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…
There can be no more half-measures if we are to reverse biodiversity loss, avert a climate catastrophe and turn the tide on pollution. This is the call from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) on World Environment Day (5 June) as the environment body prepares to launch its plan outlining how it will tackle the nature, climate…
Commenting on Surfers Against Sewage holding weekend protests this weekend, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Janet Finch-Saunders MS said: Janet Finch-Saunders “With nearly a quarter of all sewage discharges in the whole of England and Wales being in Wales, the Labour Government’s track record on sewage is abysmal. “Wales sees 600,000 hours of…
As the promise of long sunny days by the sea looms, Natural Resources Wales’s bathing water samplers are once again hitting the shores to test Wales’s 109 designated bathing waters. Between 15th May and 30th September each year, samples are collected at each bathing water site, and analysed in a laboratory. The analysis looks at levels of…
Back in 2021, AberdareOnline put out a news story on how clean are our rivers and the lack of capacity within the Cynon Valley sewer system. Sewer outfalls are never out of the news now as more and more people are made aware of the pollution caused by these outdated systems not only in our…
Housebuilding company Taylor Wimpey has been fined £488, 772 after failing to implement appropriate measures to prevent multiple pollution incidents which impacted the River Llwyd and its tributaries in Pontypool, in 2021. The construction company was found guilty of charges relating to breaches in Environmental Permitting Regulations at Cwmbran Magistrates Court earlier today (03 May)…
NRW welcomes commitment to investing in Wales’ future flood risk Commitments to invest in managing Wales’ increasing flood risk in the face of the climate emergency have been welcomed by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) today (25 April). Welsh Government Minister for Climate Change, Julie James MS has outlined a range of projects that will be…
Habitats and wildlife on ancient woodland sites managed by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) are benefiting from biodiversity restoration work. The work, funded with £750,000 from the Welsh Government’s Nature Networks Fund, is taking place at Gwydyr Forest in Gwynedd, Dyfi Forest in Ceredigion and the Wye Valley woodlands in Monmouthshire to help reverse the impact…
