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Bishopsteignton pumping station

Spill evidence · Friends of the River Teign

Bishopsteignton pumping station

Pumping station overflow · SBB00111 · feeds NEWTON ABBOT / TEIGNMOUTH STW
Dry spill

Evidence strength

Medium confidence
  • Sustained discharge (≥1 h)
  • Dry across a 4-day antecedent window

The discharge

Spill day
Thursday, 23 April 2020
Started
23 Apr 2020, 14:19
Ended
23 Apr 2020, 15:36
Duration
1 hour 17 minutes
Receiving water
Ugbrooke Stream
Parish
Bishopsteignton

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Ashcombe) 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: Dry spill3-day window: Dry spill4-day window: Dry spill
DateRainfall
23/04/2020 (spill day)0 mmdry
22/04/20200 mmdry
21/04/20200 mmdry
20/04/20200 mmdry
19/04/20200 mmdry

River flow that day: 1.468 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 6.1 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
Teign Estuary
Ahead of the works
Unknown (no works overflow data)
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 SBB00111). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge 4e00b4e3-af60-47cf-afe7-b36ac774ca82. 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.