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Main St/town Orchard, Abbotskerswell

SBB01233
Overflow on the network feeding Abbotskerswell System · Combined sewer overflow
Shellfish water · Teign Estuary
Showing history for 2022 · records go back to 2020
Not spilling

The monitor is reporting and shows no discharge.

Last spill ended
7 Nov, 15:32
Counted spills, 2022
65
153 discharge events
Hours spilled, 2022
125
Is the feed working?
Working
Last checked 34 min ago · we poll SWW hourly
48h agonow
48/48 hourly readings received
Dry spills, 2022
0
None in 2022 · 0 since 2020
How a dry spill is decided →
Spilled before its STW, 2022
153
153 in 2022 · 1203 since 2020
What this means →
Why this one spills

The problem here is local, not the works.

This overflow spilled 1203 times on days its own treatment works stayed shut — so the works still had capacity. That points upstream, to this branch of the network, rather than to a works too small for its catchment.

How this verdict is reached →

Its permit

What the environmental permit sets for this overflow — and where the public record is silent, which is itself the finding.

Pass-forward flow
Not published
Spill frequency limit
None set
Monitoring tier
Not published
Assessment trigger
Crossed — over 10 spills/year

Is anyone acting on this?

Flagged problems
High spill frequency1,203 discharge events since 2020Spills before its works1203 times since 2020
Measures on record

Nothing on record.

Verdict
No action recorded

A flagged problem with no active measure against it. That is a gap in the public record.

What you can do about this one

OPEN NOW

Ask for the data

Under the Environmental Information Regulations, Main St/town Orchard, Abbotskerswell's telemetry, the works' flow-to-full-treatment setting, and any spill investigations are emissions information — they cannot be withheld on commercial-confidentiality grounds. A written request is the fastest lever.

BY 30 APR 2027

Get it into the next programme

Investigations that will shape the 2030–35 environment programme must complete by this date. Putting this overflow on the record now — to South West Water and the Environment Agency — is what gets it considered.

BY 1 NOV 2027

Put it in the drainage plan

South West Water's draft Drainage & Wastewater Management Plan goes to a twelve-week consultation. A named overflow with evidence behind it is far harder to leave out.

Put this on the national record

This is the fastest way to act on what you have seen. Our petition asks the Government to publish a fix-by date and yearly progress for every storm overflow. At 100,000 signatures it must be considered for debate in Parliament.

19of 10,000 for a Government response
Sign the petition ↗

The record since 2020

0 dry spills and 1203 pre-STW spills since 2020. Pick a year to see its events below.

Count by

2022: 65 spills · 153 discharge events

222020862021652022842023802024822025592026

Counted spills — the EA's 12/24-hour block method, the basis of the 10-a-year cap. Published annual return where available, computed the same way for the current year. Two ways to count →

Dry spills, every year

0 dry spills since 2020 · showing up to 12

No dry spills on record for this overflow since 2020.

Spilled before its works

1000 events since 2020 · started while Abbotskerswell System stayed shut

7 Nov, 15:08
24m
—
Stayed shut
→
27 Oct, 04:06
18m
13.8
Stayed shut
→
27 Oct, 03:00
—
13.8
Stayed shut
→
24 Oct, 19:32
18m
31.4
Stayed shut
→
24 Oct, 19:10
—
31.4
Stayed shut
→
24 Oct, 17:56
—
31.4
Stayed shut
→
24 Oct, 11:46
—
31.4
Stayed shut
→
22 Oct, 20:46
42m
23.8
Stayed shut
→
19 Oct, 08:24
22m
2.7
Stayed shut
→
30 Sept, 21:54
22m
12.1
Stayed shut
→
8 Sept, 08:38
22m
17.1
Stayed shut
→
8 Sept, 06:10
22m
17.1
Stayed shut
→

Spills by month, 2022

Dry Wet weather
4Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
1May
Jun
Jul
2Aug
1Sep
11Oct
46Nov
88Dec

Every spill in 2022, most recent first

Each event checked against the nearest rain gauge and against the treatment works’ own overflow. Open any row for its evidence dossier.

31 Dec, 22:20
1h 40m
26.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Dec, 10:54
11h 24m
26.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Dec, 10:12
22m
26.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Dec, 08:20
1h 28m
26.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Dec, 05:34
18m
26.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Dec, 04:58
28m
26.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Dec, 01:38
16m
26.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
31 Dec, 00:44
26m
26.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Dec, 08:26
16m
12.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Dec, 07:36
36m
12.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Dec, 07:16
18m
12.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Dec, 05:44
1h 8m
12.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 22:48
36m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 22:02
20m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 21:40
18m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 19:22
18m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 18:36
28m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 17:20
32m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 16:30
28m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 16:10
18m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 15:26
42m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 15:02
22m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 14:32
20m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 13:52
38m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 13:16
34m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 12:58
16m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 12:38
18m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 12:04
32m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 07:32
4h 30m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 06:32
24m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Dec, 05:30
28m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Dec, 19:46
18m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Dec, 19:28
16m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
27 Dec, 18:04
1h 18m
28.0 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 15:24
34m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 07:30
48m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 07:12
16m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 06:22
16m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 05:18
1h 2m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 04:34
42m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Dec, 02:46
20m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Dec, 21:50
28m
5.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 22:38
16m
28.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 18:22
18m
28.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 16:54
34m
28.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 16:20
28m
28.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 15:20
44m
28.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 14:40
16m
28.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 14:04
34m
28.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 13:02
40m
28.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 11:58
26m
28.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 10:38
1h 12m
28.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 09:16
1h 20m
28.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Dec, 08:48
22m
28.9 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 19:48
12h 58m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 18:52
54m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 18:00
42m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 16:24
1h 34m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 16:00
18m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 15:28
28m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 15:00
16m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 14:14
44m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 13:52
18m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 13:12
38m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 12:12
32m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 11:12
42m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 10:48
22m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 10:12
16m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 09:34
36m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 07:10
1h 54m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 06:36
26m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 06:18
16m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 05:02
20m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 04:00
24m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 03:00
38m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 01:48
1h 10m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
19 Dec, 01:04
42m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Dec, 22:48
2h 0m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Dec, 21:20
1h 24m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Dec, 19:58
18m
53.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→

Showing the last 80 events of 153 in 2022.

528 brief spills under 15 minutes in 2022

Excluded from the counts, classification and flags above — too short to weigh against rainfall, and often an operational blip rather than a genuine discharge. Listed here for completeness. How we know.

31 Dec, 10:42 · 10m31 Dec, 10:36 · 4m31 Dec, 10:00 · 4m31 Dec, 09:56 · 2m31 Dec, 09:50 · 4m31 Dec, 08:12 · 2m31 Dec, 08:08 · 2m31 Dec, 08:00 · 2m31 Dec, 07:48 · 2m31 Dec, 07:32 · 2m31 Dec, 06:08 · 6m31 Dec, 05:54 · 2m31 Dec, 05:28 · 4m31 Dec, 04:52 · 2m31 Dec, 01:56 · 12m31 Dec, 01:32 · 2m31 Dec, 01:18 · 4m31 Dec, 01:12 · 2m30 Dec, 11:20 · 2m30 Dec, 11:14 · 2m30 Dec, 11:08 · 2m30 Dec, 10:02 · 14m30 Dec, 09:46 · 12m30 Dec, 09:38 · 2m30 Dec, 09:32 · 4m30 Dec, 09:22 · 6m30 Dec, 09:00 · 12m30 Dec, 08:44 · 14m30 Dec, 08:22 · 2m30 Dec, 08:14 · 6m30 Dec, 07:12 · 2m30 Dec, 07:02 · 8m30 Dec, 06:54 · 2m30 Dec, 05:30 · 12m30 Dec, 05:22 · 6m30 Dec, 05:14 · 6m29 Dec, 13:40 · 2m29 Dec, 12:10 · 2m29 Dec, 11:48 · 2m29 Dec, 10:46 · 4m+488 more