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Clwyd water levels

4 gauges from Ruthin Pont Howkin River Station to Pont Dafydd River Station. None of the 3 that can be compared with a typical high is above it. Gauges in Denbighshire; levels are checked every 15 minutes.

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Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Ruthin Pont Howkin River StationRuthin0.29 m 17m agoWithin its typical range—
Ruthin Weir River Stationstructure 1.1 km by riverRuthin0.35 m 32m agoWithin its typical range—
Pont Y Cambwll River Station 16.8 km by river—0.76 m 17m agoWithin its typical range—
Pont Dafydd River Station 7.0 km by river—1.25 m 17m agoWithin its typical range—

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 Clwyd above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.

No gauged tributary joins the Clwyd above Pont Dafydd River Station on the river map. Streams without a gauge are not counted here.

Where the Clwyd goes

No gauge below Pont Dafydd 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 Clwyd 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.

Storm overflows upstream

11 storm overflows are traced upstream of Pont Dafydd River Station, the Clwyd’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Clwyd itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

  • 0 report discharging now
  • 10 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 Pont Dafydd River Station: 227 spills over 1,471 hours in total, across the 8 that have a figure. 3 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 Clwyd includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Above Ruthin Pont Howkin River Station, the Clwyd’s highest gauge2 overflows
  • Pwll-Glas WwTW Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Clwyd · 4.5 km by river above Ruthin Pont Howkin River Station · no official annual figure
  • Pwll-Glas WwTW Inlet Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Clwyd · 4.5 km by river above Ruthin Pont Howkin River Station · no official annual figure
Between Ruthin Weir River Station and Pont Y Cambwll River Station8 overflows
  • Clawddnewydd WwTW Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Tributary Of The Nant-Y-Cefn · 25.0 km by river above Pont Y Cambwll River Station · 2025: 38 spills, 456 h
  • Ruthin WwTW Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Clwyd · 16.7 km by river above Pont Y Cambwll River Station · no official annual figure
  • Nannerch Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Tributary Of River Wheeler · 15.6 km by river above Pont Y Cambwll River Station · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Pentre Llanrhaeadr Storm Overflow Monitor offline
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Mawr · 11.6 km by river above Pont Y Cambwll River Station · 2025: 1 spill, 2.8 h
  • Llandyrnog WwTW Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Clwyd · 10.5 km by river above Pont Y Cambwll River Station · 2025: 0 spills, 0 h
  • Denbigh Ruthin Road Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Afon Ystrad · 10.0 km by river above Pont Y Cambwll River Station · 2025: 28 spills, 93 h
  • Denbigh WwTW Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Clwyd · 7.8 km by river above Pont Y Cambwll River Station · 2025: 57 spills, 542 h
  • Dalar Wen Denbigh Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Henllan Brook · 7.0 km by river above Pont Y Cambwll River Station · 2025: 30 spills, 33 h · placed on the river by its position alone
Between Pont Y Cambwll River Station and Pont Dafydd River Station1 overflow
  • Trefnant WwTW Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Clwyd · 5.1 km by river above Pont Dafydd River Station · 2025: 73 spills, 345 h

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • High Street St Asaph Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Clwyd · 1.1 km from Pont Dafydd River Station in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 12 spills, 73 h
  • Trefnant Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Unnamed Drain Leading To Afon Clwyd · 1.4 km from Pont Y Cambwll River Station in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 6 spills, 8.3 h
  • Brondyffyn Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant Padrig · 2.2 km from Pont Y Cambwll River Station in a straight line · its watercourse is not on the river map · 2025: 4 spills, 4.8 h
  • Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd WwTW Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Dwr Ial · 2.6 km from Ruthin Pont Howkin River Station in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 38 spills, 147 h

1 other overflow within 3 km of these gauges is placed below the Clwyd’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.