Results for "Pollution"
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Metal mine water pollution
Find out what causes mine water pollution in Wales, its effect on rivers and what we’re doing about it.
- Prevent groundwater pollution from cemeteries
- Prevent groundwater pollution from home burials
- Prevent groundwater pollution from animal burials
- Applications that reduce the impact or risk of pollution (GN 020)
- Pollution Incident Report: Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and Hafren Dyfrdwy 2024
- The Wales Land Management Forum sub group on agricultural pollution
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Learning resources: Water quality and water pollution – what affects our water systems?
From plastic pollution to water pollution, here you will find resources to explain how pollution incidents happen, their impacts and effects on both the natural environment and people.
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14 May 2024
Monmouthshire man fined for pollution incidentsA Monmouthshire man has been made to pay £4,813 in fines and costs for two separate incidents that polluted the Wecha brook, a tributary of the river Usk in Monmouth last year.
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09 Feb 2024
New campaign aims to prevent pollution in FlintshireA new campaign has been launched with the aim of preventing pollution from industrial estates in Flintshire.
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08 May 2024
Preventing pollution from Wrexham industrial estateBusinesses on a Wrexham industrial estate are set to be the focus of a campaign to prevent pollution from reaching the river Gwenfro.
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01 Jul 2024
Pollution risk at Tenby bathing waters following incidentNatural Resources Wales (NRW) is investigating a pollution incident on the River Ritec near Tenby that could be impacting on water quality at the bathing water beaches in Tenby and Penally.
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05 Jul 2024
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18 Jul 2024
Enzo’s Homes Limited prosecuted by NRW for pollution offencesHousebuilding company Enzo’s Homes Limited has been ordered to pay a combined total of £29,389.42 for causing pollution incidents which impacted the Dowlais Brook, a tributary of the River Lwyd in Cwmbran
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11 Nov 2025
Helping businesses protect the River Alyn from pollutionBusinesses based at Llay Industrial Estate have been supported to help stop pollution from reaching the nearby River Alyn.
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08 Jan 2026
Guidance published to support water company pollution incident reduction plansNatural Resources Wales (NRW) has published new joint guidance with the Environment Agency in England to support water companies in meeting their legal obligations arising from the Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 to reduce pollution incidents.
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02 Apr 2026
Helicopter airlift protects rare habitat during essential pollution prevention workWhen urgent work was needed to stop fast moving water eroding polluted mining waste on a riverbank at a site home to rare plants, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the Mining Remediation Authority chose the lowest impact solution: using a helicopter.
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29 Feb 2024
Hackathon event seeks innovative solutions to Teifi pollution problemsRepresentatives from a range of organisations, community groups and charities have come together to collaborate in a hackathon-style event to find innovative solutions and new ways or working to improve water quality in the Afon Teifi.
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12 Jul 2024
Public Advised Not to Swim at Llangrannog Beach Due to Pollution Incident