, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Water quality
… big data and in artificial intelligence, which has helped uncover unreported pollution here in Wales, working with Afonydd Cymru, and forcing Welsh Water itself to admit spewing sewage illegally at dozens of waste water treatment centres for years … the interests of its management. NRW has called for a step change in the company's performance; Afonydd Cymru say they believe it's time for a full review of both the regulation and operation of the water …
, Plenary
Short Debate: Are salmon facing extinction from the rivers of Wales?
… from anaerobic digestion plants. River restoration in Wales is currently hindered by the mechanisms under which organisations like Afonydd Cymru and other third sector bodies deliver their actions on the ground. So, funding programmes, whilst they're very … strategic allocation funding from Welsh Government, discharged by NRW. It is, however, based on one-year funding, and Afonydd Cymru have worked hard to advocate for this being extended to a multi-year programme; they succeeded in getting …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
… better river quality taskforce. Since its original inception, we've also invited onto the group CCWater and also Afonydd Cymru to act as critical friends, if you like, to that process, in terms of both the affordability … homes does have an impact—things like wet wipes, cotton buds and those sorts of things—and also Afonydd Cymru in terms of that environmental non-governmental organisation and holding us to account on that …
, Plenary
Reform UK Debate: A Welsh Rivers Act
… there are three things that I just want to focus in on. We must close the monitoring gap. Afonydd Cymru has highlighted that 90 per cent of Welsh water bodies have been assessed as being in high status …
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Restoring nature in Wales
… million we're putting into NRW—but it's also the work that we do with people like Afonydd Cymru and others, working with partners, with the Tywi river trust and others, to clean up our rivers, remove …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Water quality
… left unturned in ensuring that we can all access good-quality water. Now, in the case of Pembrokeshire, Afonydd Cymru, which represents the Rivers Trust in Wales, commissioned Professor Peter Hammond to review spill data from the Cardigan …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - part 2
… rather than funding a piece of action. We've got NRW, water companies, Ofwat, Consumer Council for Water, Afonydd Cymru, Welsh Government, et cetera, all taking part in it. They're all expected to eat their own smoke …
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: 'Report on storm overflows in Wales'
… can tackle the multiple risks that our water bodies face. We're working with the regulators, water companies, Afonydd Cymru and the Consumer Council for Water, through the better river quality taskforce, to develop action plans. The action …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
The Welsh Government are part of the road map and the task force. We've brought in Afonydd Cymru and we've brought in the Consumer Council for Water, as the consumer voice, and now we're looking …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Natural Resources Wales
… including the water companies, Ofwat. We've involved the Consumer Council for Water in those discussions, and also Afonydd Cymru, and we're talking to our wider stakeholders to bring those in. You mentioned legislation and you asked …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Review of The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021 - Environmental organisations
… regulate, but there are other ways in which advice can be given to farmers. There's the Afonydd Cymru and the Wye and Usk Foundation advice given on the two catchments in west Wales, one on the Ceri …