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6 gauges from Merthyr Tydfil No1 River Station to Western Avenue River Station. None is above its typical high. 16 storm overflows upstream are discharging now. Gauges in Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf; levels are checked every 15 minutes.
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| Station | Level now | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Merthyr Tydfil No1 River Station | 0.65 m 17m ago | Within its typical range |
| Troedyrhiw River Station 5.8 km by river | 0.76 m 17m ago | Within its typical range |
| Fiddlers Elbow River Station 10.0 km by river | 0.80 m 32m ago | Within its typical range |
| Pontypridd River Station 7.8 km by river | 1.19 m 32m ago | Within its typical range |
| Upper Boat River Station 4.3 km by river | 1.23 m 17m ago | Within its typical range |
| Western Avenue River Station 12.6 km by river | 1.43 m 32m ago | Within 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.
Streams and rivers with a gauge whose water joins the Taff above one of its gauges, from the source down. Named streams without a gauge that have a page here are listed at the end.
Joins the Taff above Merthyr Tydfil No1 River Station, its highest gauge, no more than 7.7 km by river above Merthyr Tydfil No1 River Station.
| Pontsticill River Station | 0.20 m 17m ago | Within its typical range |
Its water passes every gauge on the Taff, from Merthyr Tydfil No1 River Station down.
Joins the Taff between Fiddlers Elbow River Station and Pontypridd River Station, no more than 7.9 km by river above Pontypridd River Station.
| Hirwaun River Station | 0.37 m 17m ago | Within its typical range |
| 6.3 km by river | ||
| Aberdare River Station | 0.39 m 32m ago | Within its typical range |
| 6.2 km by river | ||
| Mountain Ash River Station | 1.04 m 32m ago | Within its typical range |
| 5.3 km by river | ||
| Abercynon River Station | 0.69 m 32m ago | Within its typical range |
Its water passes Pontypridd River Station and every gauge below it on the Taff. It does not pass Fiddlers Elbow River Station or the gauges above it.
Joins the Taff between Fiddlers Elbow River Station and Pontypridd River Station, no more than 3.3 km by river above Pontypridd River Station.
| Trehafod River Station | 0.74 m 32m ago | Within its typical range |
Its water passes Pontypridd River Station and every gauge below it on the Taff. It does not pass Fiddlers Elbow River Station or the gauges above it.
No gauge below Western Avenue 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.
177 storm overflows are traced upstream of Western Avenue River Station, the Taff’s lowest gauge on the river map: on the Taff itself, on its gauged tributaries, and on smaller streams that join above there.
Official figures for 2025, for the overflows traced upstream of Western Avenue River Station: 7,306 spills over 38,505 hours in total, across the 170 that have a figure. 2 had no usable monitor data that year; 5 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 Taff 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 →
and 5 more: show all 8 overflows on this stretch → All above Troedyrhiw River Station, nearest first →
and 5 more: show all 8 overflows on this stretch → All above Fiddlers Elbow River Station, nearest first →
and 24 more: show all 27 overflows on this stretch → All above Pontypridd River Station, nearest first →
and 42 more: show all 45 overflows on the Cynon and the streams that join it → All above Abercynon River Station, nearest first →
and 70 more: show all 73 overflows on the Rhondda and the streams that join it → All above Trehafod River Station, nearest first →
and 5 more: show all 8 overflows on this stretch → All above Upper Boat River Station, nearest first →
and 2 more: show all 5 overflows on this stretch → All above Western Avenue River Station, nearest first →
Within 3 km of one of the Taff’s gauges in a straight line, but the river map cannot say whether their water reaches it.
19 more near these gauges whose connection is not known.
6 other overflows within 3 km of these gauges are placed below the Taff’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.
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