Brecon and Radnorshire polluted by sewage 3,925 times in 2022 - lasting 30,429 hours

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Totals for Brecon and Radnorshire in 2022
74 Sites polluted by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
3,925 sewage dumps
30,429 h duration
That's 3.52 years! On average 10.8 times a day

Pollution Summary 2022

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Brecon and Radnorshire in 2022. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Irfon LLANWRTYD WELLS CSO ON TRUNK SEWER 121 2,117 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Tawe Settled Storm Sewage from Ystradgynlais WwTW 115 2,116 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cammarch Beulah SPS Beulah Powys 190 1,860 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Mellte CSO at Pontneddfechan STW Swansea 177 1,828 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Culverted, River Tawe CSO 4 Opposite Lamb & Flag Cottages 127 1,544 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Lugg LLANGUNLLO STW PS 79 1,522 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Irfon Llangammarch Wells STW CSO Ejector 94 1,435 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Tawe Rear of Canal Cottage CSO, Abercrave 105 1,306 98.5
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Irfon Abernant Lake CSO 115 1,280 94.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk Sennybridge Wastewater Treatment Works Storm Sewage Overflow 107 1,214 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk Settled Storm Sewage from Brecon Wastewater Treatment Works 71 1,152 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Nant Helen STATION RD GWYNFRYNLEN CSO 161 958 68.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk Crickhowell Settled Storm at STW 149 954 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Tawe CSO at Rear of Lonlas Station Road Abercrave 136 890 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Chwefru CSO at Cilmery STW 109 820 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye Builthwells WWTW CSO 75 676 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ithon CROSSGATES STW 52 624 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk CSO at BWLCH SOUTH WwTW 90 581 98.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ithon Llandrindod Wells STW Park Lane Settled Storm 52 483 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ithon Llanddewi Toll House 63 479 83
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk Legar CSO 85 427 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Tawe CSO at O/S 17 Glantawe Row Ystradgynlais 80 421 99.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye Hay-on-Wye (Main) SPS 168 397 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water U Nant Llech Colbren PS 1 Emerg 70 373 99.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Tawe Nr Gough Arms MH CSO 73 325 99.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Caerfanell Talybont Sewage Treatment Works Settled Storm 47 311 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye Storm Tanks at Rhayader STW 31 305 62.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye CHURCH LANE STW CHURCH ROAD 67 301 97.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Nant Logyn Trecastle STW Settled Storm 41 254 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Howey Brook Howey SPS 41 243 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ithon CSO OPPOSITE LODORE 73 207 87.5
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ithon PENYBONT P.S. 19 179 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Tawe CSO 12 B4599 Road Bridge 57 177 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Tawe SWN YR AFON CSO, Ystradgynlais 60 174 98.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Unnamed Watercourse Bronllys Rear of garage A479 71 170 99.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye Glasbury STW Glasbury Nr Hay On Wye 23 153 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Irfon Cefn Gorwydd Wastewater Treatment Works 28 149 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Tawe CSO at MH 92 nr Claypon Bridge, Ystradgynlais 25 143 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye CSO at Rhayader Fields St. Brides Church 21 143 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Llynfi Talgarth STW Settled Storm 17 130 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk Brecon Showfields CSO Brecon Powys 47 120 96.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Henllan Brook CSO at Llanelwedd Primary School Bridge 11 116 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye CSO at Rhayader WwTW 40 112 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Irfon Dolwen Fields CSO 53 109 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye The Strand CSO, Church Street, Builth Wells 11 107 4.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Lugg CSO at Presteigne - O/S SPS Tanyard 31 100 99.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Tregoyd Brook Three Cocks Aberllynfi SPS 41 97 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Nant Gyrlais CSO 10 Rear Of Waun Gyrlais Penrhos 37 96 95.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Tawe SWO.M'HOLE12 CWMTAWE FM PENRHOS 19 95 85.3
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk GARN PS CRICKHOWELL 56 80 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk SPS at Brecon - Watton 10 Metres South Of 45 77 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Lugg Settled Storm Sewage from Presteigne WwTW 11 67 99.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Tawe CSO at Mason Arms, Ystradgynlais 24 59 96.3
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk Llangynidr (Coed-yr-Ynys) SPS 43 53 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ithon CSO at RIDGEBOURNE CATCHMENT AREA LLANDRI 22 47 87.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye CSO at Newbridge on Wye STW 29 46 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Llynfi Trefecca Old Railway CSO, Maesgwyn 26 41 98.5
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Twrch CSO 21 BRIDGE STREET 10 35 98.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye Llyswen STW Settled Storm 8 24 98.5
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye CSO Llanelwedd - Scout Hut Station Road 2 24 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Nant Ddu Cray Sewage Treatment Works 6 18 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye North Road CSO North Rd Builth Well 10 15 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye Glasbury STW Glasbury Nr Hay On Wye 3 11 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk CRICKHOWELL - BRIDGE END CAR P 1 10 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk CRICKHOWELL CSO 12 8 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Felindre Brook Three Cocks 2 3 94.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ennig CSO at Talgarth o/s Autumn lodge 10 3 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Usk River SENNYBRIDGE STW 5 2 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk Bridge St CSO 8 2 25.5
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk Brynawel Estate, Trecastle CSO 6 2 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ithon CSO at Ithon Road, Llandrindod Wells 2 1 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Caerfanell Talybont Across from Cattle Market CSO 4 1 72.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk Via Surface Water Sewer Brecon Supermarket CSO 4 1 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye Hay-on-Wye (Warren Close) SPS 1 0 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Lugg Tanyard Pumping Station CSO/EO 0 0 0
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ithon Llanyre STW Settled Storm 0 0 84.3
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Senni Brodawel - Sennybridge 0 0 0
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Grywne Fawr CWRT Y GOLLEN SPS CRICKHOWELL 0 0 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Llynfi A479 Bronlly Road CSO 0 0 50.3
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Tawe CSO M'HOLE 14 ABERCRAVE ST.DAVIDS C 0 0 0
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Wye CSO at Weun Chapel Park Toilets, Rhayader 0 0 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk Crickhowell - Bullpit Meadow S CSO 0 0 0
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Usk BRECON SEWERAGE SYSTEM 0 0 0
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Nant Menascin 100 YARDS D/S OF LLANFRYNACH STW 0 0 27

Data Sources & Accuracy

EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales

Experimental derived data from Thames Water API, Some data may be missing or inaccurate. This uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.

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