Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:01 pm on 27 September 2022.
Reducing impacts from storm overflows is absolutely a priority, and we need a cross-sectoral holistic approach to achieve that. What we are doing as a Government is focusing on sustainable, nature-based solutions to divert as much surface water away from the sewerage systems as possible. Reducing the number of CSO spills is but one of the levers that are needed to improve the quality of our rivers, and we've been very clear, and I set out in my opening answer to you, of all the things we’re doing to tackle that. Water companies now have to publish detailed information showing the length, duration and location of storm overflow discharges, and I think that's a good thing, because I think it's led to public awareness and more interest in it.