A group of Dwr Cymru Welsh Water staff have decided to pick up their school books again and head back to the classroom to learn Welsh and improve their existing language skills.
The dedicated group of 30 will be giving up time from their busy working weeks over the next 3 months, for Welsh language lessons from a professional tutor at the company’s main offices in north Wales.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water is set to begin work on the second phase of a project which will alleviate the risk of internal flooding to local homes in parts of Colwyn Bay.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water is today launching ‘Green Space Wales’ - an initiative to promote natural drainage to help the sewerage network cope better with climate change and increasing urbanisation to reduce incidents of sewer flooding.
The company is engaging with partners throughout Wales to raise awareness of what can be done to reduce the risk of sewer flooding due to intense rain storms and the increasing amount of surface water run-off from roofs and paved areas.
New course aims to deliver environmental benefits
Welsh Water, Aqualogic and leading UK training provider, Connaught Academy, have teamed up to launch a water efficiency course for plumbers – believed to be the first of its kind in Europe.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water will be starting a £340,000 scheme to improve the performance of Pontardawe’s wastewater network and benefit river water quality in the area.
The project to lay 120 metres of new sewer, construct a combined sewer overflow and replace an existing pipe passing underneath the Swansea Canal is due to begin at the end of the month.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water will be holding a public exhibition next week to explain a £1.4 million scheme to reduce the risk of flooding from our sewers to properties in the town.
The scheme to improve the performance of the wastewater network will involve the replacement of 750 metres of sewers. This will increase capacity on the network and reduce the risk of flooding during storm weather conditions.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water is preparing to invest more than £100 million in North Wales to upgrade 13 drinking water treatment works supplying nearly 500,000 people.
The investment will tackle a range of issues to improve service to customers. It includes major refurbishment of treatment works with the installation of new equipment to boost quality and provide added protection to water supply.
On Sunday 5 October, why not become a time detective for the day and head to Llyn Brenig to unlock the hidden history of the area with the Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Countryside Rangers?
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water’s peripatetic teacher Mary Watkins took a break from her day job travelling around Wales and embarked on a fact-finding trip further a field – to Uganda and now returns full of admiration for the country’s struggling yet warm-hearted people.
Residents in Caerphilly are being given the opportunity to view Dwr Cymru Welsh Water’s plans for a £1 million scheme that will help alleviate the risk of flooding in Bedwas Road.
Pupils from Markham Primary School in Blackwood have proved that they are exceedingly water efficient both at school and at home - in a competition set by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water.
Welsh Water is currently working to ensure customers in Ross on Wye town centre continue to receive a top quality, reliable supply of drinking water direct to their taps.
“The summer may be behind us, but it’s not time to put away those walking boots just yet” is the message from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Countryside Rangers at Elan Valley.
Visitors to Dwr Cymru Welsh Water’s Llyn Brenig reservoir will have the opportunity to learn a skilful new hobby on the water and discover more about the wonderful world that exists beneath it this weekend.
Welsh Water has issued a precautionary boil water notice to all customers in the Bangor, Menai Bridge and Llanfair PG areas of north Wales. The village of Capel Curig is also affected. We are advising customers in these areas to boil any tap water for drinking or food preparation until further notice. Approximately 45,000 people are affected by this notice. The communities affected are detailed below.
The successful completion of a £450,000 scheme to upgrade the wastewater network in the Wildmill area of Bridgend has been celebrated with a cuppa and a Welsh cake.
Although the summer holidays have now come to a close there is still time to enjoy the activities at Elan Valley before the autumn leaves begin to fall.
Organisations and community groups across Wales can now tap into a dedicated resource of speakers to address their staff and members about WaterAid’s work to enable some of the poorest people gain access to safe water and sanitation.
With just a few weeks to go before the summer holidays end, why not bring the children along to Dwr Cymru Welsh Water’s Elan Valley Estate to enjoy some fun activities before they go back to school?
Welsh Water is advising customers in Tywyn, Aberdyfi, Bryncrug, Rhyd-yr-Onen and Brynglas that, with immediate effect, they no longer need to boil their water before drinking or food preparation.
Welsh Water has today submitted its Draft Business Plan to Ofwat, the water industry regulator. This is the first step in the 5-yearly review that will determine standards, investment expenditure and customer bills for the next period 2010-2015. Over the coming months this Draft Business Plan will be reviewed and challenged by Ofwat and others, and the Final Business Plan will then be published in April next year.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water will this week begin investigative work into its wastewater network in Flint as part of a plan to alleviate a number of properties in the town from the risk of internal flooding.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has this evening issued a precautionary boil water notice to all its customers in Tywyn, Aberdyfi, Bryncrug, Rhyd-yr-Onen and Brynglas in North Wales. We are advising all our customers in these areas to boil any tap water used for drinking or food preparation for the next 48 hours. In all nearly 5,000 people are affected by this notice. We will confirm when the boil water notice has been lifted.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water customer service staff and pupils from Oakfield Primary School in St Mellons have celebrated the end of another successful year of mentoring with a visit to the customer service centre for the children to see for themselves where their mentors work.
Countryside Rangers at Dwr Cymru Welsh Water’s Llys-y-Fran country park and reservoir, near Haverfordwest, are offering to share their fishing expertise and knowledge next Friday (15 August).
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Countryside Rangers at Llys-y-Fran have put together a jam-packed schedule of fun activities for all the family during this summer holiday.
Make the most of the summer holiday with a visit to Elan Valley where Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Countryside Rangers are offering visitors a week of entertaining and informative events for all.
First there is the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors and stretch your legs on Sunday 10th August with an easy one mile ‘Village Tour’ walk through part of the Elan Estate.
