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Bathing water quality, sewage monitoring & coastal map

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Storm Overflow Status

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⚠️ Bathing water affected

Penarth Beach Brockhill Rise Storm Overflow (overflow not operating (has in the last 24 hours))
Cold Knap Barry, Whitmore Bay Barry Island, Jackson's Bay Barry Island, Watch House Bay Barry Town Long Sea Storm Overflow (overflow not operating (has in the last 24 hours))
Penarth Beach Penarth Head Storm Overflow (overflow not operating (has in the last 24 hours))
Penarth Beach, Jackson's Bay Barry Island Penarth Kymin Storm Overflow (overflow not operating (has in the last 24 hours))

Active

0

Last 24h

8

Investigating

0

Clear

36

Brockhill Rise Storm Overflow

Bristol Channel

🏊 Penarth Beach

🟠 Recent (24h)10 Sept, 22:30

Barry Town Long Sea Storm Overflow

Severn Estuary

🏊 Cold Knap Barry, Whitmore Bay Barry Island, Jackson's Bay Barry Island, Watch House Bay

🟠 Recent (24h)10 Sept, 20:00

St John Street Ogmore Vale Storm Overflow

Ogwr Fach River

🟠 Recent (24h)11 Sept, 00:45

Bonvilston East WwTW Overflow

Nant Llancarfan

🟠 Recent (24h)10 Sept, 19:30

Barry Docks Pumped Storm Overflow

Barry No, 2 Dock

🟠 Recent (24h)11 Sept, 14:48

Penarth Head Storm Overflow

Severn Estuary

🏊 Penarth Beach

🟠 Recent (24h)10 Sept, 23:43

Penarth Kymin Storm Overflow

Bristol Channel

🏊 Penarth Beach, Jackson's Bay Barry Island

🟠 Recent (24h)11 Sept, 00:20

Cemetery Road Ogmore Vale Storm Overflow

Ogwr Fawr

🟠 Recent (24h)10 Sept, 15:15

Source: Welsh Water live overflow monitoring · Refreshes every 15 min · 17:08

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Historic Overflow Data

Monitoring 2024

Annual Event Duration Monitoring — how often each site discharged untreated sewage during 2024.

Sites Monitored

133

Total Spills

5,107

Total Duration

5.8 years

Avg Spills/Site

39

💩 Worst Overflow Sites (2024)

LLANCARFAN STW

246 spills7 months, 9 days

CSO and EO at Ewenni No 2 SPS

211 spills6 months, 19 days

CSO at Hillside Avenue Llanharan

205 spills4 months, 7 days

Bonvilston East WwTW Overflow

203 spills2 months, 18 days

Cowbridge Wastewater Treatment Works

191 spills4 months, 27 days

Source: Public environmental monitoring data · Event Duration Monitoring annual returns · Data fetched 06/03/2026

Data from environmental monitoring and government open data.