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Ayliffe's Field, Bovey Tracey

Spill evidence · Friends of the River Teign

Ayliffe's Field, Bovey Tracey

Combined sewer overflow · SBB00061 · feeds HEATHFIELD STW
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Monday, 26 January 2026
Started
26 Jan 2026, 19:20
Ended
27 Jan 2026, 15:30
Duration
20 hours 10 minutes
Receiving water
Lower Bovey
Parish
Bovey Tracey

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Bovey Tracey) 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
26/01/2026 (spill day)62.4 mmrain
25/01/20261.2 mmrain
24/01/202620 mmrain
23/01/202619.7 mmrain
22/01/202614.1 mmrain

River flow that day: 72.653 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 3.1 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
Yes — the treatment works' own overflow stayed shut that day, so capacity was available. Avoidable.
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 SBB00061). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge de3285a5-0abf-4c5b-8ee2-63187f9124ae. 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.