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Colwyn Bay polluted by sewage 79 times in 2025 - lasting 202 hours

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Totals for Colwyn Bay in 2025
3 Sites polluted by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
79 sewage dumps
202 h duration
That's 1.2 weeks. 1.5 times a week, on average
Constituencies along Colwyn Bay
Places along Colwyn Bay

Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Colwyn Bay in 2025. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Colwyn Bay Old Colwyn Queens Road CSO 15 103 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Colwyn Bay BEACH ROAD CSO BEACH RD COLWYN BAY 27 85 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Colwyn Bay Old Colwyn Beach Rd 37 12 92.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Colwyn Bay MARINE RD CSO MARINE RD COLWYN BAY 0 0 99.9

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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