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River Wye

155 miles through mid-Wales and the English border. SSSI river — agricultural runoff has driven WFD status to 'unfavourable-declining'.

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Part of the Severn and Wye catchment: see all its rivers together.

Storm overflows

Active right now

Spill events · 24 h

Open discrepancies

Monitors offline

107

WIMS sampling points

Hydrology stations

Spill record· since 6 May 2026 · across the river

879

spill events

1,715h

cumulative discharge

10 days

longest single event

2026-05-06

first event on record

Currently spilling· 1

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River Wye
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water · Tintern Main Road Storm Overflow · spilling for 2 days
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Truth Engine flags· 4 open

Recent spill events· last 7 days · 30

2026-11-02 01:30 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
45 min
2026-11-02 00:45 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
0 min
2026-11-02 00:15 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
15 min
2026-11-01 22:45 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
15 min
2026-11-01 22:00 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
15 min
2026-11-01 20:30 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
0 min
2026-11-01 19:45 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
0 min
2026-11-01 17:30 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
1.3 h
2026-11-01 17:00 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
15 min
2026-11-01 16:15 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
0 min
2026-11-01 14:45 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
45 min
2026-11-01 13:45 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
15 min
2026-11-01 12:45 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
45 min
2026-11-01 11:45 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
15 min
2026-11-01 11:15 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
15 min
2026-11-01 09:45 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
0 min
2026-11-01 08:00 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
1.3 h
2026-11-01 06:30 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
45 min
2026-11-01 04:15 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
0 min
2026-11-01 03:45 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
15 min
2026-11-01 02:30 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
45 min
2026-11-01 01:30 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
30 min
2026-11-01 00:15 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
45 min
2026-10-31 23:45 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
0 min
2026-10-31 22:30 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
15 min
2026-10-31 22:00 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
0 min
2026-10-31 19:00 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Tintern Main Road Storm Overflow · River Wye
ongoing
2026-10-31 12:45 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
30 min
2026-10-31 09:45 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Tintern Main Road Storm Overflow · River Wye
1.3 h
2026-10-30 20:30 UTCDwr Cymru Welsh Water · Hunger Pill Overflow · River Wye Estuary
15 min

Permits to discharge· 8 on the register

The Environment Agency has issued these permits for discharges at sites next to this river's storm overflows. A permit is a legal authorisation with conditions, not a record of what was discharged.

Permit	Holder	Site	Receiving water	Issued
MI/AN0035401/004	Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig	WYEBANK RD CSOCombined Sewer Overflow · Sewage - Storm Sewage	River Wye estuary	2018-12-18
MI/AN0078001/003	Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig	WHITECROSS ROAD CSO HEREFORDCombined Sewer Overflow · Sewage - Storm Sewage	River Wye	2018-03-27
MI/AN0078501/003	Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig	ST MARTINS ALLOTMENTS CSO HEREFORDCombined Sewer Overflow · Sewage - Storm Sewage	River Wye	2018-03-27
MI/AN0084201/004	Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig	HOPE AND ANCHOR CSOCombined Sewer Overflow · Sewage - Storm Sewage	River Wye	2018-03-27
MI/AN0270801/001	Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig	LEYMANS FIELD PS BRAEMAR GARDENSPumping Station · Sewage - Storm Sewage	River Wye	1997-05-14
MI/AN0015001/004	DWR CYMRU CYFYNGEDIG	LOWER LYDBROOK RIVER WYE CSOCombined Sewer Overflow · Sewage - Storm Sewage	River Wye	2020-03-31
MI/AN030280101/004	DWR CYMRU CYFYNGEDIG	SEDBURY SEWAGE PUMPING STATIONPumping Station · Sewage - Storm Sewage	River Wye Estuary	2018-12-18
MI/AN0315201/002	DWR CYMRU CYFYNGEDIG	EIGN 1B COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWCombined Sewer Overflow · Sewage - Storm Sewage	River Wye	2017-08-09

Source: Environment Agency, public register of discharges to water and groundwater (England). Current permits only, matched to this river by a permitted discharge point within 100 m of one of its storm overflows. The register does not list the conditions attached to each permit. How we keep the record.