for its evidence dossier.

31 Dec, 00:51
18m
20.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Dec, 00:30
18m
20.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Dec, 13:05
2h 1m
16.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Dec, 12:05
37m
16.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Dec, 11:07
23m
16.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
10 Dec, 11:22
2h 35m
7.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Dec, 03:52
10h 42m
16.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Dec, 07:49
17h 17m
23.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
4 Dec, 20:03
17m
40.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
4 Dec, 04:32
15h 26m
40.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Dec, 22:10
4h 25m
40.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Nov, 07:36
5h 27m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 05:38
16h 56m
23.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
14 Nov, 06:04
5h 40m
8.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 Oct, 23:16
33m
23.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
17 Sept, 10:15
5h 49m
47.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
17 Sept, 09:44
19m
47.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
17 Sept, 02:28
41m
47.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
14 Jul, 10:59
3h 26m
29.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Apr, 15:46
26m
3.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Apr, 10:43
3h 21m
19.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Apr, 15:24
6h 7m
8.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Apr, 14:47
16m
8.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Apr, 07:50
1h 38m
8.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Apr, 09:20
9h 43m
0.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Apr, 08:40
16m
0.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Apr, 07:37
42m
0.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Apr, 05:28
2h 5m
0.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Apr, 04:38
34m
0.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Apr, 03:50
26m
0.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Apr, 02:50
29m
0.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Apr, 02:01
17m
0.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Apr, 21:35
16m
0.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Apr, 20:45
29m
0.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Apr, 17:11
3h 26m
0.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Apr, 16:47
19m
0.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 Apr, 13:52
52m
21.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 Apr, 10:41
1h 12m
21.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
11 Apr, 14:04
7h 5m
21.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
11 Apr, 13:21
41m
21.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Mar, 20:08
15m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Mar, 22:50
21h 16m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Mar, 21:40
40m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Mar, 18:35
15m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
29 Mar, 16:33
42m
11.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Mar, 10:21
15m
11.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Mar, 08:58
1h 19m
11.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Mar, 08:25
19m
11.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Mar, 02:22
23m
11.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Mar, 01:18
1h 2m
11.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
25 Mar, 19:57
5h 15m
11.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
25 Mar, 09:16
52m
11.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Mar, 08:37
1h 6m
12.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Mar, 07:53
1h 24m
12.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Mar, 19:56
20m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 22:55
9h 40m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 21:53
30m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 18:32
3h 2m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 16:41
23m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 16:13
18m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 15:17
20m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 14:24
22m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 13:36
18m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 12:52
20m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 12:02
21m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 11:16
22m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 10:30
25m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 09:45
26m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 05:30
4h 9m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 04:30
26m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 03:26
25m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Mar, 01:40
1h 21m
12.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Mar, 23:01
2h 15m
7.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Mar, 22:17
29m
7.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Mar, 21:22
30m
7.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Mar, 20:35
33m
7.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Mar, 18:04
2h 20m
7.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Mar, 16:27
52m
7.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Mar, 15:37
32m
7.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Mar, 14:45
29m
7.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→

Showing the last 80 events of 98 in 2023.

99 brief spills under 15 minutes in 2023

Excluded from the counts, classification and flags above — too short to weigh against rainfall, and often an operational blip rather than a genuine discharge. Listed here for completeness. How we know.

27 Dec, 12:49 · 5m27 Dec, 11:52 · 12m19 Dec, 09:37 · 8m10 Dec, 14:03 · 14m9 Dec, 14:42 · 12m4 Dec, 20:32 · 2m3 Dec, 21:54 · 2m16 Nov, 22:43 · 10m14 Nov, 05:33 · 8m8 May, 18:09 · 12m8 May, 17:56 · 4m27 Apr, 14:15 · 6m23 Apr, 13:41 · 10m22 Apr, 21:46 · 1m22 Apr, 14:04 · 6m22 Apr, 13:21 · 6m22 Apr, 12:35 · 11m22 Apr, 12:09 · 9m22 Apr, 11:31 · 7m22 Apr, 10:48 · 11m22 Apr, 10:13 · 9m22 Apr, 09:39 · 13m22 Apr, 07:23 · 6m19 Apr, 19:18 · 2m18 Apr, 23:13 · 5m18 Apr, 22:24 · 8m12 Apr, 14:56 · 5m12 Apr, 13:14 · 1m11 Apr, 21:13 · 12m11 Apr, 12:45 · 9m10 Apr, 10:23 · 7m31 Mar, 20:39 · 1m30 Mar, 19:20 · 8m30 Mar, 18:55 · 9m28 Mar, 14:37 · 11m28 Mar, 14:12 · 12m28 Mar, 13:47 · 13m28 Mar, 12:57 · 8m26 Mar, 15:41 · 3m26 Mar, 15:03 · 13m+59 more