Since my last post on this subject, the situation has got worse. The Save The Tennant Canal blog reports that "[the canal was after 2008] supplied by a River Weir which partially collapsed in February 2015. On June 29, 2018, the Port Tennant Canal company and NRW [Natural Resources Wales] installed water pumps to restore some supply from River Neath to the Tennant canal at Aberdulais after hot weather and low flow conditions. But since early July 2021, the pumps have been switched off and all machinery removed from the site. This unforgivable move cuts the Tennant canal’s main source of water."
Neath Port Talbot council has until now failed to realise the benefits to tourism and to property values of a healthy viable canal system, never mind the ecological and leisure benefits to residents. The hope is that the new coalition running the county borough has a wider vision than the previous blinkered administration, but it will no doubt bolster their support if people convey their feelings to their local councillor and MP.
The blog quoted above also contains useful links to organisations which have the canal's future at heart.
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