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Afon Tywi water levels

1 gauge, at Pothouse Wharf River Station. 9 storm overflows upstream are discharging now. Gauges in Carmarthenshire; levels are checked every 15 minutes.

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9overflows upstream discharging

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Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Pothouse Wharf River Stationtidal—4.02 m 18m agoWithin its typical range▲

Also on the Tywi by the river map, but filed under another river name: Ystradffin No2 River Station, Dolau Hirion River Station, Manorafon River Station, Ty Castell River Station and Capel Dewi River Station.

Stations are listed from source to mouth as the water flows, traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers) and the Environment Agency’s own links between its gauges. A distance “by river” is along the river, and is shown only where the map traces the path.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Gauged tributaries

Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Tywi above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.

8 gauged tributaries, 8 gauges

Where the Tywi goes

No gauge below Pothouse Wharf River Station is known on the river map.

Tributaries and where they join are traced on the river map (OS Open Rivers, edition 2026-04) and the Environment Agency’s links between its gauges. The map holds distances between gauges, not the junctions themselves, so a junction is placed between two gauges, and no further up than the tributary’s own lowest gauge. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Streams without a gauge

Named streams on the river map that flow into the Tywi and have no gauge of their own. Each has a page with what is known about it: the next gauge downstream, and any storm overflows or water-sampling points placed on it.

  • Afon Cennen (joins about 26 km above Ty Castell River Station)
  • Afon Cothi (joins about 810 m above Ty Castell River Station)
  • Afon Dulas (joins about 9.2 km above Ty Castell River Station)
  • Afon Gwenlais (joins about 3.2 km above Dolau Hirion River Station)
  • Afon Myddyfi (joins about 20 km above Ty Castell River Station)
  • Nant Clawdd-mawr (joins about 4.5 km above Manorafon River Station)
  • Nant Gurrey-fach (joins about 27 km above Ty Castell River Station)
  • Nant Harri (joins about 30 km above Ty Castell River Station)

Storm overflows upstream

35 storm overflows are traced upstream of Pothouse Wharf River Station, the Tywi’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Tywi itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 9 report discharging now
  • 25 not discharging
  • 1 offline or silent: 1 monitor offline, 0 status unknown, 0 no live feed

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Pothouse Wharf River Station: 2,348 spills over 25,707 hours in total, across the 27 that have a figure. 8 have no 2025 figure.

Each overflow is listed in the stretch above the first gauge its water reaches, from the source down, as on the Gauges tab. A stretch of the Tywi includes the smaller streams that join it there. Where a stretch or a tributary has more than 4, the 3 discharging now or nearest its gauge are listed, the rest are counted, and every one is in that gauge’s “Upstream of here” list. Show every overflow in every stretch →

Above Pothouse Wharf River Station, the Tywi’s highest gauge2 overflows · 1 discharging now
  • Peniel Overflow Discharging now since
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Crychiau · 8.4 km by river above Pothouse Wharf River Station · 2024: 0 spills, 0 h
  • South Of Roundabout A40 A485 Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Gwili · 4.7 km by river above Pothouse Wharf River Station · 2025: 111 spills, 842 h
Gwili, above Glan Gwili River Stationjoins the Tywi above Pothouse Wharf River Station8 overflows · 1 discharging now
  • Cwmduad WwTW Storm Overflow Discharging now since
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Afon Duad · 14.2 km by river above Glan Gwili River Station · 2025: 109 spills, 1,948 h
  • Cwmdwyfran Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Gwili · 4.4 km by river above Glan Gwili River Station · 2025: 29 spills, 296 h
  • Bronwydd WwTW Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Gwili · 2.5 km by river above Glan Gwili River Station · 2025: 197 spills, 2,495 h

and 5 more: show all 8 overflows on this stretch → All above Glan Gwili River Station, nearest first →

Bran, above Llandovery River Stationjoins the Tywi above Manorafon River Station1 overflow
  • Cynghordy Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Afon Bran · 8.6 km by river above Llandovery River Station · 2025: 48 spills, 182 h
Cloidach, above Felin Mynachdy River Stationjoins the Tywi above Ty Castell River Station1 overflow
Twrch, above Ddol Las River Stationjoins the Tywi above Ty Castell River Station1 overflow
  • Ffarmers WwTW Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Afon Twrch · 950 m by river above Ddol Las River Station · 2024: 80 spills, 989 h
Above Ty Castell River Station16 overflows · 5 discharging now
  • Salem WwTW Storm Overflow Discharging now since
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Afon Myddyfi · 27.8 km by river above Ty Castell River Station · 2025: 97 spills, 1,029 h
  • Ffairfach WwTW Storm Overflow Discharging now since
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Towy · 23.7 km by river above Ty Castell River Station · 2025: 158 spills, 2,161 h
  • Brechfa Overflow Discharging now since
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Afon Marlais · 15.5 km by river above Ty Castell River Station · 2024: 140 spills, 2,169 h

and 13 more: show all 16 overflows on this stretch → All above Ty Castell River Station, nearest first →

Above Dolau Hirion River Station1 overflow · 1 discharging now
  • Cilycwm WwTW Storm Overflow Discharging now since
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Gwenlais · 4.5 km by river above Dolau Hirion River Station · 2025: 162 spills, 1,321 h
Above Manorafon River Station5 overflows · 1 discharging now
  • Ashfield Llangadog Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Towy · 8.1 km by river above Manorafon River Station · 2025: 51 spills, 874 h
  • Manordeilo Overflow Discharging now since
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Towy · 5.3 km by river above Manorafon River Station · 2024: 186 spills, 3,937 h
  • Cwm Ifor WwTW Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Towy · 1.9 km by river above Manorafon River Station · 2025: 142 spills, 2,350 h

and 2 more: show all 5 overflows on this stretch → All above Manorafon River Station, nearest first →

Near these gauges, connection not known

Within 3 km of one of the Tywi’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.

  • Pothouse Wharf Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Towy · 120 m from Pothouse Wharf River Station in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 102 spills, 609 h
  • Carmarthen Bridge Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Towy · 250 m from Pothouse Wharf River Station in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 86 spills, 116 h
  • Morfa Lane Carmarthen Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Towy · 360 m from Pothouse Wharf River Station in a straight line · discharges into a tidal reach, where the water moves both ways · 2025: 120 spills, 264 h

8 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.

7 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Tywi’s lowest gauge or on another river, so not listed.

A status is the water company’s own monitor: it says whether an overflow is discharging, never how much or why, and a spill does not by itself explain a change in a river level. A status older than two hours is shown as unknown. Annual figures are the official returns: 12/24-hour spills for England and Wales, overflow events for Scotland (Scottish Water counts differently, so the two cannot be compared). “No data” means the monitor produced no usable data that year, not zero. Overflows are placed on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels: an overflow the map cannot place may still drain here. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Sewage in Britain’s rivers →

Live status: © Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, from its Storm Overflow Map. Annual figures for Wales: Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water’s return to Natural Resources Wales, as compiled by The Rivers Trust, Open Government Licence.