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Greenacres, Chagford

Spill evidence · Friends of the River Teign

Greenacres, Chagford

Combined sewer overflow · SBB00517 · feeds CHAGFORD MAIN_STW_CHAGFORD
Dry spill

Evidence strength

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

The discharge

Spill day
Sunday, 11 January 2026
Started
11 Jan 2026, 14:42
Ended
11 Jan 2026, 15:00
Duration
18 minutes
Receiving water
Teign (Upper)
Parish
Chagford

Rainfall evidence

Daily rainfall at the matched gauge (Dartmoor Fernworthy) 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
11/01/2026 (spill day)0 mmdry
10/01/20260 mmdry
09/01/20260 mmdry
08/01/20260 mmdry
07/01/20260 mmdry

River flow that day: 16.353 m³/s. Verify at the EA rainfall station.

Gauge proximity

Outlet (red) vs matched rain gauge (blue), 6.8 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
No — the works was also overflowing that day.
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 SBB00517). Rainfall: EA Hydrology gauge 598e7d36-5ea6-4265-9d4b-d65e0e31ac8b. 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.
Spill evidence — Greenacres, Chagford — River Teign Data