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River Neath polluted by sewage 756 times in 2025 - lasting 4,128 hours

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Totals for River Neath in 2025
13 Sites polluted by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
756 sewage dumps
4,128 h duration
That's 5.73 months. On average 2.1 times a day
Constituencies along River Neath
Places along River Neath

Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Neath 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 Neath CWMGWRCH STW CWMGWRCH NEATH 113 1,331 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Neath RESOLVEN STW STORM TANKS NEATH 67 585 99.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Neath Park Avenue CSO 110 517 97.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Neath Chainbridge CSO, Glyn-Neath 67 505 99.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Neath Clyne SPS Clyne Neath Neath Port T 57 405 71.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Neath CSO AT REAR GODFREY AVENUE GLYNNEATH NPT 78 293 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Neath CSO 48 NEATH RIVER BRIDGE ADJ CALOR 86 183 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Neath CSO IN FOOTPATH ADJ BETHEL RD 37 94 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Neath Gnoll Park Road CSO 71 69 99.4
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Neath GUNSIGHT OVERFLOW SWO 11 CSO 24 49 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Neath Cadoxton Road CSO Cadoxton Road 3 39 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Neath Commercial Road Sewage Pumping Station 34 28 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Neath HEOL ILLTYD CSO BRYNCOCH NPT 9 26 99.9

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. 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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