by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Apr 10, 2024 | News
2023 Storm Overflow Data – Beyond The Headlines Follow The latest storm overflow data has been published and it does not make for pleasant reading, on either side of the Wales/England border. Welsh Water have produced a new interactive map giving realtime...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Mar 7, 2024 | News
Will The Sustainable Farming Scheme Help Rivers? Follow SFS requires farms to come up to the target of 10% for tree cover and 10% wildlife habitat, not to take a further 20% of land out of food production. The only measure within SFS that might lead to cleaner rivers...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jan 18, 2024 | News
New Agricultural Regulation Team For Wales Follow There will be a great deal of interest in the work and effectiveness of the new Natural Resources Wales team. Thursday 18th January, 2024 Natural Resources Wales has announced the establishment of a new Welsh...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Dec 15, 2023 | CEO Blog, News
Chief Executive Blog – December 2023 The spotlight in 2023 has been firmly on water company pollution. Other sectors must step up to the plate in 2024….. FollowFollow Unfortunately, 2023 was dominated by generally negative news for Welsh rivers. Other than...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Oct 19, 2023 | News
New Report Shows More Wastewater Failure by Welsh Water Untreated sewage has been discharged into a protected Welsh river in a long-term breach of permit conditions. Follow Professor Hammond’s investigation has shown that Cardigan works discharged untreated...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Oct 17, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
Ditching Manure Licence A Step Backwards For Rivers Follow While the media spotlight remains focused on water companies, source apportionment modelling tells us that in Wales, agriculture is the sector with the largest contribution to excessive nutrients in rivers. ...