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Gwendraeth Fawr polluted by sewage 1,148 times in 2025 - lasting 9,820 hours

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Totals for Gwendraeth Fawr in 2025
19 Sites polluted by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
1,148 sewage dumps
9,820 h duration
That's 1.14 years. On average 3.1 times a day
Constituencies along Gwendraeth Fawr

Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for Gwendraeth Fawr 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 Gwendraeth Fawr PONTYBEREM WWTW PONTYBEREM CARMS 154 2,659 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr TRIMSARAN WWTW SPUDDER BRIDGE RD 100 1,756 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr CARWAY WWTW CARWAY CARMS 155 1,579 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr SOC4 PONTYATES AREA CSO 63 684 82.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr BLAENHIRWAUN CSO CEFNEITHIN 76 584 84.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr Trimsaran Waste Water Treatement Works Settled Storm 33 368 99.5
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr Clos Isaf CSO, Drefach 83 356 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr Parc Y Dai No1 CSO Drefach 98 312 97.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr New Lodge Inn CSO Pontyberem Carm 51 289 99.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr CSO at Cwm Mawr Rb No1 Gwendreath Catchmen 42 258 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr Tom Jones Nursery CSO 57 222 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr Pontyberem No2 SPS 68 202 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr HEOL MEINCIAU CSO 24 159 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr Parc y Dai CSO 50 144 97.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr PONT HENRI INCLINE INN CSO 18 94 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr 27 RHOSNEWYDD MAESYGWERN CSO TUMBLE 52 84 96.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr Ddoll Las Temporary CSO Llanelli 15 54 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr CSO at Access Road To Pontyberem STW 7 9 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Gwendraeth Fawr HEOL NAZARETH 2 CSO 2 0 99.8

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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