High Street Pontycymer Overflow
Storm overflow run by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, discharging into River Garw.
"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 Brynmenyn River Station (Ogmore), 8.2 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
17 discharge periods since 24 Oct 2022. 16 of them come from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water's own event-duration-monitoring records (published by the company, Oct 2022 – Dec 2025); the live feed adds anything after that. The official annual count is the figure to quote.
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Mon 8 Jun 2026, 05:4515 min
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Sat 6 Dec 2025, 09:1515 min
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Tue 27 May 2025, 12:1515 min
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Tue 17 Dec 2024, 10:1515 min
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Thu 5 Dec 2024, 01:3015 min
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Wed 16 Oct 2024, 15:3015 min
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Sat 3 Aug 2024, 00:4515 min
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Thu 11 Apr 2024, 01:4515 min
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Wed 10 Apr 2024, 19:1515 min
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Wed 3 Apr 2024, 07:4515 min
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| Started (UK time) | Ended | Discharge time |
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| 14 Mar 2024, 15:30 | 15:45 | 15 min |
| 29 Feb 2024, 00:15 | 00:30 | 15 min |
| 21 Feb 2024, 09:00 | 09:15 | 15 min |
| 21 Feb 2024, 04:15 | 04:30 | 15 min |
| 29 Dec 2023, 09:00 | 09:15 | 15 min |
| 14 Jan 2023, 02:15 | 02:30 | 15 min |
| 24 Oct 2022, 23:45 | 00:00 | 15 min |
The year figures above use the EA's 12/24-hour counting method, so they are comparable with the official figures.
Rain nearby last 30 days
Nearest live rain gauge: Llety Brongu Raingauge, 4.0 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
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.