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…
A partnership project between Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the Vale of Glamorgan Council aims to provide real-time information to bathers on predicted water quality at beaches in Barry. The waters at the beaches on Barry Island are popular with bathers and water users alike, but water quality at the beaches can vary in these…
More decisive action is needed for sewage discharges The above image is the sewer main alongside the River Cynon in Mountain Ash. Commenting on the news, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Janet Finch-Saunders MS said: “The Welsh Conservatives have long called for more decisive action from Labour on this issue, water companies need…
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…
Pennant Walters Ltd, in collaboration with its parent company the Walters Group, has submitted plans for an exciting wind farm project in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The proposed wind farm, located at Mynydd y Glyn, east of Trebanog, has the potential to generate renewable energy with a capacity of 30 megawatts (MW), capable of powering more…
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…
