Following the extended period of warm and dry weather, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has today (22 June 2023) confirmed that the trigger thresholds have been met to move the whole of Wales from ‘normal’ into ‘prolonged dry weather’ status. The decision is based on hydrological and environmental factors and concerns around the pressures high temperatures…
Urgent action to save Wales’s most vulnerable wildlife is set to get underway this summer, thanks to the players of the National Lottery. The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded the Natur am Byth partnership over £4.1m after two years of detailed planning. 67 species facing the greatest threat of extinction in Wales have been…
Applications open today for a new Natural Resources Wales (NRW) grant scheme to support the development of small-scale, retrofit, sustainable drainage solutions in Wales. Sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) help to reduce surface water flooding in built-up areas and reduce run-off into local rivers and streams. In rural landscapes, schemes can reduce localised flooding and…
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is advising fisheries and anglers to take extra care when fishing for salmon in high temperatures and to stop where water temperatures reach 20 degrees celsius. As a cold-water species, salmon are known to be stressed by the kind prolonged hotter weather that Wales is currently experiencing. Where water temperatures reach…
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)…
