Cabinet Secretary, Huw Irranca-Davies MS, has underlined the importance of partnership working and innovative thinking as Wales pursues its ambition to improve water quality in the Teifi catchment, during a visit to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) led projects in the area this week. Accompanied by NRW’s chairman, Sir David Henshaw, and partners from the…
Responding to the news that the amount of sewage spills into Welsh Waterways has increased by a third under Labour’s watch this year, Janet Finch-Saunders MS, Shadow Climate Change Minister, said: “This damage to our environment and risk to public health is unacceptable and more action needs to be taken by the Labour Government. “With…
Commenting on the news that the chief executive of Natural Resources Wales said taking firms to court would not achieve “environmental betterment at that point”, Welsh Conservative Shadow Climate Change Minister, Janet Finch-Saunders MS said: “Unfortunately, Natural Resources Wales have got it wrong here, if water companies continue to dump sewage into our waterways, they…
Commenting on the much-delayed Storm Overflow Report published by the Welsh Government, Welsh Conservative Shadow Climate Change Minister, Janet Finch-Saunders MS said: “It is unacceptable that it has taken over seven months since Labour promised to publish their latest Storm Overflow Report. After mounting pressure from the Welsh Conservatives, Labour have finally published the report…
Commenting on the news Welsh Water has admitted illegally spilling untreated sewage at dozens of treatment plants for years, Welsh Conservative Shadow Climate Change Minister Janet Finch-Saunders, MS said: “For this to be described as the worst sewage works in terms of illegal discharges shows how Labour have dropped the ball on sewage in Wales….
Commenting on the news that bills in Wales could go up by £120 a year by 2030 as Welsh Water pledges to cut river pollution, Welsh Conservatives Shadow Climate Change Minister, Janet Finch-Saunders MS said: Dŵr Cymru customers already experience the second highest average bill in Wales and England. “It’s completely unacceptable of Dŵr Cymru…
Possible failures to comply with environmental law by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Environment Agency and Ofwat in relation to the regulation of combined sewer overflows have been identified by the Office for Environmental Protection. The Image was taken from the link below It shows sewage outfalls https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/e834e261b53740eba2fe6736e37bbc7b/page/Map/ The environmental…
NRW has downgraded Wales’s largest water company, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, to a two-star (requires improvement) rating following a further decline in environmental performance outlined in its annual review. Following a disappointing performance in 2021, the report reveals that pollution incidents rose by 7% in 2022, with those having a high or significant impact rising…
Wales is home to some of the most badly polluted rivers in the UK, new data from the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales reveals. Water companies regularly dump sewage into waterways via sewage pipes called storm overflows – even during normal weather conditions. In 2021, waterways in England and Wales had sewage continually dumped into them for…
Ofwat has launched an enforcement investigation into Welsh Water, relating to the accuracy of the information reported by the company for its performance on leakage and per capita consumption (PCC), following a notification from the company relating to inaccuracies. Ofwat sets performance targets for companies on leakage and PCC. Companies are assessed against these targets…
