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59 Barton Drive, Newton Abbot

SBB00076
Overflow on the network feeding Newton Abbot / Teignmouth STW · Combined sewer overflow
Shellfish water · Teign Estuary
Showing history for 2022 · records go back to 2020
Not spilling

The monitor is reporting and shows no discharge.

Last spill ended
29 Aug, 09:32
Counted spills, 2022
47
151 discharge events
Hours spilled, 2022
471
Is the feed working?
Working
Last checked 21 min ago · we poll SWW hourly
48h agonow
48/48 hourly readings received
Dry spills, 2022
0
None in 2022 · 0 since 2020
How a dry spill is decided →
Spilled before its STW, 2022
151
151 in 2022 · 602 since 2020
What this means →
Why this one spills

The problem here is local, not the works.

This overflow spilled 602 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
High spill frequency602 discharge events since 2020Spills before its works602 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, 59 Barton Drive, 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

0 dry spills and 602 pre-STW spills since 2020. Pick a year to see its events below.

Count by

2022: 47 spills · 151 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

0 dry spills since 2020 · showing up to 12

No dry spills on record for this overflow since 2020.

Spilled before its works

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

29 Aug, 08:58
34m
14.9
Stayed shut
→
12 Mar, 23:17
18m
27.5
Stayed shut
→
12 Mar, 21:13
33m
27.5
Stayed shut
→
12 Mar, 20:46
1h 45m
27.5
Stayed shut
→
5 Feb, 02:21
39m
16.6
Stayed shut
→
30 Jan, 12:48
2h 20m
20.5
Stayed shut
→
29 Jan, 22:22
31m
20.5
Stayed shut
→
29 Jan, 21:49
24m
20.5
Stayed shut
→
29 Jan, 19:57
53m
20.5
Stayed shut
→
28 Jan, 13:04
1h 5m
9.1
Stayed shut
→
23 Jan, 04:40
5h 59m
15.2
Stayed shut
→
22 Jan, 14:23
53m
15.2
Stayed shut
→

Spills by month, 2022

Dry Wet weather
15Jan
12Feb
10Mar
Apr
May
1Jun
Jul
1Aug
1Sep
1Oct
64Nov
46Dec

Every spill in 2022, 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.

30 Dec, 15:30
32h 29m
13.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
29 Dec, 04:50
33h 21m
13.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
29 Dec, 04:05
38m
13.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 06:54
21h 7m
25.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 06:35
18m
25.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 05:54
23m
25.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 04:38
54m
25.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 00:56
3h 37m
25.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Dec, 23:49
59m
25.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Dec, 22:33
1h 4m
25.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Dec, 21:45
44m
25.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Dec, 00:18
93h 25m
8.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 23:05
1h 7m
17.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 22:33
29m
17.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 15:08
7h 17m
17.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 03:19
11h 48m
17.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 02:55
15m
17.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Dec, 23:33
55m
6.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 23:23
2h 19m
36.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 21:41
1h 41m
36.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 19:45
1h 40m
36.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 19:07
16m
36.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 17:56
34m
36.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 17:01
34m
36.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 14:51
1h 47m
36.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 13:07
1h 23m
36.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 12:28
27m
36.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 10:15
2h 10m
36.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 08:34
33m
36.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 23:54
31m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 23:34
15m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 21:26
17m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 15:41
29m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 12:47
15m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 11:05
15m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 10:22
26m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 09:49
21m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 09:25
19m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 07:35
1h 11m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 06:40
41m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 02:00
3h 54m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 01:34
19m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Dec, 23:23
1h 36m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Dec, 22:30
39m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Dec, 11:36
9h 48m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Dec, 10:48
47m
72.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Nov, 05:28
17m
31.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Nov, 04:50
24m
31.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Nov, 19:11
9h 38m
31.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Nov, 18:39
23m
31.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Nov, 16:41
1h 32m
31.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Nov, 12:29
19m
6.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Nov, 12:02
25m
6.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Nov, 02:07
11h 55m
13.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Nov, 01:11
50m
13.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Nov, 00:03
1h 7m
13.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Nov, 21:16
2h 46m
21.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Nov, 18:06
3h 9m
21.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Nov, 16:50
55m
21.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Nov, 13:23
3h 24m
21.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Nov, 12:59
23m
21.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Nov, 11:07
1h 48m
21.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Nov, 02:56
8h 10m
21.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Nov, 17:55
8h 44m
21.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Nov, 16:16
1h 36m
21.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Nov, 15:51
24m
21.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Nov, 14:10
1h 40m
21.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Nov, 07:21
6h 47m
21.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 14:12
11h 38m
14.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 13:35
25m
14.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 12:35
54m
14.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 01:33
10h 53m
14.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 00:38
16m
14.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 00:05
21m
14.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Nov, 23:28
21m
27.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Nov, 23:09
18m
27.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Nov, 16:13
6h 31m
27.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Nov, 12:51
2h 51m
27.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Nov, 12:03
38m
27.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Nov, 11:37
25m
27.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→

Showing the last 80 events of 151 in 2022.

412 brief spills under 15 minutes in 2022

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.

29 Dec, 04:48 · 1m29 Dec, 04:02 · 2m28 Dec, 06:33 · 1m28 Dec, 06:20 · 11m28 Dec, 06:17 · 2m28 Dec, 05:38 · 12m28 Dec, 00:53 · 2m28 Dec, 00:49 · 3m27 Dec, 23:47 · 1m27 Dec, 23:44 · 2m27 Dec, 23:38 · 5m24 Dec, 00:14 · 1m23 Dec, 22:27 · 4m23 Dec, 02:50 · 3m21 Dec, 23:31 · 1m21 Dec, 23:23 · 5m21 Dec, 23:18 · 2m21 Dec, 23:05 · 11m21 Dec, 02:39 · 2m21 Dec, 02:30 · 5m21 Dec, 02:25 · 5m21 Dec, 02:12 · 11m21 Dec, 02:03 · 8m21 Dec, 01:57 · 4m21 Dec, 01:54 · 1m20 Dec, 21:26 · 14m20 Dec, 19:41 · 2m20 Dec, 19:37 · 2m20 Dec, 19:26 · 10m20 Dec, 19:24 · 1m20 Dec, 19:04 · 1m20 Dec, 18:57 · 6m20 Dec, 18:48 · 7m20 Dec, 18:41 · 7m20 Dec, 18:36 · 1m20 Dec, 18:33 · 1m20 Dec, 17:53 · 1m20 Dec, 17:50 · 1m20 Dec, 17:43 · 3m20 Dec, 16:59 · 1m+372 more