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Keyberry Rd Adj No 18, Newton Abbot

SBB00629
Overflow on the network feeding Newton Abbot / Teignmouth STW · Combined sewer overflow
Shellfish water · Teign Estuary
Showing history for 2021 · records go back to 2020
Not spilling

The monitor is reporting and shows no discharge.

Last spill ended
18 Feb, 20:19
Counted spills, 2021
63
72 discharge events
Hours spilled, 2021
157
Is the feed working?
Working
Last checked 21 min ago · we poll SWW hourly
48h agonow
48/48 hourly readings received
Dry spills, 2021
0
None in 2021 · 21 since 2020
How a dry spill is decided →
Spilled before its STW, 2021
72
72 in 2021 · 332 since 2020
What this means →
Why this one spills

This looks like a fault, not a storm.

This overflow has discharged in dry weather 21 times since 2020 — spills with no rainfall to excuse them. Its treatment works is not itself over capacity, so a catchment-wide explanation does not hold. Applied to this record, the two-stage lawfulness test is hard to pass: a recurring dry-weather discharge is not an exceptional circumstance, and where the remedy is routine maintenance the disproportionate-cost exception is hard to run.

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
Not crossed (threshold 10/year)

Is anyone acting on this?

Flagged problems
Dry spilling21 dry spills since 2020Spills before its works332 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, Keyberry Rd Adj No 18, 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

21 dry spills and 332 pre-STW spills since 2020. Pick a year to see its events below.

Count by

2021: 63 spills · 72 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

21 dry spills since 2020 · showing up to 12

25 Jun, 09:39
2h 41m
0.0
Not spilling
→
21 Apr, 19:00
1h 40m
0.0
Not spilling
→
21 Apr, 06:42
1h 40m
0.0
Not spilling
→
20 Apr, 18:36
1h 19m
0.2
Not spilling
→
20 Apr, 06:17
1h 13m
0.2
Not spilling
→
17 Apr, 03:48
21h 48m
0.0
Not spilling
→
17 Apr, 02:53
45m
0.0
Not spilling
→
17 Apr, 02:06
45m
0.0
Not spilling
→
17 Apr, 01:11
51m
0.0
Not spilling
→
17 Apr, 00:18
44m
0.0
Not spilling
→
16 Apr, 23:30
43m
0.0
Not spilling
→
19 Jul, 15:37
18m
0.2
Not spilling
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Spilled before its works

332 events since 2020 · started while Newton Abbot / Teignmouth STW stayed shut

18 Feb, 18:43
1h 36m
26.7
Stayed shut
→
18 Feb, 16:19
37m
26.7
Stayed shut
→
26 Jan, 21:03
17h 15m
57.1
Stayed shut
→
21 Jan, 08:12
27m
25.6
Stayed shut
→
18 Dec, 13:11
1h 31m
24.6
Stayed shut
→
15 Dec, 23:39
17m
33.4
Stayed shut
→
9 Dec, 09:02
1h 26m
36.7
Stayed shut
→
5 Jan, 10:01
50m
46.6
Stayed shut
→
24 Nov, 12:05
5h 10m
43.2
Stayed shut
→
24 Nov, 10:15
1h 37m
43.2
Stayed shut
→
10 Mar, 05:45
2h 28m
34.8
Stayed shut
→
30 Dec, 23:37
14h 24m
20.1
Stayed shut
→

Spills by month, 2021

Dry Wet weather
7Jan
8Feb
2Mar
Apr
13May
4Jun
4Jul
4Aug
4Sep
17Oct
1Nov
8Dec

Every spill in 2021, 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.

31 Dec, 05:18
15m
8.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Dec, 13:49
27m
8.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Dec, 12:40
26m
8.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
25 Dec, 23:42
21m
18.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
25 Dec, 11:57
7h 54m
18.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
25 Dec, 07:37
25m
18.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
25 Dec, 05:15
26m
18.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Dec, 08:16
3h 36m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Nov, 13:24
15m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Oct, 16:54
31m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Oct, 05:38
9h 35m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Oct, 03:38
1h 31m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Oct, 02:24
3h 12m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
29 Oct, 00:09
2h 48m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Oct, 19:51
2h 20m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Oct, 15:32
4h 8m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Oct, 18:15
7h 0m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Oct, 16:43
44m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Oct, 11:16
15m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Oct, 21:10
2h 53m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Oct, 19:27
36m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Oct, 16:45
1h 39m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
4 Oct, 20:52
4h 14m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Oct, 12:25
25m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Oct, 11:34
15m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Oct, 09:37
17m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Sept, 15:25
37m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Sept, 03:00
31m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Sept, 03:59
15m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Sept, 03:15
32m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Aug, 21:10
16m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Aug, 20:08
37m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Aug, 19:14
52m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Aug, 18:56
15m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Jul, 05:21
24m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Jul, 23:10
12h 14m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
11 Jul, 23:57
58m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Jul, 19:37
23m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Jun, 02:27
9h 38m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Jun, 14:35
5h 54m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Jun, 13:30
47m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Jun, 08:43
21m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
25 May, 16:15
55m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 May, 17:54
1h 1m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 May, 15:17
2h 20m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 May, 10:50
38m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 May, 09:59
18m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
17 May, 09:20
33m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 May, 09:12
37m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 May, 07:32
55m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 May, 02:51
18m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 May, 02:00
22m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 May, 15:28
33h 11m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
11 May, 14:29
51m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
11 May, 13:27
50m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 Mar, 23:26
26m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 Mar, 22:36
18m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Feb, 23:25
22m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 05:10
24m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
17 Feb, 04:30
38m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 Feb, 07:01
27m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
4 Feb, 08:37
57m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Feb, 09:23
28m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
1 Feb, 22:49
1h 11m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
1 Feb, 08:36
19m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Jan, 12:04
44m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Jan, 16:07
17m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Jan, 14:45
16m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Jan, 13:25
18m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Jan, 07:05
1h 16m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Jan, 01:22
45m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Jan, 17:27
14h 28m
—
No rain data
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
38 brief spills under 15 minutes in 2021

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 Dec, 16:06 · 13m27 Dec, 12:20 · 13m27 Dec, 08:32 · 13m25 Dec, 08:17 · 14m24 Dec, 11:13 · 9m27 Nov, 00:38 · 11m26 Nov, 16:28 · 2m20 Nov, 02:00 · 3m12 Nov, 08:18 · 6m28 Oct, 15:14 · 9m28 Oct, 13:53 · 4m21 Oct, 06:46 · 7m19 Oct, 18:26 · 1m4 Oct, 14:24 · 10m3 Oct, 14:50 · 9m3 Oct, 09:56 · 14m28 Sept, 04:19 · 11m21 Aug, 07:16 · 5m21 Aug, 04:57 · 2m15 Aug, 20:52 · 2m15 Aug, 18:48 · 3m24 Jul, 00:41 · 7m5 Jul, 19:20 · 8m4 Jul, 11:43 · 13m28 Jun, 01:57 · 10m19 Jun, 21:26 · 13m24 May, 03:00 · 14m20 May, 11:54 · 14m17 May, 14:33 · 11m15 May, 21:51 · 14m15 May, 00:10 · 11m12 Mar, 21:31 · 12m11 Mar, 12:11 · 7m3 Mar, 10:20 · 10m20 Feb, 18:28 · 7m16 Feb, 04:48 · 9m5 Feb, 07:32 · 10m4 Feb, 12:35 · 14m