by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Mar 28, 2022 | News
Judicial Review of the new rules for agriculture in Wales dismissed In what appears to be a victory for all Welsh rivers, a judicial review brought by National Farmers Union Cymru (NFU Cymru) against tighter agricultural regulations failed in the High Court earlier...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Mar 21, 2022 | News
On Sunday, the problem of serious water pollution in the river Wye was featured in a BBC Wales news article and in a report on the Politics Wales programme. However, as Afonydd Cymru CEO Gail Davies-Walsh pointed out in both, poor water quality is not an issue that is...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Feb 21, 2022 | News
Afonydd Cymru had the great pleasure of visiting Herbert Thompson Primary School in Cardiff last week. The Year 4 students have been learning about rivers at school and chose Afonydd Cymru for a fundraising initiative. It was fantastic to meet such a group of engaged...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jan 21, 2022 | News
River groups have called for a review of how water pollution incidents are investigated in Wales. Thousands of small-scale spills are not even being looked into, they said, adding up to a “massive issue”. It follows criticism of a leaked document...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jan 15, 2022 | News
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee published its report on Water Quality in Rivers this week. Its findings are damning, concluding that there is a ‘chemical cocktail of sewage, slurry and plastic polluting English rivers’. Whilst the report...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jan 12, 2022 | News
Welsh Water combined sewer overflow at Bryncoch, Neath. © Alan Hughes and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. Afonydd Cymru have been challenging the performance of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) in Wales.  Our position statement for CSOs...
