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Compton & Marldon STW

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Compton & Marldon STW

Storm overflow at the works · SBB00300 · feeds COMPTON AND MARLDON STW
Dry spill

Evidence strength

Medium confidence
  • Dry across a 4-day antecedent window
  • Rain gauge close (≤5 km)
  • Short discharge (<1 h) — weaker signal

The discharge

Spill day
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Started
16 Jul 2026, 07:58
Ended
16 Jul 2026, 08:26
Duration
27 minutes 50 seconds
Receiving water
Aller Brook
Parish
Marldon

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: Dry spill3-day window: Dry spill4-day window: Dry spill
DateRainfall
16/07/2026 (spill day)0 mmdry
15/07/20260 mmdry
14/07/20260 mmdry
13/07/20260 mmdry
12/07/20260 mmdry

River flow that day: 0.457 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 1.7 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 SBB00300). 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.