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River Cynon polluted by sewage 1,544 times in 2025 - lasting 8,428 hours

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Totals for River Cynon in 2025
34 Sites polluted by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
1,544 sewage dumps
8,428 h duration
That's 11.71 months. On average 4.2 times a day

Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Cynon 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 River Cynon MIKES FIELD CSO ABERAMAN 121 1,591 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO ABERAMAN IND EST ABERAMAN 112 1,282 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon PONTCYNON PIPE BRIDGE CSO ABERCYNON 103 1,165 99.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Penderyn CSO - Tank In Field Raked Scre 86 573 99
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO Opposite Arthurs Place Trecynon 96 554 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at West Bank Of River South Of A455 Br 88 449 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO At Bottom Monk Street 93 444 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Oxford St CSO, Mountain Ash 85 434 95.5
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO AT BOTTOM MONK STREET (Station St Aberdare) 84 307 98.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO Opposite Miskin Hotel, far side of railway 68 300 82.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Cwmbach CSO - Outside Bro Deg 70 214 98.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Penywaun - Rear Of 37/39 Erw L 52 176 98.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at Hirwaun Trenant No 66 Rear of Garden 66 152 91
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Cwmbach Bro Deg Near No44 52 150 99.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Glassbrook Terrace CSO, Penrhiwceiber 48 124 99.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon HIRWAUN - REAR OF BUTE TERRACE 40 88 97
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon ABERNANT RUGBY CLUB CSO 50 85 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon NEWTOWN COMMUNITY HALL CSO 32 63 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Cwmbach Sion Terrace No 11 CSO 19 51 99.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at Cwmbach Side of Police House 24 42 99.5
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Aberaman Curre St CSO 32 38 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Elizabeth St CSO 27 33 99.3
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Penrhiwceiber Point D CSO 29 30 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Canal Rd CSO, Cwmbach 16 23 98.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at Rear of No12 Bonhaul, Cwmbach 12 22 99.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Cwmbach SPS 3 10 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Cwmpennar CSO, Adj Low Rd, Mountain Ash 5 8 94.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Abercwmboi Parkview Capcoch Infant School CSO 7 3 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Pentre - Llewellyn Street CSO 6 2 99.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon No 1 Wellington St CSO, Robertstown 7 2 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at Aberaman 3 1 99.3
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon TOWN HALL 4 1 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO at Cwmbach Bryngolwg No 45 2 0 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon No. 29 Maeshyfryd CSO, Cwmbach 2 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 Rear Of St Winifreds Church Hirwa 0 0 0
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Abercynon Rugby Club CSO 0 0 99.3
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon Duffryn Rd Mount 2 CSO 0 0 0
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon No 10 Hamilton St CSO, Mountain Ash 0 0 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Cynon CSO Meadow Street Pontycymmer 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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