An additional £16 million has been announced by the Welsh Government to tackle issues that threaten Wales’ water quality.
The announcement was made by the Deputy First Minister with responsibility for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies during a recent visit to the Uwch Conwy catchment project in north Wales - one of the projects which has benefited from £40 million funding through the Water Quality Capital Programme.
The additional funding will allow Natural Resources Wales and the Mining Remediation Authority to tackle some of the key issues that threaten our water environment. These include rivers that have been modified from their natural state, pollution from towns, cities and transport, pollution from rural areas and pollution from historic metal mines.
The Deputy First Minister, said:
“I know how strongly people feel about improving water quality and restoring our rivers – and rightly so. That’s why we have provided NRW and the MRA with an extra £16 million of funding this year in the draft budget to do just that
“I’m so proud that capital spending exceeds £3bn for the first time in our draft budget, and that includes money to improve water quality and restore our rivers.”
Having benefited from previous funding, the Uwch Conwy catchment project is a partnership project between Natural Resources Wales and National Trust Cymru and has enabled collaboration between tenants, farmers, landowners, and communities to deliver benefits to people who live in the Conwy Valley.
Euros Jones, NRW’s Operations Manager for North West Wales, said:
“This funding from Welsh Government allows us to tackle some of the key issues that threaten the water environment including climate change impacts.
“Improving water quality is key to protect habitats and species and benefit people’s wellbeing.
“Welsh Government funding allows us, through our Water Capital Programme, to ensure the right activities are implemented in the right place which allows us to contribute to the longer-term objective of achieving the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources for the water environment and Wales’ wellbeing goals.”
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