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 Sewer outfalls are never out of the news now as more and more people are made aware of the pollution caused by these outdated systems not only in our…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)…
Welsh Government has announced it has allocated over £4.8m to Rhondda Cynon Taf across two key funding programmes for flood alleviation in 2023/24 – complementing the Council’s own significant investment in this area. The Minister for Climate Change, Julie James MS, confirmed on Tuesday (April 25) that Rhondda Cynon Taf will receive around £3.82m over…
A local school has helped to mark the launch of a trailblazing community-led initiative that aims to recycle, recreate, and retail single-use plastics in the Rhondda Valley. Treorchy Primary School has partnered with social enterprise, Soaring Supersaurus based in Penrhys, but working across the valley, to create a currency for recycled plastic within the local…
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…
As part of The Welsh Government’s action plan for ‘Environment Regulation of Overflows” which covers the ongoing and forthcoming work to improve the current regulatory approaches, a report was due to be published on storm overflows by March 2023, this has yet to be published. Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Janet Finch-Saunders MS…
The Cwmbach Community FB site, understandable there are concerns from local residents over the sale by auction of a disused coal tip above the village. The tip is overgrown for many years with established trees and I expect wildlife to breed in the natural habitat of an overgrown coal tip. The Council As Rhondda Cynon…
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) announced today that they are progressing to the next phase of their assessment of Rolls-Royce SMR Ltd’s 470 MW Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design. The process, known as Generic Design Assessment (GDA), allows the regulators to begin assessing the safety, security,…
