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Lemon Rd, Newton Abbot

SBB00837
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
12 May, 11:14
Counted spills, 2022
181
309 discharge events
Hours spilled, 2022
503
Is the feed working?
Working
Last checked 22 min ago · we poll SWW hourly
48h agonow
48/48 hourly readings received
Dry spills, 2022
97
97 in 2022 · 98 since 2020
How a dry spill is decided →
Spilled before its STW, 2022
309
309 in 2022 · 967 since 2020
What this means →
Why this one spills

This looks like a fault, not a storm.

This overflow has discharged in dry weather 98 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
High spill frequency967 discharge events since 2020Dry spilling98 dry spills since 2020Spills before its works967 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, Lemon Rd, 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

98 dry spills and 967 pre-STW spills since 2020. Pick a year to see its events below.

Count by

2022: 181 spills · 309 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

98 dry spills since 2020 · showing up to 12

12 May, 10:57
17m
0.2
Not spilling
→
24 Sept, 17:19
1h 17m
0.0
Not spilling
→
15 Sept, 21:17
54m
0.0
Not spilling
→
15 Sept, 08:46
1h 33m
0.0
Not spilling
→
11 Sept, 18:25
3h 15m
0.1
Not spilling
→
11 Sept, 06:24
2h 35m
0.1
Not spilling
→
2 Sept, 22:03
32m
0.0
Not spilling
→
2 Sept, 09:39
45m
0.0
Not spilling
→
1 Sept, 21:02
1h 36m
0.0
Not spilling
→
1 Sept, 09:03
1h 6m
0.0
Not spilling
→
31 Aug, 20:24
1h 58m
0.0
Not spilling
→
31 Aug, 08:26
1h 17m
0.0
Not spilling
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Spilled before its works

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

12 May, 10:57
17m
0.2
Stayed shut
→
8 Jan, 21:43
3h 32m
33.6
Stayed shut
→
8 Jan, 14:46
5h 55m
33.6
Stayed shut
→
24 Nov, 10:07
45m
43.2
Stayed shut
→
21 Jan, 21:02
1h 12m
22.0
Stayed shut
→
4 Dec, 08:45
17m
40.0
Stayed shut
→
16 Nov, 05:42
1h 47m
23.9
Stayed shut
→
2 Nov, 04:05
50m
41.2
Stayed shut
→
2 Nov, 02:43
21m
41.2
Stayed shut
→
2 Nov, 02:00
21m
41.2
Stayed shut
→
21 Sept, 07:53
15m
16.2
Stayed shut
→
17 Sept, 11:07
1h 16m
47.9
Stayed shut
→

Spills by month, 2022

Dry Wet weather
27Jan
32Feb
35Mar
27Apr
28May
19Jun
22Jul
31Aug
34Sep
7Oct
27Nov
20Dec

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, 20:35
32m
26.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Dec, 11:25
5h 58m
26.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Dec, 05:06
46m
26.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Dec, 05:51
1h 19m
12.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 08:03
3h 42m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
25 Dec, 06:24
3h 15m
2.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 15:39
31m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 04:38
2h 51m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 03:03
24m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 00:59
2h 3m
28.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 21:07
2h 45m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 20:18
29m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 19:11
35m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 17:00
36m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 12:35
27m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 08:29
23m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 07:52
22m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Dec, 23:57
30m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Dec, 21:42
1h 2m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Dec, 10:39
7h 12m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Nov, 19:02
3h 38m
23.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Nov, 16:53
28m
23.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Nov, 11:40
24m
4.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Nov, 10:41
56m
4.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Nov, 12:36
23m
12.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Nov, 04:09
2h 55m
12.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Nov, 10:07
1h 1m
17.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Nov, 07:23
2h 5m
17.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 18:05
51m
19.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 15:45
56m
19.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 14:27
1h 9m
19.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Nov, 02:10
1h 12m
19.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Nov, 13:39
42m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Nov, 02:34
2h 33m
27.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Nov, 21:15
33m
16.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Nov, 17:30
2h 10m
16.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Nov, 09:52
50m
16.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Nov, 05:59
52m
16.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Nov, 00:15
1h 15m
16.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Nov, 22:52
1h 10m
18.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Nov, 21:37
54m
18.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Nov, 20:45
18m
18.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Nov, 16:36
3h 29m
18.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Nov, 04:36
3h 20m
18.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Nov, 22:31
23m
18.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Nov, 10:29
38m
18.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Nov, 18:35
1h 3m
21.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Oct, 17:02
48m
22.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Oct, 13:39
24m
24.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Oct, 02:07
4h 12m
24.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Oct, 15:55
53m
15.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Oct, 12:14
50m
15.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Oct, 22:07
34m
4.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
16 Oct, 16:04
2h 12m
18.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Sept, 20:15
2h 16m
9.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Sept, 08:07
2h 26m
9.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
29 Sept, 19:46
2h 35m
3.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
29 Sept, 07:27
2h 49m
3.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Sept, 19:07
2h 59m
3.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Sept, 07:02
2h 51m
3.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Sept, 18:31
3h 7m
0.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Sept, 06:32
2h 34m
0.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Sept, 18:03
2h 52m
1.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Sept, 06:06
2h 11m
1.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
25 Sept, 17:46
2h 2m
1.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
25 Sept, 05:58
1h 2m
1.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Sept, 17:19
1h 17m
0.0 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Sept, 21:17
54m
0.0 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Sept, 08:46
1h 33m
0.0 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
14 Sept, 20:15
2h 30m
6.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
14 Sept, 08:03
2h 26m
6.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
13 Sept, 19:29
3h 17m
6.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
13 Sept, 07:31
2h 46m
6.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 Sept, 18:58
3h 18m
1.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 Sept, 06:58
2h 42m
1.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
11 Sept, 18:25
3h 15m
0.1 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
11 Sept, 06:24
2h 35m
0.1 mm
Dry spill
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
10 Sept, 17:44
3h 2m
0.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
10 Sept, 05:43
2h 19m
0.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Sept, 17:06
2h 27m
7.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→

Showing the last 80 events of 309 in 2022.

39 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.

21 Nov, 06:52 · 13m15 Nov, 01:33 · 11m3 Nov, 15:50 · 11m2 Nov, 15:33 · 8m1 Nov, 09:44 · 12m31 Oct, 20:07 · 12m30 Sept, 22:32 · 1m15 Sept, 10:21 · 1m31 Jul, 08:33 · 3m31 Jul, 07:59 · 3m19 Jul, 23:13 · 8m13 Jul, 19:19 · 2m12 Jul, 17:00 · 2m28 Jun, 21:21 · 11m19 Jun, 22:06 · 1m18 Jun, 21:06 · 14m1 Jun, 19:56 · 2m15 May, 01:03 · 10m6 Apr, 09:17 · 13m6 Apr, 09:15 · 1m17 Mar, 06:29 · 5m17 Mar, 06:23 · 3m6 Mar, 21:33 · 2m5 Mar, 07:35 · 1m4 Mar, 21:04 · 1m3 Mar, 20:38 · 1m1 Mar, 22:34 · 6m18 Feb, 03:44 · 1m15 Feb, 06:11 · 1m5 Feb, 21:48 · 12m31 Jan, 05:56 · 5m31 Jan, 05:53 · 2m31 Jan, 05:39 · 12m30 Jan, 05:28 · 3m23 Jan, 09:57 · 7m23 Jan, 09:45 · 9m19 Jan, 08:17 · 1m17 Jan, 06:22 · 2m7 Jan, 11:19 · 4m