P-06-1281 Urgently stop raw sewage discharges into Barry's Old Harbour and Watchtower Bays
P-06-1281 Urgently stop raw sewage discharges into Barry's Old Harbour and Watchtower Bays
This
petition was submitted by Robert Curtis, having collected a total of 1,633
signatures.
Text of Petition:
We call on the Welsh
Government to help stop raw sewage discharges into Barry's Old Harbour and
Watchtower Bays. These discharges originate from combined sewer overflows and
are discharging increasing amounts of sewage due to the increasing number of
heavy rainfall events due to climate change.
This bay has recently been
identified as a area which is supporting important wildlife and watchtower bay
is regularly used by many cold water swimming groups and paddle-boarders and
kayakers.
Additional Information:
We fully realise that
untreated waste being released from combined sewer overflows is a national
issue and will require large amounts of money to be invested into our
struggling sewage network.
But we also believe that
the Welsh public are increasingly becoming aware of this appalling pollution
and want action to resolve this issue.
Alas vast amounts of
untreated sewage is being increasingly released into the sea and frustratingly,
there are no monitoring points in the bay ( yet there are monitoring points at
Jacksons, Whitmore and the Knap bays).
We therefore call for it
to be urgently added to Natural Resources Wales list of bathing water quality
sampling points.
The Old Harbour and
Watchtower bays are supporting both wildlife and people so should become a
priority for Welsh Water investment.
Status
This petition was
considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 11/07/2022.
The
Committee considered the petition and noted the growing concerns about the
state of our rivers and the actions being taken by Senedd Committees, in plenary
sessions, by Welsh Government and Dwr Cymru Welsh Water.
Members
agreed to encourage the petitioners to pursue the process in place by the Welsh
Government for people to apply to designate new areas of bathing waters, and
agreed to share recently published report by the Climate Change Committee. In
doing so, Members agreed to close the petition and thank the petitioner.
Full details of the
consideration of this petition by the Committee and related documents can be
seen on the Meetings tab above.
It was first
considered by the Petitions Committee on 11/07/2022.
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Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 14/06/2022