River Cynon polluted by sewage 1,549 times in 2023 - lasting 10,299 hours

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Totals for River Cynon in 2023
32 Sites polluted by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
1,549 sewage dumps
10,299 h duration
That's 1.19 years! On average 4.2 times a day

Pollution Summary 2023

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Cynon in 2023. Sometimes sewage can be being dumped for months at a time.

These numbers are very slightly different from the Rivers page. We're working on it.

Company Waterway Site Sewage Dumps Duration (Hours) Reporting %
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon MIKES FIELD CSO ABERAMAN 135 2,042 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO Opposite Arthurs Place Trecynon 143 1,726 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon PONTCYNON PIPE BRIDGE CSO ABERCYNON 110 1,127 96.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO ABERAMAN IND EST ABERAMAN 61 989 85.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Penderyn CSO - Tank In Field Raked Scre 127 949 96.3
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO At Bottom Monk Street 121 933 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at West Bank Of River South Of A455 Br 87 439 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO Opposite Miskin Hotel, far side of railway 102 425 98.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Oxford St CSO, Mountain Ash 69 409 49.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Cwmbach CSO - Outside Bro Deg 79 235 98.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO AT BOTTOM MONK STREET (Station St Aberdare) 67 202 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Glassbrook Terrace CSO, Penrhiwceiber 57 132 99.3
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Cwmbach Bro Deg Near No44 53 111 99.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Duffryn Rd Mount 2 CSO 32 96 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Penrhiwceiber Point D CSO 49 70 99.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon NEWTOWN COMMUNITY HALL CSO 34 63 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at Hirwaun Trenant No 66 Rear of Garden 6 51 1.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon HIRWAUN - REAR OF BUTE TERRACE 28 48 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Aberaman Curre St CSO 28 44 99.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Elizabeth St CSO 22 34 53.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at Cwmbach Side of Police House 14 30 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon ABERNANT RUGBY CLUB CSO 29 23 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Canal Rd CSO, Cwmbach 9 22 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at Rear of No12 Bonhaul, Cwmbach 8 20 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Cwmbach Sion Terrace No 11 CSO 13 19 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Penywaun - Rear Of 37/39 Erw L 27 17 96.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Cwmbach SPS 7 13 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at Aberaman 8 7 99.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon No. 29 Maeshyfryd CSO, Cwmbach 13 6 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Abercwmboi Parkview Capcoch Infant School CSO 6 4 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon No 1 Wellington St CSO, Robertstown 4 1 88.3
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at Rear Of St Winifreds Church Hirwa 1 0 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at Hirwaun Trenant No70 Rear of Garden 0 0 0
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at Cwmbach Bryngolwg No 45 0 0 70
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Abercynon Rugby Club CSO 0 0 99.5
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon TOWN HALL 0 0 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon No 10 Hamilton St CSO, Mountain Ash 0 0 40.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Cwmpennar CSO, Adj Low Rd, Mountain Ash 0 0 9.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Pentre - Llewellyn Street CSO 0 0 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO Meadow Street Pontycymmer 0 0 30

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. 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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