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River Sirhowy polluted by sewage 865 times in 2025 - lasting 3,117 hours

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Totals for River Sirhowy in 2025
20 Sites polluted by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
865 sewage dumps
3,117 h duration
That's 4.33 months. On average 2.4 times a day

Pollution Summary 2025

Here are all the reported sewage overflow totals for River Sirhowy 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 Sirhowy Tredegar Park Place CSO 161 709 94.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy Springfield Est CSO, Pontllanfraith 83 489 97.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy CSO 32075 Opposite Garibaldi Bridge 75 302 99.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy A CSO AT REAR OF CHURCH SQ TREDEGAR 79 250 99.8
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy CSO at Tredegar, South of Pochin Crescent 39 233 91.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy CSO OPP 1 DUKESTOWN ROAD TREDEGAR 60 228 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy CSO Opposite White Lion Cottages 55 199 99.3
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy CSO at Tredegar, Edward Terrace Nr River Bridge 69 190 99
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy Old Tram Rd CSO, Pontllanfraith 36 112 97.2
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy CSO 42 92 Tredegar St Cross Keys 12 83 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy CSO at Tredegar, Railway View, opposite No13 52 64 99.5
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy CSO 16 Woodfield Row Blackwood 25 63 99.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy Blackwood 100 Steps CSO 37 57 97.6
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy WVTS-Tredegar (MH G57) CSO 21 46 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy CSO at Tredegar, Vale Terrace R/O 101 U/S Garage 31 29 92.1
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy CSO at Tredegar, Brompton SSO 1 MH No GN86A 10 27 99.7
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy Bottom of Nine Mile Point Colliery CSO 9 26 98.5
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy Islwyn Rd CSO, Crosskeys 7 2 96.9
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy CSO at Tredegar, Vale Terrace R/O 123 2 0 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy Railway Cottages CSO, Cwmfelinfach 2 0 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy CSO at St James Close Maes-Y-Coed,Tredegar 0 0 100
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water River Sirhowy CSO at Hollybush - Ancient Druid 0 0 0

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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