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Christow STW, Teign Valley

Spill evidence · Friends of the River Teign

Christow STW, Teign Valley

Storm overflow at the works · SBB00251 · feeds CHRISTOW_STW_TEIGN VALLEY
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Sunday, 26 December 2021
Started
26 Dec 2021, 23:48
Ended
28 Dec 2021, 15:36
Duration
1 day 15 hours
Receiving water
Teign (Lower)
Parish
Christow

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
26/12/2021 (spill day)9.6 mmrain
25/12/202132 mmrain
24/12/202114.3 mmrain
23/12/20211.6 mmrain
22/12/20210.8 mmrain

River flow that day: 12.382 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 7.3 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 (2021)
97 counted spills · 1915 h total
Monitor uptime (2021)
96% 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 SBB00251). 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.