Cwm Taf Water Supply Strategy
Investing in new and resilient water treatment works and associated facilities which will provide our customers with a safe, reliable supply of clean drinking water for decades to come.
Welcome to our consultation
30th October – 5th January 2026
We’ve extended our consultation period to Monday 5th January 2026, 23:59.
The information on this consultation site outlines our proposal to construct a new water treatment works in Merthyr Tydfil, at Dan-y-Castell Farm, along with a raw water pumping station at Pontsticill Water Treatment Works and new pipeline networks.
Once constructed these new facilities will replace the existing Pontsticill works, which will be decommissioned.
This is a statutory pre-application consultation and is designed to share with you the need for the investment, our proposals, draft planning application documents, and receive your feedback ahead of us submitting out planning application to the relevant local planning authorities – Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and Bannau Brycheiniog National Park.
We’ve created a virtual consultation room where you will find information about the proposal and how you can provide your views. Please make sure you visit the additional information on the main table within the virtual room and provided on the screens.
Our virtual
consultation
Cwm Taf Water Supply Strategy - Dan-y-Castell Water Treatment Works
A separate virtual consultation room is available for our Llwyn-onn Water Treatment Works upgrade: www.dwrcymru.com/llwynonnproposal.
Have your say
We want to hear your views.
Please take the time to read our consultation materials and then complete our forms to share your feedback.
There are separate forms for each proposal so we can ensure that any feedback received will be specific to each proposal. We have colour coded the forms for clarity. We welcome and encourage feedback on both proposals, for those who wish to comment on both you will need to complete the two feedback forms.
How to submit feedback
You can provide feedback online here.
Thursday 6th November - 3pm-6pm at Pontsticill Memorial Hall, Vaynor Road,CF48 2RU.
Thursday 13th November - 2pm-7pm at Cefn Coed Community Hall, New Church Street, CF48 2NA.
Wednesday 26th November - 3pm-6pm at Nant Ddu Lodge & Spa, CF48 2HY.
Thursday 4th December - 1pm-5:30pm at Merthyr Tydfil Central Library, High Street, CF47 8AF.
Thursday 18 December - 3pm at Pen-y-Dre High School, Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9BY.
Our feedback form is available to download here.
You can pick up a copy of our forms at our in-person events or at Merthyr Tydfil Central Library High Street, CF47 8AF.
Or you can request a hardcopy by emailing us cwmtafproject@dwrcymru.com.
Post your response form to: Freepost, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water.
If you prefer to email us your feedback to email us at cwmtafproject@dwrcymru.com.
If you are unable to respond via one of the above channels, please call us on 0800 052 0130 to discuss alternative ways of sharing your feedback. (General enquiries 8am-6pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm Sat).
The closing date for responses has been extended to 23:59 on Monday 5th January 2026.
Your feedback is important to us. The feedback received as part of this consultation will be taken into consideration as we finalise our application. The comments raised, and how we considered them, will form part of our final planning application submission - set out in the Pre-application Consultation Report.