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…
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) officers will conduct a series of assessments this week to determine if specified actions have been completed by the operator of Withyhedge Landfill in Pembrokeshire to address the ongoing odour issues. NRW issued the landfill operator Resources Management UK Ltd (RML) with a Regulation 36 Enforcement Notice on 18 April. Each…
Tens of thousands of oak trees have been planted across Wales thanks to young people connecting with nature. Natural Resources Wales’ (NRW) annual Acorn Antics campaign encourages schools across the country to collect seeds to grow more trees from locally collected acorns. Following the 2022 campaign, 49,000 saplings grown in a tree nursery have now…
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…
Bog-trotting superstars return for a second year to help restore valuable habitat in Monmouthshire Bog-trotting superstars Ringo, Penguin, Ginger and Oak and friends will return to Beacon Hill and Cleddon Bog in the Wye Valley this spring, as part of a three -year restoration project helping to restore valuable heath and bog habitats in the…
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) will reduce mowing as much as possible on the land in its care during May to help tackle the nature emergency and in support of Plantlife’s ‘No Mow May’ campaign. The scale and rate of biodiversity loss across Wales is accelerating. Every third mouthful of food we eat has been created…
To mark Citizen Science month, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is launching new resources designed to help the public spot and identify rare lamprey fish in our waters. The new identification resources have been developed by NRW’s Four Rivers for LIFE project and describes the three different species of lamprey and how to tell them apart….
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…
Huwel Manley, Head of Operations for South West Wales, said: “Illegal waste operations impact the people, environment, public health and economy of Wales. They can pollute water, harm wildlife, put people’s health at risk and undermine legitimate businesses and put pressure on already overstretched resources of regulators and enforcement bodies. “We hope that this result…
