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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
Monday, 4 March 2024
Started
4 Mar 2024, 13:37
Ended
4 Mar 2024, 18:01
Duration
4 hours 24 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
04/03/2024 (spill day)27.7 mmrain
03/03/20240.8 mmrain
02/03/20241.7 mmrain
01/03/20247.4 mmrain
29/02/202414.9 mmrain

River flow that day: 21.732 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
EA annual return (2024)
36 counted spills · 269 h total
Monitor uptime (2024)
100% operational
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.