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WI members to protest at state of Wales’ rivers at Senedd

12 Sep 2024 2 minute read
Photo Richard Szwejkowski is marked CC BY SA 2.0.

Members of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI)-Wales will gather at the Senedd next week to mark WI Week of River Action and sound the alarm about the poor health of rivers in Wales.

The NFWI has a long track record of campaigning against pollution of rivers, watercourses, and seashore in Wales, dating back to the 1930s.

Currently, WI members are calling for urgent action from the government to strengthen regulators and fix the broken water system.

Unacceptable

Jill Rundle, Chair of NFWI-Wales said: “It is unacceptable that less than half of rivers in Wales currently meet the criteria for good ecological status.

“Today we are inviting Members of the Senedd to join us on the steps of the Senedd to hear directly from WI members about their concerns about river pollution and to give their commitment to championing and protecting our rivers, including supporting the designation of more rivers as bathing waters.

“With rivers in a perilous state due to pollution from sewage, agriculture and a tide of plastic waste, we need to see all stakeholders – Welsh Government, UK Government, regulators, industries, and the wider public – redoubling their efforts to end to the scandal of river pollution.”

In May 2023 the WI launched its Clean Rivers campaign, which has seen WI members across the country take action to safeguard their local rivers including applying for bathing water statuses as a way to drive the clean-up and quality monitoring of rivers and carrying out “citizen science” water testing.

This year’s Week of River Action will take place between 16 and 22 September.


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Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
22 days ago

Be Afraid…7th June 2000 Blair (the first PM to be questioned by the police)

Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
22 days ago
Reply to  Mab Meirion

On the Blair years, giving in to the Saudis over the Bribery and the Arms Deals with the help of his Attorney General trashed our reputation for fighting corruption. The threat by the Saudis to halt security cooperation was a blatant lie from Goldsmith…

As the old new Labour gang rally round Clark of Kent keep in mind that they are no better than Fat Shanks’ mates…

Last edited 22 days ago by Mab Meirion
Jack
Jack
22 days ago

We all know thiis so waht is the point of the protest? The question is really the cost of claeaning it up and who will pay for it…

Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
22 days ago

The WI could recommend that members desert the matrimonial bed and force their spouses to seek other catering arrangements until the entire mindset of UK Plc is reconfigured…

It has worked in the past…

Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
22 days ago

What an utter eyesore, apart from the church, that view is…

hdavies15
hdavies15
22 days ago

Water supplies, effluent, and the infrastructure that brings and takes away have been neglected by private service providers that have served the interests of all stake holders except the customers and society at large. The result is a flawed supply system with huge leakage in some areas, and a disgraceful sewage/effluent record that demonstrates the decay of the system and the corruption of those who should have invested in its development and maintenance.

Re-nationalise without compensation as those companies are not worth a clinker anyway, and fire anyone remotely involved in their stewardship, again without compensation.

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