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Saw Mills, Moretonhampstead

Spill evidence · Friends of the River Teign

Saw Mills, Moretonhampstead

Combined sewer overflow · SBB01055 · feeds MORETONHAMPSTEAD_STW_MORETONHAMPSTEAD
Wet weather

The discharge

Spill day
Saturday, 7 September 2024
Started
7 Sept 2024, 17:36
Ended
7 Sept 2024, 17:58
Duration
22 minutes
Receiving water
Wray Brook
Parish
Moretonhampstead

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
07/09/2024 (spill day)9.8 mmrain
06/09/20242.8 mmrain
05/09/202440.4 mmrain
04/09/20241 mmrain
03/09/20240 mmdry

River flow that day: 1.957 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 2.6 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
Ahead of the works
Yes — the treatment works' own overflow stayed shut that day, so capacity was available. Avoidable.
EA annual return (2024)
8 counted spills · 5 h total
Monitor uptime (2024)
91% 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 SBB01055). 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.