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Compensation for Farmers after Human Waste Released during 2019, 2020 and 2021 Storm Overflow

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Dear Welsh Water,

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from Welsh Water.

I would like to know how much compensation was offered to farmers' after their land had been contaminated by the release of human waste by Welsh Water sewage treatment plants, as a result of utilisation of the combined sewer overflow system (CSO) in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

Georgia Helme

Environmental Information Requests, Welsh Water

Our Reference: EIR/938/2021

 

 

Dear Ms Helme,

 

Request for information

 

We refer to your request for information, which was received on 18^th
October 2021.

 

We are dealing with your request as one made under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 (“the Regulations”).

 

In accordance with the Regulations, we will respond to your request within
20 working days of the date of receipt.

 

We have assigned reference EIR/938/2021 to your request. Please kindly
note this in all correspondence with us regarding this matter.

 

In the meantime, if you have any queries, you can contact us at
[1][email address].  

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

G Andrews
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water

 

We take compliance seriously at Welsh Water.   For more information on how
we use your Personal Information please click here for our Privacy Notice
[2]www.dwrcymru.com/legal-privacy or call us on 0800 052 0145 to ask us
to send you a copy in the post.

 

_______________________________________________________ Dwr Cymru Welsh
Water is firmly committed to water conservation and promoting water
efficiency. Please log on to our website www.dwrcymru.com/waterefficiency
to find out how you can become water wise. Mae Dwr Cymru Welsh Water wedi
ymrwymo i warchod adnoddau dwr a hyrwyddo defnydd dwr effeithiol. Mae
cyngor i' ch helpu i ddefnyddio dwr yn ddoeth yn
www.dwrcymru.com/waterefficiency

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Environmental Information Requests, Welsh Water

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Date: 12th November 2021
Our Reference: EIR/938/2021

Dear Ms Helme,

Request for information

We write further to your request for information dated 18^th October 2021,
which we have been considering under
the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

 

Our combined sewer overflows (CSO) discharge into waterbodies rather than
direct onto farmland. As such the discharge via the CSO would not give
rise to a compensation event concerning farmland.

We hope that this response is clear. Should you have any questions, you
can contact us at [1][email address].

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of this response
and should be addressed to Company Secretary, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water Linea,
Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff, Wales, CF3 0LT.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.

 

Yours faithfully

 

G Andrews
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water

We take compliance with Data Protection seriously at Welsh Water.  For
more information on how we use your Personal Information please click here
for our Privacy Notice [2]www.dwrcymru.com/legal-privacy or call us on
0800 052 0145 to ask us to send you a copy in the post.

 

_______________________________________________________ Dwr Cymru Welsh
Water is firmly committed to water conservation and promoting water
efficiency. Please log on to our website www.dwrcymru.com/waterefficiency
to find out how you can become water wise. Mae Dwr Cymru Welsh Water wedi
ymrwymo i warchod adnoddau dwr a hyrwyddo defnydd dwr effeithiol. Mae
cyngor i' ch helpu i ddefnyddio dwr yn ddoeth yn
www.dwrcymru.com/waterefficiency

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