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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 2024 · records go back to 2020
Not spilling

The monitor is reporting and shows no discharge.

Last spill ended
29 Aug, 09:32
Counted spills, 2024
49
87 discharge events
Hours spilled, 2024
406
Is the feed working?
Working
Last checked 21 min ago · we poll SWW hourly
48h agonow
48/48 hourly readings received
Dry spills, 2024
0
None in 2024 · 0 since 2020
How a dry spill is decided →
Spilled before its STW, 2024
87
87 in 2024 · 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

2024: 49 spills · 87 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, 2024

Dry Wet weather
16Jan
30Feb
13Mar
7Apr
1May
Jun
1Jul
Aug
2Sep
12Oct
5Nov

Every spill in 2024, 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.

27 Nov, 02:16
3h 42m
22.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Nov, 23:34
43m
22.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Nov, 19:59
1h 0m
64.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Nov, 16:18
3h 40m
64.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Nov, 14:50
54m
64.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Oct, 10:11
27m
14.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Oct, 01:11
1h 7m
14.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Oct, 16:17
35m
33.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Oct, 11:54
4h 20m
33.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Oct, 09:21
58m
33.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Oct, 21:10
39m
33.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
14 Oct, 00:42
2h 3m
25.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Oct, 18:18
32m
14.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Oct, 10:21
26m
14.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Oct, 18:01
21m
20.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Oct, 13:43
16m
20.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Oct, 12:31
45m
20.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
29 Sept, 19:48
1h 40m
39.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Sept, 17:29
3h 19m
32.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Jul, 21:51
1h 27m
45.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 May, 02:55
4h 43m
17.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Apr, 23:04
9h 56m
47.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Apr, 18:00
19h 30m
15.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
4 Apr, 16:00
20h 30m
15.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
4 Apr, 09:00
3h 45m
15.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Apr, 20:15
7h 15m
23.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Apr, 14:00
21h 30m
23.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
1 Apr, 16:00
5h 15m
6.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Mar, 19:47
61h 28m
22.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
17 Mar, 04:30
2h 17m
15.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
14 Mar, 14:30
1h 52m
13.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
11 Mar, 03:52
32m
7.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
11 Mar, 00:35
3h 15m
7.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
10 Mar, 02:55
21h 37m
32.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
10 Mar, 02:23
15m
32.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Mar, 21:45
4h 13m
32.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Mar, 20:55
33m
32.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Mar, 17:34
3h 19m
32.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
4 Mar, 15:50
1h 53m
14.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
4 Mar, 12:53
2h 36m
14.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
1 Mar, 02:58
2h 14m
11.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Feb, 11:31
41m
21.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Feb, 08:59
1h 26m
21.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Feb, 06:55
2h 2m
21.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Feb, 06:03
51m
21.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
25 Feb, 10:14
18h 55m
21.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Feb, 19:00
27m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Feb, 18:36
22m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Feb, 18:14
21m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Feb, 17:27
24m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Feb, 16:23
23m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Feb, 16:01
19m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Feb, 15:35
17m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Feb, 09:57
5h 32m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Feb, 07:06
1h 7m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Feb, 03:24
2h 37m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Feb, 19:35
18m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Feb, 18:15
16m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Feb, 14:15
33m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Feb, 06:53
7h 5m
15.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 15:26
4h 25m
19.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 02:43
10h 1m
19.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Feb, 16:51
7h 50m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Feb, 10:49
2h 17m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Feb, 01:57
8h 48m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 21:30
4h 56m
27.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 21:05
22m
27.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 20:45
18m
27.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 19:35
32m
27.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Feb, 13:35
29h 52m
27.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Feb, 23:55
11h 44m
20.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Jan, 02:43
1h 16m
25.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Jan, 20:53
5h 47m
25.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
4 Jan, 11:18
13h 10m
19.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Jan, 15:07
16m
11.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Jan, 12:54
1h 16m
11.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Jan, 11:52
43m
11.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Jan, 11:29
16m
11.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Jan, 08:50
21m
11.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Jan, 08:20
23m
11.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→

Showing the last 80 events of 87 in 2024.

93 brief spills under 15 minutes in 2024

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.

27 Nov, 08:14 · 2m27 Nov, 07:13 · 7m27 Nov, 06:21 · 10m23 Nov, 13:49 · 3m23 Nov, 13:29 · 2m14 Oct, 02:59 · 3m8 Oct, 11:16 · 6m26 Sept, 10:07 · 10m10 Mar, 02:08 · 3m9 Mar, 21:39 · 4m9 Mar, 21:32 · 4m4 Mar, 15:43 · 5m4 Mar, 15:34 · 8m4 Mar, 15:32 · 1m26 Feb, 11:08 · 10m26 Feb, 10:56 · 5m26 Feb, 10:45 · 6m26 Feb, 10:37 · 2m26 Feb, 05:56 · 2m26 Feb, 05:45 · 6m26 Feb, 05:27 · 14m26 Feb, 05:21 · 3m26 Feb, 05:12 · 8m23 Feb, 10:15 · 9m22 Feb, 19:29 · 12m22 Feb, 18:06 · 4m22 Feb, 16:59 · 13m22 Feb, 16:50 · 1m22 Feb, 09:34 · 3m22 Feb, 09:17 · 2m22 Feb, 09:12 · 1m22 Feb, 08:50 · 11m22 Feb, 08:23 · 12m22 Feb, 06:57 · 2m22 Feb, 06:41 · 3m22 Feb, 06:07 · 10m22 Feb, 06:04 · 1m21 Feb, 20:58 · 8m21 Feb, 20:50 · 6m21 Feb, 20:30 · 2m+53 more