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Constituencies Ranked for 2025

Here are all the Senedd constituencies in Wales that had sewage overflows in 2025

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Rank Constituency Sewage Dumps Change Duration (Hours) Duration Change
1 Ceredigion Penfro 13,615 -758 149,973 17.36 years -3,012
2 Sir Gaerfyrddin 13,675 128 128,942 14.92 years 8,869
3 Gwynedd Maldwyn 12,099 36 103,501 11.98 years 3,113
4 Bangor Conwy Môn 7,821 101 74,355 8.61 years 3,066
5 Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd 8,306 -1,649 60,658 7.02 years -17,208
6 Afan Ogwr Rhondda 7,377 -947 45,980 5.32 years -11,308
7 Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr 5,561 -867 31,396 3.63 years -9,956
8 Sir Fynwy Torfaen 3,813 -1,061 29,040 3.36 years -11,754
9 Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni 4,311 -837 20,476 2.37 years -2,920
10 Gŵyr Abertawe 3,103 -41 20,179 2.34 years -3,696
11 Casnewydd Islwyn 2,641 -1,212 20,138 2.33 years -11,725
12 Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg 1,757 -543 15,654 1.81 years -7,087
13 Clwyd 1,982 -1,037 10,415 1.21 years -5,943
14 Fflint Wrecsam 1,705 -1,408 7,913 10.99 months -10,258
15 Caerdydd Penarth 1,089 -422 6,377 8.86 months -5,293
16 Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf 456 -138 4,099 5.69 months -104

Data Sources & Accuracy

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

Experimental derived data from Thames Water API, Some data may be missing or inaccurate. Live sewage data from Stream Water API

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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