Active looking or monitoring - to watch, keep track of or observe something closely. Focus or intent - to have one’s sights set on something, often with a desire to achieve it. Keep an eye on - to watch or monitor to ensure something is done right. All eyes are on - everyone is watching to see what happens next.
Wye ValleyThe place
Wye Valley National Landscape is the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that runs from Ross-on-Wye to Chepstow along the valley of the River Wye. The AONB provides the highest level of protection for landscape character and scenic quality, on a par with the National Parks.
Wye Valley National Landscape
Dŵr Cymru Welsh WaterThe company
DCWW supplies drinking water and waste services to most of Wales and part of Herefordshire. It is a not-for-profit company with no shareholders, run by a Board of Directors, and with a panel of 48 individual unpaid Members who oversee the corporate governance and focus of the company.
Natural Resources WalesThe regulator
NRW is the principal environmental regulator, adviser and manager for the natural resources of Wales. It is responsible for regulating Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water - issuing and managing water abstraction and environmental discharge permits, monitoring water quality, and enforcing compliance - holding the utility accountable for pollution incidents.
Why it matters
Individual overflows. Collective pressure.
When a community focuses on a single issue the local impact becomes clearer and the case for investment easier to justify.