Water Rates were included in our council tax a few years ago are we just being ripped off? welsh Water are joint fourth, so our bills are not the highest in the UK. Household water bills in Wales will increase to become the fourth highest in England and Wales over the next five years. Welsh…
The main sewer out of Cynon Valley was constructed in the early 1930s and there don’t appear to be any major improvements planned for the Cynon Valley main sewer system. Still, the Rhondda Cynon Taf Council Planning Department keeps allowing more and more large developments. Dwr Cymru and Natural Resources Wales find no objection to…
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water to stay at two-star status but the number of serious pollution events rose during 2023. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has today published its 2023 performance reports for the two water companies operating in Wales, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and Hafren Dyfrdwy. It highlights the worst performance from Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water…
A pollution warning at four designated bathing waters in Tenby has been removed. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has been informed by Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water that the burst rising main near Tenby, which resulted in sewage entering the River Ritec on 1 July, has been repaired. Results from water samples taken on 3 July indicate…
Welsh Water admits illegally spilling sewage at dozens of treatment plants for years The Chemical Engineer WELSH WATER has admitted to spilling untreated sewage at dozens of treatment plants for years. Data shows that one of their worst performing plants is in Cardigan in West Wales, where the company has been spilling untreated sewage for at…
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is calling for people with an interest in the health of Wales’s water environment to participate in the first of a series of consultations about future plans to protect and improve water across Wales. River Basin Management Plans are updated every six years, and set the direction for how NRW will…
Responding to the news that huge price hikes are proposed for Welsh water customers with payments potentially rising by more than £200, Janet Finch-Saunders MS, Shadow Climate Change Minister, said: “Such a massive hike to water bills is unacceptable when you consider the record of Dŵr Cymru in Wales. “When Wales has four times as…
The photograph above shows where the sewerage network discharges treated sewage and overflows of untreated sewage and stormwater into rivers in England & Wales in 2023. Hundreds of beachgoers on Barry Island were told by a tannoy announcement to ‘get out of the sea’ after concerns over water quality. Responding to the news that people…
The above photo shows where the sewerage network discharges treated sewage and overflows of untreated sewage and stormwater into rivers in England & Wales in 2023. While families across Wales start making plans for the summer, samplers from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) are embarking on their annual programme of bathing water quality tests. Surfers Against…
Monmouth was polluted by sewage 2,679 times in 2023lasting 24,389 hours – that’s 2.82 years!– but monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more https://top-of-the-poops.org/constituency/monmouth Cynon Valley was polluted by sewage 2,967 times in 2023lasting 19,940 hours – that’s 2.31 years!– but monitoring was disabled in some locations, so could be more https://top-of-the-poops.org/constituency/cynon-valley…
