River Dee polluted by sewage 1,889 times in 2024 - lasting 9,711 hours

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Totals for River Dee in 2024
46 Sites polluted by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
1,889 sewage dumps
9,711 h duration
That's 1.12 years! On average 5.2 times a day

Pollution Summary 2024

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Dee in 2024. 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 Dee BANGOR ON DEE STW 104 1,488 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee BALA WWTW 132 1,286 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee LLANGOLLEN WWTW 74 736 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee FIVE FORDS STW 65 710 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee CEFN MAWR WwTW 74 521 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee DEE LANE CSO 101 446 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee CHESTER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS 65 446 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Ashgrove PS Shotton 87 442 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee OVERTON WWTW 122 367 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee MARSH FARM PUMPING STATION 31 312 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Eyton Grove SPS 21 253 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee CORWEN WWTW FINAL EFFLUENT 38 237 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee CSO at Cynwyd STW 79 236 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Higher Kinnerton SPS 39 234 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee LITTLE ROODEE CSO 60 199 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Corwen Corner Station Yard CSO 34 183 65.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee CSO AT CHESTER STW 62 155 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee DEVA TERRACE CSO 87 155 97.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee CHESTER WEIR (SOUTH BANK) CSO 39 147 96.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee THE GROVES CSO 50 134 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Abbey Road CSO 51 131 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee CRANE STREET CSO 53 121 97.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee SAUGHALL VILLAGE CSO 31 116 93
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Chirk O/S 24 Offa St CSO 19 105 98.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee PEN Y MAES PUMPING STATION 36 96 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee THE DINGLE CHESTER CSO 113 62 92.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Rhosymedre Park Rd CSO 14 61 97.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee BOATHOUSE INN CSO 32 55 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee GROSVENOR BRIDGE CSO 25 55 99.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Newbridge SPS 12 38 99.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee SALTNEY SEWERAGE CHESTER STREET PS 23 31 99.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee GREENFIELD IND EST NO 1 HOLYWELL 7 29 70.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee SANDY LANE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 12 26 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Holt PS 17 14 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Llangollen Riverside Park Printing Works CSO 3 14 84.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Park Avenue CSO 3 12 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee EDGAR PARK CSO 16 9 98.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee GAYTON PARKWAY CSO 11 7 98.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee CSO at Rear Hamden Way Plas Madoc 8 7 98.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee WEST STREET CSO 12 6 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee THE DINGLE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW 1 4 24.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Llangollen East St CSO 7 3 85.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee CONNAHS QUAY DEVA AVENUE - CSO 12 3 41.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Royal Hotel CSO 2 2 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Connahs Quay Dock Road PS 3 2 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Llangollen Chruch St CSO 2 0 99.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Connahs Quay Linden Avenue - CSO 0 0 0
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee OLD DEE BRIDGE (NORTH BANK) CSO 0 0 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee REAR OF 22 CURZON PARK NORTH CSO 0 0 99.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee HANDBRIDGE GREENBANK SPS 0 0 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee CHESTER BELGRAVE PARK SPS 0 0 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Dee Llangollen Victoria Prom Riverside CSO 0 0 98.9

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. 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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