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Loughor (Llwchwr) water levels

2 gauges from Forge Bridge River Station to Tir Y Dail River Station. None is above its typical high. 2 storm overflows upstream are discharging now. Gauges in Carmarthenshire; levels are checked every 15 minutes.

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Gauges

Monitoring stations, source to mouth

StationTownLevel nowStatusTrend
Forge Bridge River StationForge0.38 m 33m agoWithin its typical range—
Tir Y Dail River Station 6.3 km by river—0.98 m 18m 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 Loughor (Llwchwr) above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.

1 gauged tributary, 1 gauge

Where the Loughor (Llwchwr) goes

No gauge below Tir Y Dail 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 Loughor (Llwchwr) 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 Lash (joins about 640 m above Tir Y Dail River Station)

Storm overflows upstream

4 storm overflows are traced upstream of Tir Y Dail River Station, the Loughor (Llwchwr)’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Loughor (Llwchwr) itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.

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

Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Tir Y Dail River Station: 414 spills over 6,421 hours in total, across all 4.

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 Loughor (Llwchwr) includes the smaller streams that join it there.

Between Forge Bridge River Station and Tir Y Dail River Station3 overflows · 1 discharging now
  • Heol Marlais Llandybie Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Afon Marlas · 2.8 km by river above Tir Y Dail River Station · 2025: 45 spills, 128 h
  • Southwest Of Margaret Road Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Afon Marlas · 2.7 km by river above Tir Y Dail River Station · 2025: 51 spills, 974 h
  • Penygroes Storm Overflow Discharging now since
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Afon Lash · 2.4 km by river above Tir Y Dail River Station · 2025: 157 spills, 2,303 h
Marlas, above Llandybie River Stationjoins the Loughor (Llwchwr) above Tir Y Dail River Station1 overflow · 1 discharging now
  • Carmel WwTW Storm Overflow Discharging now since
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Tributary Of Afon Marlais · 4.9 km by river above Llandybie River Station · 2025: 161 spills, 3,017 h · placed on the river by its position alone

Near these gauges, connection not known

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

  • Aberlash Road Storm Overflow Discharging now since
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Afon Marlais · 910 m from Tir Y Dail River Station in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 61 spills, 872 h
  • Waunfarlais Road Brynmarlais Storm Overflow Monitor offline
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Afon Marlais · 1.4 km from Tir Y Dail River Station in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 188 spills, 3,336 h
  • Brynmarlais Crossing Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Afon Marlais · 1.8 km from Tir Y Dail River Station in a straight line · its recorded watercourse is not the one mapped beside it · 2025: 114 spills, 1,458 h
  • Pontamman Pipe Crossing Storm Overflow Discharging now since
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into River Amman · 2.0 km from Tir Y Dail River Station in a straight line · not connected to this gauge on the river map · 2025: 128 spills, 1,782 h
  • Saron Road Saron Storm Overflow Not discharging
    Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · into Nant-Y-Ci · 2.3 km from Tir Y Dail River Station in a straight line · no mapped watercourse close enough to be sure · 2025: 35 spills, 103 h

11 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Loughor (Llwchwr)’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.