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On 8th March, I chaired the second River Pollution Summit to discuss river water quality and the impact this is having on development. This was a follow up to the summit which was held at the Royal Welsh Show in July 2022\.


The summit brought together senior representatives from regulators, water companies, developers, local government, farming unions, academia, and environmental bodies to discuss the development of a strategic and joined\-up approach to tackling phosphorus pollution.


We discussed the need to be able to move at speed and accelerate actions, to strip away any unnecessary complexity and provide certainty and consistent messaging across the range of different challenges. This will provide our partners with much needed confidence to be able to make decisions.


We need to bring forward, quickly, mitigation measures to create headroom to support sustainable development now whilst also securing the longer\-term investment to restore our rivers.


Following a robust discussion, I am pleased to say that all organisations have agreed to work together to deliver the ‘Relieving Pressures on SAC River Catchments to Support Delivery of Affordable Housing’ Action Plan.


The action plan focusses on the following themes:


* the need for a joined\-up approach and the need for fit for purpose governance and oversight arrangements to support decision making in failing SAC rivers;
* the need to use natural solutions more effectively in order to deliver multiple benefits;
* the need to work constructively with the agriculture sector to find solutions to reduce and address excess nutrients in the soil and SAC rivers of Wales;
* delivering short term solutions to address current planning constraints;
* development of a unified nutrient calculator to directly aid planning decisions on nutrient neutrality which will have the ability to take account of catchment\-level data, local features and needs;
* provide clarity to stakeholders on the suitability of potential mitigation actions and interventions to reduce pollution;
* a unified approach to catchment consenting in failing SAC rivers; and
* increasing our understanding of practical measures within catchments which could be provided by Nutrient Trading.


I am confident that delivering the actions identified will allow housing development in the affected SAC river catchments to restart. 


There is no single measure which will solve this problem and even a contribution of measures will take time to undo the cumulative harm of the past.


Across the Welsh Government we are committed to improving the quality of our rivers across Wales and the River Basin Management plans, published last year, outline the actions required to allow our rivers to thrive. Although there have been improvements, we need to take an integrated catchment approach focussing on multi\-sector co\-operation and nature\-based solutions to drive water quality improvements. Only by combining the actions of every sector can we tackle multiple risks impacting our lakes, rivers and streams and deliver real improvements to the quality of our waterways.


I would like to thank everyone who took part in the summit – we all have a role to play in improving the quality of water in our rivers and reducing phosphorus pollution.







Translation:


 
Ar 8 Mawrth, cadeiriais yr ail Uwchgynhadledd Llygredd Afonydd i drafod ansawdd dŵr afonydd a’i effaith ar ddatblygiadau. Roedd hyn yn dilyn uwchgynhadledd a gynhaliwyd yn Sioe Frenhinol Cymru ym mis Gorffennaf 2022\.


Daeth uwch\-gynrychiolwyr o reoleiddwyr, cwmnïau dŵr, datblygwyr, llywodraeth leol, undebau ffermio, y byd academaidd, a chyrff amgylcheddol at ei gilydd yn yr uwchgynhadledd i drafod datblygu dull strategol a chydgysylltiedig i fynd i’r afael â llygredd ffosfforws.


Trafodwyd yr angen i allu symud yn gyflym a sbarduno camau gweithredu, i gael gwared ar unrhyw gymhlethdod diangen a darparu sicrwydd a negeseuon cyson ar draws yr ystod o heriau gwahanol. Bydd hyn yn rhoi’r hyder sydd mawr ei angen ar ein partneriaid i allu gwneud penderfyniadau.


Mae angen inni gyflwyno, yn gyflym, fesurau lliniaru i greu hyblygrwydd i gefnogi datblygiadau cynaliadwy nawr gan hefyd sicrhau'r buddsoddiad mwy hirdymor i adfer ein hafonydd.


Yn dilyn trafodaeth gadarn, mae'n bleser gennyf ddweud bod yr holl sefydliadau wedi cytuno i gydweithio i ddarparu'r 'Cynllun Gweithredu ar Leihau Pwysau ar Ddalgylchoedd Afonydd Ardal Cadwraeth Arbennig (SAC) i Helpu i Gyflenwi Tai Fforddiadwy'.


Mae’r cynllun gweithredu yn hoelio sylw ar y themâu a ganlyn:


* yr angen am ddull cydgysylltiedig ac am drefniadau llywodraethu a goruchwylio pwrpasol i gefnogi penderfyniadau mewn perthynas ag afonydd SAC sy’n methu;
* yr angen i ddefnyddio atebion naturiol yn fwy effeithiol er mwyn darparu manteision lluosog;
* yr angen i weithio'n adeiladol gyda'r sector amaethyddiaeth i ganfod atebion i leihau maetholion gormodol yn y pridd ac afonydd SAC Cymru, a mynd i'r afael â hynny;
* darparu atebion tymor byr i fynd i'r afael â'r cyfyngiadau cynllunio presennol;
* datblygu cyfrifiannell maeth unedig i gynorthwyo penderfyniadau cynllunio yn uniongyrchol ar niwtraliaeth faethol a fydd yn gallu ystyried data lefel dalgylch, nodweddion lleol ac anghenion;
* rhoi eglurder i randdeiliaid ar addasrwydd gweithredoedd lliniaru posibl ac ymyriadau i leihau llygredd;
* dull unedig o gydsynio dalgylch mewn perthynas ag afonydd SAC sy’n methu; a
* chynyddu ein dealltwriaeth o fesurau ymarferol o fewn dalgylchoedd y gellid eu darparu drwy Fasnachu Maetholion.


Drwy gyflawni’r camau a nodwyd, hyderaf y gellir ailddechrau’r datblygiadau tai yn y dalgylchoedd afonydd SAC yr effeithir arnynt.


Nid oes un ffordd o ddatrys y broblem hon a bydd hyd yn oed cyfuniad o fesurau yn cymryd amser i ddadwneud niwed cronnus y gorffennol.


Ledled Llywodraeth Cymru rydym wedi ymrwymo i wella ansawdd ein hafonydd ledled Cymru ac mae cynlluniau Rheoli Basn Afonydd, a gyhoeddwyd y llynedd, yn amlinellu'r camau sydd eu hangen i ganiatáu i'n hafonydd ffynnu. Er y bu gwelliannau, mae angen inni gymryd dull dalgylch integredig sy'n canolbwyntio ar gydweithrediad aml\-sector ac atebion sy'n seiliedig ar natur i sbarduno gwelliannau i ansawdd dŵr. Dim ond drwy gyfuno gweithredoedd pob sector y gallwn fynd i'r afael â sawl risg gan effeithio ar ein llynnoedd, afonydd a'n nentydd a sicrhau gwelliannau gwirioneddol i ansawdd ein dyfrffyrdd


Hoffwn ddiolch i bawb a gymerodd ran yn yr uwchgynhadledd – mae gan bob un ohonom ran i'w chwarae o ran gwella ansawdd dŵr yn ein hafonydd a lleihau llygredd ffosfforws.