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Chudleigh STW, Newton Abbot

Spill evidence · Friends of the River Teign

Chudleigh STW, Newton Abbot

Storm overflow at the works · SBB00254 · feeds CHUDLEIGH STW
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Saturday, 3 October 2020
Started
3 Oct 2020, 14:09
Ended
3 Oct 2020, 14:25
Duration
15 minutes 50 seconds
Receiving water
Teign (Lower)
Parish
Chudleigh

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Ashcombe) 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
03/10/2020 (spill day)12.9 mmrain
02/10/20207.5 mmrain
01/10/202019.4 mmrain
30/09/202010.7 mmrain
29/09/20200 mmdry

River flow that day: 6.606 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 5.6 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
Teign Estuary
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 SBB00254). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge 4e00b4e3-af60-47cf-afe7-b36ac774ca82. 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.