Concerns raised over pollution levels at bay

SWANSEA and Carmarthenshire councils say they are working out the implications of planning advice issued by Wales' environmental regulator due to water quality concerns in a protected marine area.

- RICHARD YOULE

The results, published in June, said nutrient pollution - in the form of dissolved inorganic nitrogen - were leaving just over half of them in "unfavourable condition".

Nutrient pollution comes from sources such as agriculture and domestic sewage.

NRW said there was evidence of “chemical and biological failure” at an area within Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries SAC called Burry Inlet Inner.

Similar failures were also identified in two other marine SACs in Wales - Milford Haven Inner, within Pembrokeshire Marine SAC, and Cemlyn Lagoon, within Cemlyn Bay SAC, Anglesey.