Forge Hammer Storm Overflow
Storm overflow run by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, discharging into River Clydach.
"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.
Year by year
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. 2026 is our own running count, the same way, from the live feed since 28 February (when we began keeping every discharge it reports) — so it can only be lower than the full year. The official figure is published next spring.
"No data" means the monitor was not working or not required to report that year — not zero.
Downstream of this overflow
The next gauge downstream that the river map places is Llanfoist Bridge Abergavenny (Usk), 11.1 km along the river.
A river gauge measures the level of the river; it does not measure this overflow's discharge, and a spill does not by itself explain a change there. Traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Discharges we have recorded
206 discharge periods since 4 Jan 2020, 1 still open. 206 of them come from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water's own event-duration-monitoring records (published by the company, Jan 2020 – Dec 2021); the live feed adds anything after that. The official annual count is the figure to quote.
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Fri 31 Dec 2021, 02:45ongoing
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Thu 30 Dec 2021, 10:4514 h 0 min
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Wed 29 Dec 2021, 09:302 h 15 min
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Tue 28 Dec 2021, 06:006 h 45 min
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Mon 27 Dec 2021, 08:4515 h 30 min
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Sat 25 Dec 2021, 11:001 d 14 h
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Tue 7 Dec 2021, 10:0015 h 45 min
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Sat 27 Nov 2021, 09:3015 min
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Fri 26 Nov 2021, 09:4515 min
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Sun 14 Nov 2021, 11:3015 min
Show 30 earlier (of 206)
| Started (UK time) | Ended | Discharge time |
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| 7 Nov 2021, 12:30 | 12:45 | 15 min |
| 28 Oct 2021, 15:45 | 00:45 | 4 d 6 h |
| 25 Oct 2021, 05:00 | 05:45 | 30 min |
| 24 Oct 2021, 22:00 | 22:30 | 30 min |
| 20 Oct 2021, 06:00 | 17:30 | 11 h 15 min |
| 19 Oct 2021, 20:00 | 22:00 | 1 h 45 min |
| 11 Oct 2021, 14:15 | 14:30 | 15 min |
| 4 Oct 2021, 21:00 | 14:45 | 16 h 45 min |
| 4 Oct 2021, 16:45 | 18:15 | 1 h 15 min |
| 4 Oct 2021, 00:15 | 01:00 | 30 min |
| 2 Oct 2021, 13:00 | 19:00 | 6 h 0 min |
| 2 Oct 2021, 09:30 | 12:30 | 2 h 45 min |
| 1 Oct 2021, 03:00 | 11:00 | 7 h 15 min |
| 28 Sep 2021, 23:15 | 23:30 | 15 min |
| 28 Sep 2021, 18:00 | 20:45 | 2 h 30 min |
| 28 Sep 2021, 14:45 | 16:30 | 1 h 45 min |
| 27 Sep 2021, 05:45 | 07:00 | 1 h 0 min |
| 9 Sep 2021, 09:15 | 10:15 | 1 h 0 min |
| 21 Aug 2021, 11:45 | 13:00 | 1 h 0 min |
| 5 Aug 2021, 17:45 | 19:00 | 1 h 0 min |
| 2 Aug 2021, 16:30 | 17:15 | 45 min |
| 30 Jul 2021, 07:30 | 11:15 | 3 h 30 min |
| 30 Jul 2021, 00:30 | 01:45 | 1 h 0 min |
| 12 Jul 2021, 19:00 | 19:45 | 30 min |
| 5 Jul 2021, 23:30 | 02:00 | 2 h 30 min |
| 28 Jun 2021, 06:45 | 07:45 | 45 min |
| 26 Jun 2021, 14:00 | 14:15 | 15 min |
| 19 Jun 2021, 23:30 | 02:15 | 2 h 30 min |
| 6 Jun 2021, 05:00 | 05:15 | 15 min |
| 30 May 2021, 18:45 | 19:00 | 15 min |
The year figures above use the EA's 12/24-hour counting method, so they are comparable with the official figures; the monitor log's 898 raw blocks were merged into 206 continuous discharge periods (gaps under 15 min joined).
Rain nearby last 30 days
Nearest live rain gauge: Cwmtillery Raingauge, 7.4 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
Concerned about this overflow?
Report pollution you can see or smell to the regulator straight away; the company handles complaints about the overflow itself.
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.