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Ebbw River polluted by sewage 454 times in 2025 - lasting 3,833 hours

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Totals for Ebbw River in 2025
12 Sites polluted by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
454 sewage dumps
3,833 h duration
That's 5.32 months. On average 1.2 times a day

Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Ebbw River 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 Ebbw River CSO 36 CWMCARN HIGH SCHOOL CHAPEL F 133 2,358 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Ebbw River Car Park of Old Globe CSO, St John Crescent 85 691 94.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Ebbw River CSO 47 ALCAN WORKS ROGERSTONE 46 437 98
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Ebbw River CSO 29 OPP THE CROFT STEELWORKS RD 45 122 66.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Ebbw River Allotment Rd CSO 13 72 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Ebbw River Tredegar Rd Nr 62A, Ebbw Vale 29 64 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Ebbw River 15 Tregwilym Close CSO 35 47 99.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Ebbw River CWM (EBBW VALE) CSO 25 22 99.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Ebbw River Excelsior Street (rear lane) 8 8 93.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Ebbw River Brooklyn Terrace CSO 16 4 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Ebbw River CSO AT LLANHILLETH DISUSED COLLIERY 15 4 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Ebbw River Commercial Rd 4 1 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Ebbw River CSO at Rear of 4 Harcourt Street, Ebbw Vale 0 0 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Ebbw River Lambs Square CSO 0 0 100

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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