{"id":9127,"date":"2022-12-22T12:57:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T12:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/2023-must-see-a-step-change-for-welsh-rivers\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T22:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T21:44:16","slug":"2023-must-see-a-step-change-for-welsh-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/cy\/2023-must-see-a-step-change-for-welsh-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Must See A Step Change For Welsh Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 et_pb_has_overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/salmon-ge41ecaad3_1920ed.jpg\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1161\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/salmon-ge41ecaad3_1920ed.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"salmon-ge41ecaad3_1920ed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/salmon-ge41ecaad3_1920ed.jpg 1161w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/salmon-ge41ecaad3_1920ed-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/salmon-ge41ecaad3_1920ed-929x1024.jpg 929w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/salmon-ge41ecaad3_1920ed-768x847.jpg 768w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/salmon-ge41ecaad3_1920ed-1080x1191.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/salmon-ge41ecaad3_1920ed-980x1080.jpg 980w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/salmon-ge41ecaad3_1920ed-480x529.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1161px) 100vw, 1161px\" class=\"wp-image-5137\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><em>Atlantic salmon (pictured) and sea trout are at risk of extinction in every river in Wales<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1 et_pb_has_overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/353500-238820-0UT-44ed.jpg\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1398\" height=\"1896\" src=\"https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/353500-238820-0UT-44ed.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"353500 238820 0UT 44ed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/353500-238820-0UT-44ed.jpg 1398w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/353500-238820-0UT-44ed-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/353500-238820-0UT-44ed-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/353500-238820-0UT-44ed-768x1042.jpg 768w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/353500-238820-0UT-44ed-1133x1536.jpg 1133w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/353500-238820-0UT-44ed-1080x1465.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/353500-238820-0UT-44ed-1280x1736.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/353500-238820-0UT-44ed-980x1329.jpg 980w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/353500-238820-0UT-44ed-480x651.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1398px) 100vw, 1398px\" class=\"wp-image-5140\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><em>We need a financial regulator that ensures water companies deliver on their investment obligations, an environmental regulator that enforces and protects our designated species and habitats, and to know the evidenced source of failures.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_2 et_pb_has_overlay\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221018_112942ed.jpg\" class=\"et_pb_lightbox_image\" title=\"\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"1534\" src=\"https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221018_112942ed.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20221018_112942ed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221018_112942ed.jpg 942w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221018_112942ed-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221018_112942ed-629x1024.jpg 629w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221018_112942ed-768x1251.jpg 768w, https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221018_112942ed-480x782.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" class=\"wp-image-5141\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Thursday 22nd December, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>As the year 2022 draws to an end, it's a good time to reflect on the last twelve months and think about the challenges that lie ahead.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Afonydd Cymru is a small organisation: there are just three of us along with some very committed volunteers! We have secured this team in 2022 through continued support from Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and the Fishmongers Company, and from our wonderful regional rivers trusts for whom we provide advocacy and support. We have a single vision: clean, healthy rivers for every community in Wales.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>And yet all is not well with Welsh rivers. We have a biodiversity and climate change crisis, five SAC rivers failing their phosphate targets, all designated species in unfavourable condition and only 40% of rivers in good ecological status. That is not mentioning, of course, our salmon and sea trout being at risk of extinction in every river in Wales.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>At a sweltering phosphate summit in July, the First Minister of Wales called for every sector to 'own' their contribution to the excessive nutrient problem and other pressures on Welsh rivers. This ownership is still yet to be seen and we have therefore started to call it out, at every level and in every sector. Because ownership is the first step to making a change.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode clearfix  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module et_pb_testimonial_no_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ceo-quote.jpg')\" class=\"et_pb_testimonial_portrait\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_content\"><p>Ownership of a problem is the first step in making a change. We are yet to see this happen for Welsh rivers<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_testimonial_meta\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>We also need a financial regulator that ensures water companies deliver on their investment obligations, an environmental regulator that enforces and protects our designated species and habitats, and to know the evidenced source of failures.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>2022 was another extremely busy year for Welsh rivers trusts who have been running projects in areas such as habitat restoration, fish migration, citizen science, water quality improvement, education and community engagement. In fish migration alone, 35 easement projects have been completed this year, despite being hampered by chronic delays in funding reaching us. We have also supported the design of ten integrated wetlands (four in England) with the sole purpose of nutrient removal from our rivers.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Is it enough? Of course not. We want to increase our community engagement next year, to provide and support educational material in Wales and to connect people even more with their rivers. We have funding to deliver much more river restoration and we will seek to expand this further. Water companies are currently asking what they need to do between 2025-2030 and we urge everyone to have a say at their consultation event (date to be confirmed). The licensing regime for the Agricultural Regulations is also currently out for consultation and we look forward to seeing them moving forward and acted upon. The second phosphate summit will be held in February 2023 and we will challenge the progress made since that roasting day in July.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In order for Afonydd Cymru to fulfill its purpose, we must navigate our way around the often suffocating complexities of the environmental arena \"\u201c the problems, the legislation, the politics, the number of organisations involved and the seemingly endless list of fora, committees and consultations. It is our job to make representations to all of these on behalf of the rivers trust network in Wales, of anyone interested in the aquatic world and, of course, the rivers themselves. This isn't always easy but I hope we communicate what is happening in as clear a way as possible.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode clearfix  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module et_pb_testimonial_no_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/afonyddcymru.cambrianweb.dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ceo-quote.jpg')\" class=\"et_pb_testimonial_portrait\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_content\"><p>To be effective, Afonydd Cymru has to navigate its way around the suffocating complexities of the environmental world and communicate what is going on in as clear a manner as possible<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_testimonial_meta\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>Wales has an opportunity to be different and to stand above the crowd. We have already shown we can do this: Sustainable Urban Drainage is already a requirement of new houses while in England it still waits to be implemented. We have biodiversity requirements to ensure maximum resilience, not an arbitrary fixed percentage gain. Meanwhile, the Sewer Overflow Action Plan commits to zero ecologically harmful discharges by 2030. This week, there was great news on the Single-Use Plastic Ban in Wales (although we still need to sort out wet wipes).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span>So, we finish 2022 with commitments and promise but 2023 must bring step change for rivers. 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