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River Ebbw polluted by sewage 588 times in 2025 - lasting 5,437 hours

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Totals for River Ebbw in 2025
14 Sites polluted by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
588 sewage dumps
5,437 h duration
That's 7.55 months. On average 1.6 times a day

Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Ebbw 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 Ebbw Tanybryn Risca CSO, Pontymister 196 3,474 98.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw RIVERSIDE DOCTORS SURGERY EBBW VALE CSO 102 758 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw The Square Street, Abertillery CSO 52 344 96
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw CSO 33 REAR BRYNGWYN ROAD/HIGH ST 51 272 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw Crosskeys Waunfawr Park CSO 26 227 97.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw MALVERN TERRACE CSO 21 148 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw Ebbw Vale PontyGof 38 84 93.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw S/O 108 Commercial St, Risca CSO 36 50 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw WVTS-North Celynen Colliery CSO 4 26 99.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw CSO 52 TT Electronics Tregwilym Ind 3 21 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw Forge Lane near Vicarage CSO, Bassaleg 25 14 86.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw Cwn Marine St CSO 7 7 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw CEDAR WOOD DRIVE CSO 26 6 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw WVTS - NEWBRIDGE CSO CAERPHILLY 1 1 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw CSO NO.32031 EBBW VALE RUGBY GROUND 0 0 98.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw CSO at R/O PH Beaufort Rd / R/O 23 Lillian Grove 0 0 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw Lambs Square/Lower Square 0 0 97.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Ebbw R/O Cobden St CSO, Crosskeys 0 0 91.5

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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