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Forde Park/torquay Rd, Newton Abbot

Spill evidence · Friends of the River Teign

Forde Park/torquay Rd, Newton Abbot

Combined sewer overflow · SBB00467 · feeds NEWTON ABBOT / TEIGNMOUTH STW
Dry spill

Evidence strength

Medium confidence
  • Dry across a 4-day antecedent window
  • Short discharge (<1 h) — weaker signal

The discharge

Spill day
Sunday, 19 December 2021
Started
19 Dec 2021, 10:15
Ended
19 Dec 2021, 10:30
Duration
15 minutes
Receiving water
Aller Brook (Teign) - Lower
Parish
Newton Abbot

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Torbay Compton) 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
19/12/2021 (spill day)0 mmdry
18/12/20210 mmdry
17/12/20210 mmdry
16/12/20210 mmdry
15/12/20210 mmdry

River flow that day: 3.658 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 5.6 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
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 SBB00467). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge e7e2f7d4-f497-4adc-b077-c20bc2dcedfa. 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.