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included employees of a private company involved in the maintenance and management of the bridge. now, bbc wales investigates: whats killing our rivers? you see herons and dragonflies. you see lots of little shellfish in the shallow parts. sometimes you will see a salmon jumping out of the water. you start to realise that how many people dont have stuff like this, particularly in lockdown, when we were very grateful to have it. these school friends have made the most of a record—brea...

There is a sewage, as well as a slurry problem to fix. so, is there still time for the wye and other iconic welsh rivers to be saved? yes, it is salvageable, but it is going to take a huge amount of working together and its going to require all of those sectors to play their part in this. and what we see at the moment is actually quite a lot of delays in that happening, and we cannot wait any longer. quite simply, if it carries on as it is now, that river ecosystem will just collapse. gemma hope...

Its a long—term issue, nrw, which oversees much of this, has had its funding consistently cut. if nobody�*s policing things like muck spreading, are you prepared to tell farmers that they cant spread muck on their land because theres too much phosphate in the river already? well, we have to look at the regulations, we have to look at the individual farmers, and one of the things we are bringing forward in relation to delaying the one regulation is a licensing scheme. now, if a farmer wants t...

There is a sewage, as well as a slurry problem to fix. so, is there still time for the wye and other iconic welsh rivers to be saved? yes, it is salvageable, but it is going to take a huge amount of working together and its going to require all of those sectors to play their part in this. and what we see at the moment is actually quite a lot of delays in that happening, and we cannot wait any longer. quite simply, if it carries on as it is now, that river ecosystem will just collapse. gemma hope...

Sure that where you can get perhaps quicker wins, i see that obviously its a long—term issue, but we look for for quick gains too. nrw, which oversees much of this, has had its funding consistently cut. if nobody�*s policing things like muck spreading, are you prepared to tell farmers that they cant spread muck on their land because theres too much phosphate in the river already? well, we have to look at the regulations. we have to look at the individualfarmers, and one of the things we are ...

What im saying is, its about working together to make sure that, where you can get, perhaps, quicker wins, i see that obviously its a long—term issue, but we look for for quick gains too. nrw, which oversees much of this, has had its funding consistently cut. if nobody�*s policing things like muck spreading, are you prepared to tell farmers that they cant spread muck on their land because theres too much phosphate in the river already? well, we have to look at the regulations. we have to loo...

In relation to delaying the one regulation, is a licensing scheme. now if a farmer wants to apply for a licensing scheme and we think its not pertinent for that farm, we can do that. but thats from here going forward. a lot of this is legacy phosphorus. that is part of the problem. we are where we are now. and if thats part of it, obviously we can look at it. do you take responsibility for whats happening to our rivers? well, of course im part of the solution, just as other people are. we all ha...

One of us. the scale of the problem is daunting. there is a sewage as well as a slurry problem to fix. so is there still time for the wye and other iconic welsh rivers to be saved? yes, it is salvageable, but it is going to take a huge amount of working together, and its going to require all of those sectors to play their part in this. what we see at the moment is actually quite a lot of delays in that happening. and we cannot wait any longer. quite simply, if it carries on as it is now, that ri...

If nobody�*s policing things like muck spreading, are you prepared to tell farmers that they cant spread muck on their land because theres too much phosphate in the river already? well, we have to look at the regulations. we have to look at the individual farmers, and one of the things we are bringing forward in relation to delaying the one regulation, is a licensing scheme. now if a farmer wants to apply for a licensing scheme and we think its not pertinent for that farm, we can do that. but ...

Obviously its a long—term issue, but we look for for quick gains too. nrw, which oversees much of this, has had its funding consistently cut. if nobody�*s policing things like muck spreading, are you prepared to tell farmers that they cant spread muck on their land because theres too much phosphate in the river already? well, we have to look at the regulations. we have to look at the individualfarmers, and one of the things we are bringing forward in relation to delaying the one regulation, ...