Llanfachraeth WwTW Overflow

Storm overflow run by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, discharging into River Alaw.

Emergency Overflow
Right now
Not discharging
Last discharge ended 14:28 on 27 Sep 2026 (2 days ago).
Times are UK time · company feed updated 7 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
2spills
0.9 h discharging on 2 days · live feed since 28 Feb, not yet official
2025 official
366spills
5,498 h · +151% on 2024
Rank in Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
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No ranking for this overflow.
Monitor in 2025
99.9% 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
6 spills · 117 hmonitor 83.7%
2023
224 spills · 3,415 hmonitor 99.2%
2024
146 spills · 1,852 hmonitor 66.8%
2025
366 spills · 5,498 hmonitor 99.9%
2026since 28 Feb
2 spills · 0.9 h

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

Discharges we have recorded

3,326 discharge periods since 1 Mar 2022. 3,324 of them come from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water's own event-duration-monitoring records (published by the company, Mar 2022 – Dec 2025); the live feed adds anything after that. The official annual count is the figure to quote.

Show 30 earlier (of 3,326)
Started (UK time)EndedDischarge time
3 Nov 2025, 10:0013:303 h 15 min
3 Nov 2025, 08:1509:301 h 15 min
2 Nov 2025, 22:4507:458 h 30 min
2 Nov 2025, 20:0021:451 h 45 min
2 Nov 2025, 17:3019:001 h 30 min
2 Nov 2025, 15:1516:301 h 15 min
2 Nov 2025, 13:0014:301 h 30 min
2 Nov 2025, 10:1512:001 h 45 min
2 Nov 2025, 07:3009:001 h 30 min
2 Nov 2025, 05:0006:451 h 45 min
2 Nov 2025, 02:1504:001 h 45 min
1 Nov 2025, 23:3001:452 h 15 min
1 Nov 2025, 21:1522:451 h 30 min
1 Nov 2025, 19:3020:301 h 0 min
1 Nov 2025, 17:0018:451 h 45 min
1 Nov 2025, 14:3016:151 h 45 min
1 Nov 2025, 12:0013:301 h 30 min
1 Nov 2025, 09:4511:151 h 30 min
1 Nov 2025, 07:3009:151 h 45 min
1 Nov 2025, 05:1507:001 h 45 min
31 Oct 2025, 21:4504:456 h 30 min
31 Oct 2025, 18:0021:002 h 30 min
31 Oct 2025, 14:3017:152 h 30 min
31 Oct 2025, 10:3013:453 h 15 min
31 Oct 2025, 09:0009:4545 min
31 Oct 2025, 06:3008:301 h 30 min
31 Oct 2025, 05:1505:4530 min
31 Oct 2025, 04:1504:4530 min
31 Oct 2025, 03:3003:4515 min
31 Oct 2025, 02:0002:4545 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 6,538 raw blocks were merged into 3,326 continuous discharge periods (gaps under 15 min joined).

Rain nearby last 30 days

Nearest live rain gauge: Llyn Alaw Raingauge, 7.0 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
Bodffordd River Station (Cefni) · 12.7 km
Nearest rain gauge
Site reference
DCWW1681
Coordinates
53.30865, -4.53230

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.