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River Glaslyn polluted by sewage 441 times in 2025 - lasting 3,789 hours

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Totals for River Glaslyn in 2025
6 Sites polluted by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
441 sewage dumps
3,789 h duration
That's 5.26 months. On average 1.2 times a day
Constituencies along River Glaslyn
Places along River Glaslyn

Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Glaslyn 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 Glaslyn BEDDGELERT WASTE WATER TREATMENT 193 2,697 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Glaslyn CSO at Porthmadog Borth-Y-Gest SPS 135 446 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Glaslyn CSO at Beddgelert East Bank Afon Glaslyn 59 438 97.5
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Glaslyn BORTH Y GES PS 41 125 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Glaslyn BRITANNIA PS 10 80 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Glaslyn AMMANDA TERRACE BORTH Y GEST PORTHM 3 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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