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Ceredigion Penfro Senedd Member Paul Davies has demanded urgent Welsh Government action on pollution and water quality in West Wales.
The Welsh Conservatives member raised the matter at the Senedd on June 2,
“Water quality is a serious issue in west Wales and it's vital that the new Welsh Government urgently prioritises this issue. Constituents are fed up with repeated sewage discharges affecting our environment,” stated Mr Davies.
“The Welsh Government must work with water companies and Natural Resources Wales to improve our water quality and invest in our water infrastructure.”

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00:00Paul Davis.
00:01First Minister, reports of sewage discharges in Ceredigion Pembroke are also far too frequent
00:07and my constituents are increasingly frustrated that these incidents continue to occur with little visible progress
00:14in addressing this pollution.
00:17Now, as well as tackling these discharges and storm overflows,
00:21urgent action is also needed to improve our water infrastructure to prevent these incidences from recurring.
00:28Now, as you're aware, West Wales is home to many blue flag and green coast beaches
00:33and it's vital that these water quality standards can continue to be met
00:38so that our coast can be enjoyed by local residents and indeed visitors to the area as well.
00:44Therefore, can you outline what steps are currently being taken to address repeated sewage discharges in West Wales
00:50and further to your earlier answers, what further measures will this government introduce to tackle this issue
00:58in Ceredigion Pembroke and ensure that the local beaches continue to maintain high quality standards?
01:04I think the most important thing to do is to repeat what I said.
01:08We will act by targeting prevention and enforcement where evidence shows it is needed.
01:12That means in relation to polluted rivers and it means in relation to polluted seas around our coast.
01:20We want to see urgent action.
01:22It is why we want to see regulation of Wales being devolved to Wales
01:25so that we can have as much influence as possible on the cleanliness of our rivers and our seas.
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