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Barton Hill Rd, Torquay

Spill evidence · Friends of the River Teign

Barton Hill Rd, Torquay

Combined sewer overflow · SBB00077 · feeds TORQUAY/ PAIGNTON/ BRIXHAM ) STW
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Started
26 Mar 2024, 01:05
Ended
26 Mar 2024, 01:29
Duration
23 minutes 30 seconds
Receiving water
Aller Brook (Teign) - Upper
Parish
Coffinswell

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Torbay Compton) 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
26/03/2024 (spill day)2.7 mmrain
25/03/202411 mmrain
24/03/20246.1 mmrain
23/03/20240.9 mmrain
22/03/20240.9 mmrain

River flow that day: 10.762 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 2.4 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
Ahead of the works
Unknown (no works overflow data)
EA annual return (2024)
67 counted spills · 106 h total
Monitor uptime (2024)
100% 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 SBB00077). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge e7e2f7d4-f497-4adc-b077-c20bc2dcedfa. 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.