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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 2022 · records go back to 2020
Not spilling

The monitor is reporting and shows no discharge.

Last spill ended
18 Feb, 20:19
Counted spills, 2022
75
69 discharge events
Hours spilled, 2022
316
Is the feed working?
Working
Last checked 15 min ago · we poll SWW hourly
48h agonow
48/48 hourly readings received
Dry spills, 2022
10
10 in 2022 · 21 since 2020
How a dry spill is decided →
Spilled before its STW, 2022
69
69 in 2022 · 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

2022: 75 spills · 69 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
→

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, 2022

Dry Wet weather
7Jan
4Feb
12Mar
Apr
3May
5Jun
4Jul
Aug
1Sep
2Oct
19Nov
12Dec

Every spill in 2022, 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, 11:21
12h 39m
26.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Dec, 05:05
26m
26.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Dec, 05:47
1h 14m
12.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 09:33
9h 6m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 15:31
46m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 05:45
49m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 04:44
42m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 16:58
22h 41m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 12:27
31m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 08:24
27m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Dec, 12:59
15h 7m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Dec, 10:41
34m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Nov, 20:19
2h 24m
23.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Nov, 12:01
33m
4.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Nov, 10:45
23m
4.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Nov, 12:38
15m
12.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Nov, 04:10
2h 39m
12.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Nov, 07:21
5h 45m
17.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 17:59
4h 1m
19.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 15:40
1h 22m
19.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 14:24
1h 3m
19.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Nov, 06:23
17m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Nov, 02:47
2h 5m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Nov, 09:54
32m
16.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Nov, 06:15
17m
16.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Nov, 00:34
44m
16.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Nov, 22:57
1h 6m
18.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Nov, 21:36
20m
18.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Nov, 07:16
30m
18.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Nov, 10:25
38m
18.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Nov, 18:43
50m
21.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Oct, 22:02
1h 12m
4.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Oct, 15:59
17h 27m
18.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
4 Sept, 20:33
41m
19.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Jul, 15:37
18m
0.2 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Jul, 15:09
18m
0.2 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 Jul, 08:17
57m
0.0 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 Jul, 06:18
1h 42m
0.0 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Jun, 12:01
29m
0.0 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Jun, 11:36
18m
0.0 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Jun, 10:47
43m
0.0 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Jun, 10:07
38m
0.0 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Jun, 08:50
1h 15m
0.0 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
17 May, 15:09
19m
4.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 May, 06:26
19m
1.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 May, 18:12
43m
4.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
11 Mar, 08:48
1h 1m
11.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Mar, 03:45
159h 32m
8.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Mar, 03:04
22m
8.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Mar, 02:21
20m
8.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Mar, 01:46
22m
8.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Mar, 01:13
25m
8.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Mar, 00:38
19m
8.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Mar, 00:02
20m
8.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Mar, 23:28
20m
34.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Mar, 22:58
22m
34.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Mar, 17:34
5h 20m
34.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
1 Mar, 19:52
21h 34m
34.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Feb, 12:13
30m
7.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 03:37
44m
13.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 02:45
35m
13.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
13 Feb, 14:01
2h 10m
16.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Jan, 13:21
40m
8.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Jan, 14:36
26m
8.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Jan, 16:18
15m
8.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Jan, 15:45
15m
8.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Jan, 15:03
32m
8.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
4 Jan, 07:15
50m
0.0 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Jan, 11:34
49m
4.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
48 brief spills under 15 minutes in 2022

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.

23 Dec, 03:00 · 13m21 Dec, 22:22 · 3m23 Nov, 11:28 · 2m21 Nov, 19:59 · 3m20 Nov, 12:13 · 4m16 Nov, 02:48 · 10m16 Nov, 02:17 · 12m15 Nov, 13:41 · 12m15 Nov, 01:21 · 7m3 Nov, 15:44 · 9m2 Oct, 06:20 · 14m8 Sept, 03:42 · 3m7 Sept, 22:12 · 2m7 Sept, 22:10 · 1m6 Sept, 17:04 · 5m3 Sept, 09:21 · 1m3 Sept, 09:15 · 5m27 Jul, 07:34 · 1m25 Jul, 06:20 · 1m19 Jul, 07:47 · 2m15 Jul, 17:29 · 3m15 Jul, 17:27 · 1m6 Jul, 19:11 · 2m5 Jul, 14:21 · 4m5 Jul, 02:23 · 12m30 Jun, 15:53 · 10m28 Jun, 21:15 · 7m25 Jun, 05:53 · 5m18 Jun, 19:27 · 5m23 May, 13:08 · 11m18 May, 16:28 · 9m16 May, 06:53 · 6m14 May, 21:57 · 8m19 Apr, 22:26 · 4m8 Apr, 10:35 · 6m8 Apr, 10:08 · 8m8 Apr, 09:23 · 2m8 Apr, 07:45 · 12m7 Apr, 20:57 · 2m7 Apr, 20:44 · 2m+8 more