9. Short Debate: Water in Wales: Challenges relating to water poverty and quality

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:08 pm on 28 September 2022.

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Photo of Samuel Kurtz Samuel Kurtz Conservative 5:08, 28 September 2022

On 19 August, a hosepipe ban was enforced in a large area of my constituency of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, an area serviced by the Llys-y-Frân reservoir in my neighbour Paul Davies's constituency of Preseli Pembrokeshire. Paul kindly granted me safe passage into Preseli Pembrokeshire so I could visit the Llys-y-Frân reservoir to see just how low the water level had become, and I was shocked at just how low that water level was. So, let's take the opportunity to learn from countries with a more arid climate than ours so that we can install the same sort of technology and systems that they've got in water conservation so that we can manage our waters much better, knowing that the climate has changed in such a way.