Llanberis WwTW Storm Overflow

Storm overflow run by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, discharging into Afon Y Bala.

Storm Overflow Bathing water
Right now
Not discharging
Last discharge ended 02:56 on 1 Oct 2026 (14 hours ago).
Times are UK time · company feed updated 12 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
4spills
8.8 h discharging on 4 days · live feed since 28 Feb, not yet official
2025 official
137spills
1,196 h · +1% on 2024
Rank in Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
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No ranking for this overflow.
Monitor in 2025
99.8% 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 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.

2022
109 spills · 723 hmonitor 100%
2023
165 spills · 1,148 hmonitor 100%
2024
136 spills · 1,009 hmonitor 99.9%
2025
137 spills · 1,196 hmonitor 99.8%
2026since 28 Feb
4 spills · 8.8 h

"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 Peblic Seiont River Station (Seiont), 13.4 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

4,978 discharge periods since 2 Jan 2020. 4,971 of them come from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water's own event-duration-monitoring records (published by the company, Jan 2020 – Dec 2025); the live feed adds anything after that. The official annual count is the figure to quote.

Show 30 earlier (of 4,978)
Started (UK time)EndedDischarge time
20 Dec 2025, 21:3022:0030 min
20 Dec 2025, 18:0018:3030 min
20 Dec 2025, 14:4515:1530 min
20 Dec 2025, 11:4512:3045 min
20 Dec 2025, 09:1510:0045 min
20 Dec 2025, 06:4507:1530 min
20 Dec 2025, 04:0004:3030 min
20 Dec 2025, 01:1502:0045 min
19 Dec 2025, 23:0023:4545 min
19 Dec 2025, 21:0021:4545 min
19 Dec 2025, 19:1520:0045 min
19 Dec 2025, 17:3018:1545 min
19 Dec 2025, 15:4516:3045 min
19 Dec 2025, 14:1514:4530 min
19 Dec 2025, 12:3013:1545 min
19 Dec 2025, 11:0011:4545 min
19 Dec 2025, 09:3010:1545 min
19 Dec 2025, 08:0008:4545 min
19 Dec 2025, 06:3007:1545 min
19 Dec 2025, 05:0005:4545 min
19 Dec 2025, 03:3004:301 h 0 min
19 Dec 2025, 02:0003:001 h 0 min
19 Dec 2025, 00:3001:301 h 0 min
17 Dec 2025, 10:0000:001 d 13 h
17 Dec 2025, 08:3009:1545 min
17 Dec 2025, 07:0008:001 h 0 min
17 Dec 2025, 05:0005:3030 min
17 Dec 2025, 02:4503:3045 min
17 Dec 2025, 00:4501:3045 min
16 Dec 2025, 23:0023:3030 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 5,808 raw blocks were merged into 4,978 continuous discharge periods (gaps under 15 min joined).

Rain nearby last 30 days

Nearest live rain gauge: Bethesda Quarry Raingauge, 6.4 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

Nearest river gauge
Nant Peris River Station (Nant Peris) · 3.3 km
Nearest rain gauge
Site reference
DCWW283
Coordinates
53.11981, -4.11556

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.