← Sewage & storm overflows

Cwm Penmachno WwTW Storm Overflow

Storm overflow operated by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, discharging into River Machno. Storm Overflow.

Right now

Discharging now
Since 22 Sep 2026, 20:45 UK time · 2 d 17 h so far. Feed updated 8 min ago.

"Not discharging" means the company's monitor reports no discharge right now — not that the water is clean. The feed publishes status only; no discharge volume is measured.

Official figures

300spills   6,880hours

2025, from Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water's annual Event Duration Monitoring return to Natural Resources Wales (12/24-hour spill count), as compiled by The Rivers Trust. The monitor reported for 100% of the year.

YearSpillsHoursMonitored
20242705,97699%
20253006,880100%

"No data" means the monitor was not working or not required to report that year — not zero spills.

Discharges we have observed

174 discharge periods since 12 Feb 2024, 1 still open. 173 of them come from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water's own event-duration-monitoring records (published by the company, Feb 2024 – Oct 2025); the live feed adds anything after that. The official annual count above is the figure to quote.

2024: 275 spills · 6,116 h · 276 days2025: 294 spills · 6,764 h · 295 days2026: 1 spill · 65 h · 4 days

Year chips use the EA's 12/24-hour counting method (the first 12 hours of a discharge count as one spill, each further 24-hour block with discharge as one more), so they are comparable with the official figures above; the monitor log's 255 raw blocks were merged into 174 continuous discharge periods (gaps under 15 min joined).

Started (UK time)EndedDischarge timeSource
22 Sep 2026, 20:45 ongoing 2 d 17 h live feed
26 Oct 2025, 02:00 28 Dec 2025, 00:45 62 d 22 h EDM log
25 Oct 2025, 15:15 26 Oct 2025, 01:00 9 h 45 min EDM log
25 Oct 2025, 13:30 25 Oct 2025, 14:00 30 min EDM log
4 Oct 2025, 01:00 13 Oct 2025, 12:00 9 d 11 h EDM log
27 Sep 2025, 10:30 3 Oct 2025, 17:30 6 d 6 h EDM log · 2 blocks
12 Sep 2025, 12:30 27 Sep 2025, 09:45 14 d 21 h EDM log · 2 blocks
30 Aug 2025, 15:15 12 Sep 2025, 12:00 12 d 20 h EDM log
30 Aug 2025, 13:45 30 Aug 2025, 14:45 1 h 0 min EDM log
28 Aug 2025, 05:00 30 Aug 2025, 07:15 2 d 2 h EDM log · 2 blocks
27 Aug 2025, 11:30 27 Aug 2025, 12:45 1 h 15 min EDM log
14 Jun 2025, 01:45 14 Aug 2025, 11:30 61 d 9 h EDM log
26 May 2025, 21:15 14 Jun 2025, 01:00 18 d 3 h EDM log
26 May 2025, 16:00 26 May 2025, 16:45 45 min EDM log
24 May 2025, 19:30 25 May 2025, 01:30 6 h 0 min EDM log
20 May 2025, 15:15 20 May 2025, 15:45 30 min EDM log
20 May 2025, 14:15 20 May 2025, 14:45 30 min EDM log
10 Apr 2025, 05:15 17 Apr 2025, 10:00 7 d 0 h over 7 d 4 h EDM log · 18 blocks
10 Apr 2025, 03:15 10 Apr 2025, 04:45 1 h 0 min over 1 h 30 min EDM log · 3 blocks
10 Apr 2025, 02:30 10 Apr 2025, 02:45 15 min EDM log

Showing the latest 20 of 174.

Rain nearby — last 30 days

Nearest live rain gauge: Ysbyty Ifan Raingauge, 5.0 km away. Brown shading = when this overflow was discharging; ▼ = a discharge start.

Overflow shading is a timing match, not proof of cause — heavy rain and spills share a trigger. Times come from the water company’s event-duration monitor (site status only; no discharge volume is published).

Where it is

Nearest river gauge
Afon Lledr River Station (Lledr) · 6.0 km
Nearest rain gauge
Site reference
DCWW2329
Coordinates
53.01600, -3.83758

Concerned about this overflow?

Live status: © Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, from its Storm Overflow Map. Spill-event history: © Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water's published EDM start/stop records. Annual figures: The Rivers Trust EDM compilation, © Dŵr Cymru/Welsh Water, Open Government Licence. Times are shown in UK local time. FloodRadar republishes the monitor's status; it does not measure discharges itself.