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Chagford Main STW

Spill evidence · Friends of the River Teign

Chagford Main STW

Storm overflow at the works · SBB00227 · feeds CHAGFORD MAIN_STW_CHAGFORD
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Started
21 Jan 2026, 08:16
Ended
21 Jan 2026, 16:00
Duration
7 hours 43 minutes
Receiving water
Teign (Upper)
Parish
Chagford

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Mardon Down) 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
21/01/2026 (spill day)23 mmrain
20/01/202631.5 mmrain
19/01/20266.8 mmrain
18/01/20261.3 mmrain
17/01/20261.4 mmrain

River flow that day: 34.598 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 7.2 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
Not Applicable
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 SBB00227). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge 323b21d8-c9a4-4681-bc5c-62d7337993ac. 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.
Spill evidence — Chagford Main STW — River Teign Data