Welsh Water/Dŵr Cymru plans to cut around 500 jobs over the next two years - with one Senedd Member stating that employees are now paying the price for systematic leadership failures over many years at the company.

Responding to the news, Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader Jane Dodds MS said:“While Dŵr Cymru CEO received remuneration of £892,000 in 2021 alone, the leadership team at Dŵr Cymru presided over some of the highest levels of sewage dumping in the entire UK, extremely high levels of leaking pipes and wasted water and soaring bills for Welsh customers.

Jane Dodds monitoring pollution in the Wye
Senedd member Jane Dodds remarked:“Workers are now paying the price for systematic leadership failures over many years at Dŵr Cymru.” (Welsh Liberal Democrats)

“I’m extremely concerned about what these job cuts will mean for tackling all of these issues. It is as clear as day that we need to end the wild west that is the water industry and introduce regulation with real teeth to get on top of these issues.”

“Workers are now paying the price for systematic leadership failures over many years at Dŵr Cymru,” she added.