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59 Barton Drive, Newton Abbot

Spill evidence · Friends of the River Teign

59 Barton Drive, Newton Abbot

Combined sewer overflow · SBB00076 · feeds NEWTON ABBOT / TEIGNMOUTH STW
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Thursday, 22 January 2026
Started
22 Jan 2026, 14:23
Ended
22 Jan 2026, 15:17
Duration
53 minutes 21 seconds
Receiving water
Lemon
Parish
Newton Abbot

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Bickington) 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
22/01/2026 (spill day)15.2 mmrain
21/01/202610 mmrain
20/01/202622.3 mmrain
19/01/20262.5 mmrain
18/01/20261.3 mmrain

River flow that day: 26.371 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
Ahead of the works
Unknown (no works overflow data)
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 SBB00076). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge 31653dd5-c1ed-4091-a860-5e8d25936861. 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.