Heol Y Maes Storm Overflow

Storm overflow run by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, discharging into Llech Brook.

Storm Overflow
Right now
Discharging now
Since on · 1 h 15 min so far.
Times are UK time. Company feed updated 3 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.

2026 so far
13spills
at least 11 h discharging on 15 days · live feed since 23 Sep, not yet official · 17 discharges whose end the feed did not report (counted, no hours)
2025 official
73spills
519 h · +181% on 2024
Rank in Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
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No ranking for this overflow.
Monitor in 2025
100% working
Share of the year the monitor reported

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 23 September (when we began keeping every discharge it reports) — so it can only be lower than the full year. The feed reports only each overflow's latest discharge, so a discharge it moved past before we saw it end is counted as one spill with no hours: the hours are a floor. The official figure is published next spring.

2024
26 spills · 181 hmonitor 99.7%
2025
73 spills · 519 hmonitor 100%
2026since 23 Sep
13 spills · at least 11 h

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

Discharges we have recorded

160 discharge periods since 26 May 2024, 1 still open, 17 whose end the feed never gave. 122 of them come from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water's own event-duration-monitoring records (published by the company, May 2024 – Dec 2025); the live feed adds anything after that. The official annual count is the figure to quote.

Show 30 earlier (of 160)
StartedEndedDischarge time
27 min
not captured, before not captured
not captured, before not captured
31 min
not captured, before not captured
27 min
not captured, before not captured
4 h 0 min
18 min
not captured, before not captured
16 min
not captured, before not captured
27 min
not captured, before not captured
3 min
15 min
not captured, before not captured
27 min
not captured, before not captured
27 min
not captured, before not captured
not captured, before not captured
13 min
not captured, before not captured
not captured, before not captured
not captured, before not captured
10 min
27 min
4 h 0 min
30 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 171 raw blocks were merged into 160 continuous discharge periods (gaps under 15 min joined).

What the feed showed

FloodRadar's own record of every change of state Dwr Cymru Welsh Water's live feed has shown for this overflow, kept since : 26 states. The feed publishes its status now and its latest discharge, nothing older; the discharges above are read from this. It is here so the figures can be checked.

Show the last 26 states
SeenStatusSinceLatest discharge
Discharging → no end yet
Not discharging →
Discharging → no end yet
Discharging → no end yet
Not discharging →
Discharging → no end yet
Discharging → no end yet
Not discharging →
Not discharging →
Discharging → no end yet
Not discharging →
Not discharging →
Discharging → no end yet
Not discharging →
Discharging → no end yet
Discharging → no end yet
Discharging → no end yet
Not discharging →
Discharging → no end yet
Discharging → no end yet
Not discharging →
Discharging → no end yet
Discharging → no end yet
Not discharging →
Discharging → no end yet
Not discharging →

Rain nearby last 30 days

Nearest live rain gauge: Dan Yr Ogof Raingauge, 4.2 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
Craig Y Nos River Station (Tawe) · 3.5 km
Nearest rain gauge
Site reference
DCWW2330
Coordinates
51.79392, -3.68209

Tell me when this overflow discharges

One message when the company's monitor reports a new discharge here. At most one every 6 hours.

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The alert repeats the monitor's status: whether the overflow is discharging, not how much or why. It can only tell you about a discharge that starts after you turn it on.

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.