She told MSs that Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water customers are meanwhile footing the second highest average bills in Wales and England at £499 a year. The shadow climate change minister criticised oversight from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the Welsh Government. “We need to impose legally binding targets on Dŵr Cymru and Natural Resources Wales to improve our overflows,” she said. “This Senedd has the power to bring Welsh water into public ownership. She told MSs that agricultural pollution – not waste water – is the leading contributor of phosphates in many rivers.

Source: The Times November 12, 2023 12:58 UTC