English: Of course, Wales is known for one of its greatest natural assets, which has contributed towards an integral part of Wales's culture, heritage and national identity. It shapes our natural environment and landscapes, supporting biodiversity and our ecosystems. As a vital natural resource, water underpins our economy and the effective operation of infrastructure, including energy supply. Access to clean, safe and resilient water supplies is essential also in supporting the health and well-being of everyone who lives, works and visits Wales. That is why we must do everything we can to protect it for future generations and work to safeguard its ability to be used to benefit Welsh interests in the future. Now, the Government's programme supposedly commits us to improving water quality by beginning to designate inland waters for recreation and strengthening water quality monitoring. It also suggests a commitment to enhance the legislative framework in relation to sustainable drainage systems - SuDS, as we know them - to provide additional environmental, biodiversity, well-being and economic benefits to our communities, and these should also be adopted. The Welsh Government have made rolling provision for a multi-year, multimillion-pound programme, currently estimated at around £40 million, to improve water quality. However, reports from NRW indicate that the latest data is not as promising as it should be after 22 years of a devolved Government. Only 40 per cent of Wales's water bodies are at 'good' or 'better' ecological status. As the Welsh Government have already acknowledged, our water bodies are under pressure from a range of challenges, however extreme weather, pollution, climate impacts, industrial processes and associated water demand and population growth have failed to encourage the Welsh Government to speed up action that could solve many of these issues. As I've already stated, our water bodies need to be protected so that current and future generations can benefit from a prosperous, resilient and healthy Wales. I'm afraid - . I know it's a big issue, I know that it's all about infrastructure and that we don't want to pass the cost onto customers, but I do believe that the Welsh Government could be doing more. While there is promising data to look over, the amount of sewage discharged into Welsh rivers during heavy rainfall is unacceptable and this places an avoidable risk onto the general public. Storm overflows have been the subject of ongoing public and political debate over the past year. Concerns have been expressed about the frequency of sewage discharges from storm overflows, the adverse impact of discharges on the environment and public health, the underreporting of pollution incidents by water companies, and failure of environmental regulators to take enforcement action when pollution incidents occur. And I've had so many incidents recently whereby an incident has happened in my constituency, so I contact Dŵr Cymru, they tell me to contact NRW to report the fact that that's happening, so I have both agencies involved, or so I think, and I have to just keep chasing and chasing and chasing. If the Welsh Government are to start to restore public confidence, NRW must be able to respond timely and effectively to pollution incidents and must be prepared to take enforcement action immediately when permit breaches occur. River pollution is a crisis that will only get worse without immediate and significant intervention. So, while the Welsh Government have followed recommendations in the report - some recommendations - it is lacking a framework and accompanying action plan for the long term. The UK Conservative Government has outlined measures to tackle storm overflows, with plans that will implement ambitious targets for water companies to reduce discharges by 80 per cent. Under the proposed plan, by 2035, the environmental impacts of 3,000 storm overflows affecting our most important protected sites will have been eliminated. In addition, there'll be 70 per cent fewer discharges into bathing waters, and, by 2040, approximately 160,000 discharges, on average, will have been eliminated. The evidence from contributors to the latest report suggests the sector is keen to adopt nature-based solutions to water management. Although some progress has been made in recent years, it is much slower than what has been expected by NRW. So, I am keen to understand why this is and how the Welsh Government expect to overcome this. So, I was just wondering, Minister, whether you would consider holding an open forum to discuss solutions, so that an array of industry specialists and law makers can advise on this. We must see action from the Welsh Government, in its leadership role, to ensure that the number and volume of discharges is reduced as a matter of urgency. I would like to see the Minister report back to our committee six months after the publication of the report on storm overflows in Wales, setting out the actions she has taken, with partners, to address this issue. Diolch.
Welsh: Wrth gwrs, mae Cymru'n adnabyddus am un o'i hasedau naturiol mwyaf, sydd wedi cyfrannu at ran annatod o ddiwylliant, treftadaeth a hunaniaeth genedlaethol Cymru. Mae'n llunio ein hamgylchedd naturiol a'n tirweddau, gan gefnogi bioamrywiaeth a'n hecosystemau. Fel adnodd naturiol hanfodol, mae dŵr yn sail i'n heconomi a gweithrediad effeithiol seilwaith, gan gynnwys y cyflenwad ynni. Mae mynediad at gyflenwad dŵr glân, diogel a sicr hefyd yn hanfodol i gefnogi iechyd a llesiant pawb sy'n byw, yn gweithio ac yn ymweld â Chymru. Dyna pam fod yn rhaid inni wneud popeth a allwn i'w warchod ar gyfer cenedlaethau'r dyfodol a gweithio i ddiogelu ei allu i gael ei ddefnyddio er budd Cymru yn y dyfodol. Nawr, yn ôl y sôn, mae rhaglen y Llywodraeth yn ein hymrwymo i wella ansawdd dŵr drwy ddechrau dynodi dyfroedd mewndirol at ddibenion hamdden a chryfhau prosesau monitro ansawdd dŵr. Mae hefyd yn awgrymu ymrwymiad i wella'r fframwaith deddfwriaethol mewn perthynas â systemau draenio cynaliadwy er mwyn darparu manteision amgylcheddol, bioamrywiaeth, llesiant a manteision economaidd ychwanegol i'n cymunedau, a dylid mabwysiadu'r rhain hefyd. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwneud darpariaeth dreigl ar gyfer rhaglen amlflwyddyn, gwerth miliynau o bunnoedd, yr amcangyfrifir ei bod oddeutu £40 miliwn ar hyn o bryd, i wella ansawdd dŵr. Fodd bynnag, mae adroddiadau gan CNC yn nodi nad yw'r data diweddaraf mor addawol ag y dylai fod ar ôl 22 mlynedd o Lywodraeth ddatganoledig. Dim ond 40 y cant o gyrff dŵr Cymru sydd â statws ecolegol 'da' neu 'well'. Fel y mae Llywodraeth Cymru eisoes wedi cydnabod, mae ein cyrff dŵr o dan bwysau oherwydd amryw o heriau, ond mae tywydd eithafol, llygredd, effeithiau hinsawdd, prosesau diwydiannol a'r galw cysylltiedig am ddŵr a thwf poblogaeth wedi methu annog Llywodraeth Cymru i gyflymu camau gweithredu a allai ddatrys llawer o'r problemau hyn. Fel y dywedais eisoes, mae angen diogelu ein cyrff dŵr fel y gall cenedlaethau'r presennol a'r dyfodol elwa o Gymru lewyrchus, gydnerth ac iach. Mae arnaf ofn - . Gwn ei bod yn broblem fawr, gwn ei bod yn ymwneud â seilwaith ac nad ydym am drosglwyddo'r gost i gwsmeriaid, ond credaf y gallai Llywodraeth Cymru fod yn gwneud mwy. Er bod data addawol i'w ystyried, mae faint o garthion sy'n cael eu gollwng i afonydd Cymru yn ystod glaw trwm yn annerbyniol ac mae hyn yn peri risg y gellir ei osgoi i'r cyhoedd. Mae gorlifoedd stormydd wedi bod yn destun trafodaeth gyhoeddus a gwleidyddol barhaus dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. Mynegwyd pryderon ynghylch amlder gollyngiadau carthion o orlifoedd stormydd, effaith andwyol gollyngiadau ar yr amgylchedd ac iechyd y cyhoedd, diffyg adrodd am ddigwyddiadau llygredd gan gwmnïau dŵr, a methiant rheoleiddwyr amgylcheddol i roi camau gorfodi ar waith pan geir digwyddiadau llygredd. Ac mae cymaint o ddigwyddiadau wedi bod yn fy etholaeth yn ddiweddar, ac rwy'n cysylltu â Dŵr Cymru, maent yn dweud wrthyf am gysylltu â CNC i nodi bod hynny'n digwydd, felly mae'r ddwy asiantaeth yn gweithio ar hyn, neu dyna rwy'n ei feddwl, ac mae'n rhaid imi ddal i fynd ar eu holau o hyd ac o hyd. Os yw Llywodraeth Cymru am ddechrau adfer hyder y cyhoedd, rhaid i CNC allu ymateb yn amserol ac yn effeithiol i achosion o lygredd, a rhaid iddynt fod yn barod i roi camau gorfodi ar waith ar unwaith pan fydd achosion o dorri amodau trwyddedau yn digwydd. Mae llygredd afonydd yn argyfwng sy'n mynd i waethygu heb ymyrraeth sylweddol ar unwaith. Felly, er bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi dilyn argymhellion yn yr adroddiad - rhai argymhellion - ni cheir fframwaith a chynllun gweithredu cysylltiedig ar gyfer y tymor hir. Mae Llywodraeth Geidwadol y DU wedi amlinellu mesurau i fynd i'r afael â gorlifoedd stormydd, gyda chynlluniau a fydd yn rhoi targedau uchelgeisiol ar waith i gwmnïau dŵr leihau gollyngiadau 80 y cant. O dan y cynllun a argymhellir, erbyn 2035, bydd effeithiau amgylcheddol 3,000 o orlifoedd stormydd sy'n effeithio ar ein safleoedd gwarchodedig pwysicaf wedi'u dileu. Yn ogystal, bydd 70 y cant yn llai o ollyngiadau i ddyfroedd ymdrochi, ac erbyn 2040, bydd oddeutu 160,000 o ollyngiadau, ar gyfartaledd, wedi'u dileu. Mae'r dystiolaeth gan gyfranwyr i'r adroddiad diweddaraf yn awgrymu bod y sector yn awyddus i fabwysiadu atebion sy'n seiliedig ar natur i reoli dŵr. Er bod rhywfaint o gynnydd wedi'i wneud dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf, mae'n llawer arafach na'r hyn a ddisgwylir gan CNC. Felly, rwy'n awyddus i ddeall pam, a sut y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn disgwyl mynd i'r afael â hyn. Felly, tybed a wnewch chi ystyried cynnal fforwm agored i drafod atebion, Weinidog, fel y gall amrywiaeth o arbenigwyr yn y diwydiant a deddfwyr roi cyngor ar hyn. Mae'n rhaid inni weld camau gweithredu gan Lywodraeth Cymru, yn ei rôl arweiniol, i sicrhau bod nifer a graddau'r gollyngiadau yn cael eu lleihau fel mater o frys. Hoffwn weld y Gweinidog yn adrodd yn ôl i'n pwyllgor chwe mis ar ôl cyhoeddi'r adroddiad ar orlifoedd stormydd yng Nghymru, gan nodi'r camau y mae wedi'u cymryd, gyda phartneriaid, i fynd i'r afael â'r mater hwn. Diolch.