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Love Ln, Marldon

SBB00707
Overflow on the network feeding Marldon System · Combined sewer overflow
Shellfish water · Teign Estuary
Showing history for 2026 · records go back to 2025
Not spilling

The monitor is reporting and shows no discharge.

Last spill ended
23 Oct, 02:19
Counted spills, 2026
58
78 discharge events
Hours spilled, 2026
72
Is the feed working?
Working
Last checked 1h ago · we poll SWW hourly
48h agonow
47/48 hourly readings received
Dry spills, 2026
0
None in 2026 · 0 since 2020
How a dry spill is decided →
Spilled before its STW, 2026
78
78 in 2026 · 182 since 2020
What this means →
Why this one spills

The problem here is local, not the works.

This overflow spilled 182 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 20 spills/year

Is anyone acting on this?

Flagged problems
Spills before its works182 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, Love Ln, Marldon'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 182 pre-STW spills since 2020. Pick a year to see its events below.

Count by

2026: 58 spills · 78 discharge events

632025582026

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

182 events since 2020 · started while Marldon System stayed shut

24 Oct, 17:55
—
31.4
Stayed shut
→
24 Oct, 12:49
—
31.4
Stayed shut
→
23 Oct, 02:01
18m
23.8
Stayed shut
→
22 Oct, 20:41
40m
23.8
Stayed shut
→
22 Oct, 19:12
39m
23.8
Stayed shut
→
22 Oct, 18:39
—
23.8
Stayed shut
→
30 Sept, 03:19
24m
12.1
Stayed shut
→
6 Jun, 02:16
31m
15.2
Stayed shut
→
1 Jun, 21:32
31m
17.5
Stayed shut
→
1 Jun, 20:42
29m
17.5
Stayed shut
→
2 May, 14:18
23m
12.2
Stayed shut
→
15 Apr, 11:12
49m
7.5
Stayed shut
→

Spills by month — 2026 to date

Dry Wet weather
26Jan
37Feb
3Mar
1Apr
1May
3Jun
Jul
Aug
1Sep
6Oct

Every spill in 2026, 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.

24 Oct, 17:55
—
31.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Oct, 12:49
—
31.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Oct, 02:01
18m
23.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Oct, 20:41
40m
23.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Oct, 19:12
39m
23.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Oct, 18:39
—
23.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Sept, 03:19
24m
12.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Jun, 02:16
31m
15.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
1 Jun, 21:32
31m
17.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
1 Jun, 20:42
29m
17.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 May, 14:18
23m
12.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Apr, 11:12
49m
7.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 Mar, 22:25
15m
21.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 Mar, 20:33
1h 26m
21.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
12 Mar, 10:40
19m
21.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Feb, 18:50
16m
8.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Feb, 22:56
2h 5m
21.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Feb, 22:24
22m
21.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 22:59
27m
26.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 17:54
34m
26.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 15:06
2h 37m
26.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 11:20
3h 10m
26.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
18 Feb, 01:58
1h 24m
26.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
17 Feb, 22:37
26m
20.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
17 Feb, 21:32
59m
20.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Feb, 13:47
23m
10.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
15 Feb, 12:11
44m
10.4 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
11 Feb, 15:08
40m
7.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
10 Feb, 18:02
16m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
10 Feb, 13:07
16m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 16:20
1h 54m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 13:45
2h 9m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
9 Feb, 13:09
22m
14.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Feb, 09:29
44m
13.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Feb, 03:15
24m
13.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
7 Feb, 02:25
34m
13.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Feb, 21:19
17m
16.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Feb, 20:32
35m
16.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Feb, 04:57
50m
16.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
6 Feb, 02:40
16m
16.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Feb, 19:38
20m
16.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Feb, 18:01
59m
16.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Feb, 14:52
17m
16.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Feb, 13:34
31m
16.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Feb, 06:13
25m
16.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
5 Feb, 01:38
48m
16.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Feb, 15:41
17m
14.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
3 Feb, 00:01
1h 35m
14.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Feb, 23:02
26m
14.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Feb, 21:29
23m
14.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
2 Feb, 21:04
23m
14.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
1 Feb, 04:41
26m
7.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Jan, 12:32
51m
17.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
30 Jan, 00:37
17m
17.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
29 Jan, 23:17
55m
17.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
29 Jan, 20:49
1h 12m
17.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
29 Jan, 19:11
1h 10m
17.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
29 Jan, 18:35
22m
17.5 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Jan, 11:49
30m
5.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
28 Jan, 08:49
16m
5.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Jan, 18:51
15h 5m
57.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
26 Jan, 17:26
43m
57.1 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
25 Jan, 05:56
24m
19.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Jan, 12:37
24m
19.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
24 Jan, 11:26
1h 1m
19.8 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Jan, 07:05
20m
18.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
23 Jan, 05:05
48m
18.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Jan, 14:13
34m
18.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
22 Jan, 12:59
26m
18.2 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Jan, 15:05
1h 46m
25.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Jan, 10:13
19m
25.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
21 Jan, 06:14
3h 11m
25.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
20 Jan, 14:03
34m
25.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
17 Jan, 08:56
15m
9.7 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
13 Jan, 09:02
47m
8.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
13 Jan, 07:46
27m
8.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
11 Jan, 15:57
34m
16.3 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
8 Jan, 13:41
2h 13m
33.6 mm
Wet weather
Not spilling — flagged before STW
→
153 brief spills under 15 minutes in 2026

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.

10 Nov, 09:34 · 1m10 Nov, 06:51 · 3m10 Nov, 05:38 · 8m27 Oct, 02:58 · 11m26 Oct, 08:28 · 3m24 Oct, 19:38 · 13m24 Oct, 18:18 · 2m24 Oct, 15:43 · 1m24 Oct, 11:53 · 1m24 Oct, 08:24 · 2m24 Oct, 07:35 · 7m23 Oct, 07:25 · 2m22 Oct, 23:52 · 13m9 Oct, 14:24 · 4m4 Sept, 06:42 · 6m29 Aug, 14:49 · 2m10 Jun, 09:30 · 2m10 Jun, 09:22 · 3m6 Jun, 09:00 · 1m6 Jun, 04:37 · 2m6 Jun, 04:18 · 3m6 Jun, 03:06 · 1m6 Jun, 03:03 · 1m19 May, 02:12 · 14m19 May, 02:04 · 2m19 May, 02:00 · 2m19 May, 01:56 · 2m19 May, 01:36 · 14m19 May, 01:33 · 2m19 May, 00:41 · 1m17 May, 12:02 · 9m2 May, 14:09 · 7m2 May, 13:38 · 2m15 Apr, 11:08 · 2m11 Apr, 22:23 · 12m11 Apr, 18:11 · 9m24 Mar, 23:30 · 9m13 Mar, 00:25 · 1m13 Mar, 00:17 · 6m13 Mar, 00:13 · 2m+113 more