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Trusham STW, Teign Valley

Spill evidence · Friends of the River Teign

Trusham STW, Teign Valley

Storm overflow at the works · SBB01288 · feeds TRUSHAM_STW_TEIGN VALLEY
Dry spill

Evidence strength

Medium confidence
  • Dry across a 3-day window
  • Monitor 100% operational that year
  • Short discharge (<1 h) — weaker signal

The discharge

Spill day
Friday, 17 May 2024
Started
17 May 2024, 06:56
Ended
17 May 2024, 07:23
Duration
27 minutes 10 seconds
Receiving water
Teign (Lower)
Parish
Trusham

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: Wet weather
DateRainfall
17/05/2024 (spill day)0 mmdry
16/05/20240 mmdry
15/05/20240 mmdry
14/05/20240.1 mmdry
13/05/202422.2 mmrain

River flow that day: 3.046 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 7.2 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
EA annual return (2024)
93 counted spills · 984 h total
Monitor uptime (2024)
100% 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 SBB01288). 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.