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3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 2
Welcome back to this meeting of the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee at the Senedd. We move on to item 3 on our agenda, our second panel of witnesses as part of our work on water quality and sewage discharges, and I'm pleased to…
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Well, thank you very much. Moving forward, that's a positive note to conclude on, and thank you to all four of you for your evidence this morning. The fact that we've run over reflects the fact I think that we all found this evidence very useful, so thank you…
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Yes.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Gwenllian wanted to come in as well.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Siân has indicated, actually.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Diolch yn fawr iawn. We have 10 minutes left. I know we have at least two more areas of questioning. Huw will be leading on both, so it's over to you, Huw.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Okay, who wants to come in on this? I mean, Ofwat would be aware of those figures, I'd imagine, given that you're looking at price reviews and that kind of thing.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Okay. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Okay, we'll come back to you, then, Janet.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Siân.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Okay. The last word on this to Jenny, then, before we come to Janet for another—
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Okay, Mark, do you want to respond to that?
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Well, hang on—let's just conclude on this first, then. Joyce, you wanted to come in on this point.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Thank you for that. Janet, did you want to come in on this? Sorry, I missed—. And Joyce as well actually.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Okay. Diolch yn fawr. Jenny.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Oh, sorry. Yes, Siân, go on.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Thank you. We'll move on, then. Jenny.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Briefly, if that's okay, Mark.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Okay. Who wants to respond to that?
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Yes, okay. Thank you. Joyce wanted to come in as well.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Mark.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Yes. Yes, we can hear you.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
You're muted again now, Huw. I don't know, you're flickering on and off, so maybe try again. Try again. Oh. Yes, you're still there. Go on. Try again, then, Huw. You're unmuted now.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Huw just wants to come in as well on this.
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Before Mark comes in, that was exactly the point I was going to make. To what extent is—? How far down that chain do you go in terms of investigating incidents? To what extent is that dictated by your capacity to pursue all of those?
3 February 2022Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Water quality and sewage discharges - evidence session 1
Janet mentioned there low-level pollution, and I know there'll be questions asked of NRW about the threshold and how you decide what's a priority, what's not a priority, and how low is low level, et cetera. Where are we on that? It is a cause of concern for…