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Major Project to Tackle Water Pollution in Conwy Valley / Prosiect mawr i fynd i'r afael â llygredd dŵr yn Nyffryn Conwy

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Tuesday, 8 July, 2025
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Parc Metal Mine in the Gwydir Forest, Conwy, is currently one of the most significant sites within the Wales Metal Mines Programme due to its impact on local water quality. It has been identified as a major source of metal pollution to the Nant Gwydir and the Afon Conwy, contributing to the water body failing to meet the standards required by the Water Framework Directive.

Janet Finch-Saunders MS, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and the Environment, was pleased to visit Parc Metal Mine in North Wales, with the Mining Remediation Authority and Natural Resources Wales so to see the progress being made in developing plans to tackle this major source of pollution.

Annual pollution from Parc includes approximately:

  • 3,600 kg of zinc
  • 67 kg of lead
  • 17 kg of cadmium 

Commenting after the visit, Janet said:

“I would like to thank the officials at both the Mining Remediation Authority and Natural Resources Wales for their invaluable project to reduce pollution from Parc Mine.

“In short, river health cannot be restored nor water quality improved in the Conwy River without tackling this source of pollution.

“Bearing in mind that there are over 1,300 abandoned mines in Wales contributing to metal pollution in rivers, I am pleased that Parc is being prioritised”.

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Janet Finch-Saunders MS at Parc Metal Mine

 

Ar hyn o bryd, Mwynglawdd Metel Parc yng Nghoedwig Gwydir, Conwy, yw un o'r safleoedd mwyaf arwyddocaol sy’n rhan o Raglen Mwyngloddiau Metel Cymru, a hynny oherwydd ei effaith ar ansawdd dŵr lleol. Mae wedi cael ei nodi fel ffynhonnell fawr o lygredd metel i Nant Gwydir ac Afon Conwy, gan gyfrannu at y corff dŵr yn methu â bodloni'r safonau sy'n ofynnol gan y Gyfarwyddeb Fframwaith Dŵr.

Roedd Janet Finch-Saunders AS, Ysgrifennydd Cabinet yr Wrthblaid dros Newid Hinsawdd a'r Amgylchedd, yn falch o ymweld â Mwynglawdd Metel Parc yng Ngogledd Cymru, gyda'r Awdurdod Adfer Safleoedd Mwyngloddio a Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru er mwyn gweld y cynnydd sy'n cael ei wneud wrth ddatblygu cynlluniau i fynd i'r afael â'r ffynhonnell fawr hon o lygredd.

Mae llygredd blynyddol o'r Parc yn cynnwys yn fras:

  • 3,600 kg o sinc
  • 67 kg o blwm
  • 17 kg o gadmiwm 

Yn siarad ar ôl yr ymweliad, dywedodd Janet:

"Hoffwn ddiolch i swyddogion yr Awdurdod Adfer Safleoedd Mwyngloddio a Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru am eu prosiect amhrisiadwy i leihau llygredd Mwynglawdd Parc.

"Yn gryno, ni ellir adfer iechyd afonydd na gwella ansawdd dŵr yn Afon Conwy heb sôn am y ffynhonnell hon o lygredd.

"O gofio bod dros 1,300 o fwyngloddiau segur yng Nghymru yn cyfrannu at lygredd metel mewn afonydd, rwy'n falch bod y Parc yn cael ei flaenoriaethu".

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Janet Finch-Saunders AS ym Mwynglawdd Metel Parc

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